Daily Journal Corporation

What Daily Journal Corporation does

Daily Journal Corporation (NASDAQ: DJCO) is a Los Angeles-based public company that operates two distinct business segments. The Traditional Business segment publishes the Daily Journal, a California legal newspaper that serves the state's legal community with industry news, advertising, and recognition programs such as the Top Women Lawyers and Top Labor & Employment Lawyers lists; this segment generated approximately $4.4 million in advertising and circulation revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2026, up 6% year-over-year.

The Journal Technologies subsidiary, acquired in 2013, is the primary growth engine and provides e-filing software, case management systems, and related technology services to state and local government courts and legal institutions. The company monetizes Journal Technologies through three streams: recurring software licensing and maintenance fees (its largest and fastest-growing stream, up 32% in fiscal 2025), transaction-based e-filing fees charged to users of the courts' electronic filing systems, and professional services from consulting and public service arrangements. Distribution is via direct enterprise field sales to government court clients under multi-year contracts.

Fiscal 2025 total revenue was $87.7 million, a 25% year-over-year increase, with net income of $112.1 million heavily influenced by the company's marketable securities portfolio. The portfolio had a fair market value of $430.1 million with $291.0 million in accumulated pretax unrealized gains as of March 31, 2026, making realized and unrealized investment gains/losses a material driver of reported net income and earnings volatility distinct from underlying operating performance.

Name

Daily Journal Corporation

Legal name

Daily Journal Corporation

Website

https://dailyjournal.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Daily Journal Corporation (NASDAQ: DJCO) is a Los Angeles-based public company that publishes the Daily Journal newspaper for California legal professionals and, through its Journal Technologies subsidiary, provides e-filing and case management software to government courts and legal institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Court Management Software

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

National & General-Interest Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Business, Finance & Industry Trade Magazines (MPAJAEAM)

Keywords

• Court filing software
• E-filing solutions
• Legal publishing services
• Government technology software
• Legal news media

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Journal Technologies - License and Maintenance: Recurring software licensing and maintenance fees from Journal Technologies' e-filing and court management software solutions, representing the primary growth driver with 32% revenue increase in fiscal 2025
2. Journal Technologies - E-Filing Fees: Transaction-based e-filing fees charged to users of the court's electronic filing system
3. Journal Technologies - Consulting and Public Service Fees: Professional services revenue from implementation, consulting, and public service arrangements with court clients
4. Traditional Business - Advertising and Circulation: Traditional newspaper revenue from advertising and circulation sales, with 6% year-over-year growth to $4.4 million in Q1 FY2026

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Daily Journal Corporation operates two core businesses: (1) Journal Technologies, a software subsidiary providing e-filing platforms and court management technology solutions to government courts and legal organizations through licensing, maintenance, and transaction-based fees; and (2) the Daily Journal newspaper, a California legal industry publication generating revenue through advertising and circulation sales.

Product overview

Daily Journal Corporation operates two distinct business segments: (1) the Traditional Business segment publishing the Daily Journal, a California legal newspaper serving the legal community with advertising and circulation revenues; and (2) its subsidiary Journal Technologies, which provides e-filing software and related technology solutions for courts and legal organizations. The software business has been the primary growth driver, posting 32% revenue growth in fiscal 2026, while the newspaper continues to serve as a long-standing publication for legal professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Journal Technologies E-Filing and Court Management Software A software subsidiary of Daily Journal Corporation that provides e-filing software and court management technology solutions for government courts and legal organizations. Generates revenue through recurring software licensing, maintenance agreements, transaction-based e-filing fees, and consulting services. Primary growth driver with 32% revenue growth in fiscal 2025.
• Daily Journal Newspaper A California legal newspaper publication serving the legal community with professional legal news, industry information, and recognition programs. Generates revenue through advertising and circulation sales. The Traditional Business segment reported $4.4 million in advertising and circulation revenues in Q1 fiscal 2026, representing 6% year-over-year growth.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Journal Technologies (Subsidiary)coreOthersJournal Technologies is the primary operating subsidiary of Daily Journal Corporation, providing e-filing and court management software solutions. It is the main growth driver of the company with 32% revenue growth in fiscal 2025, generating $87.7 million in total company revenue.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tyler Technologies: Large provider of software and technology services to U.S. state and local government entities, including courts and justice agencies. Comparable to Daily Journal's Journal Technologies subsidiary as a direct competitor in court case management and e-filing solutions for the same government-vertical customer base.
• Gannett: Largest U.S. newspaper publisher (USA TODAY and hundreds of local/community dailies). Comparable to Daily Journal's Traditional Business segment as a direct newspaper-publishing peer with similar print/digital advertising and circulation revenue dynamics.
• CCH Incorporated (Wolters Kluwer): Provider of tax, accounting, and legal information, news, and workflow software to professionals. Comparable to Daily Journal's subscription/recurring legal information publishing model and professional subscriber base.
• Lee Enterprises: U.S. local newspaper publisher operating a portfolio of daily and weekly community newspapers with subscription/circulation and advertising revenue. Comparable to Daily Journal's traditional newspaper segment by business model and print/digital distribution mechanics.
• The E.W. Scripps Company: Diversified media operator with local newspaper publishing and broadcast segments. Comparable to Daily Journal on the legacy newspaper publishing side, including similar exposure to print advertising secular decline.

Broad incumbents

• RELX (LexisNexis): Global information and analytics company whose LexisNexis Legal division provides legal research, news, and analytics to legal professionals. Comparable to Daily Journal on the legal-publishing/news side while operating at significantly broader scale and scope.
• Thomson Reuters: Major provider of legal information, regulatory intelligence, and software (Westlaw, Practical Law, etc.) to law firms, courts, and government. Comparable to Daily Journal in serving the California legal professional market with subscription-based legal news and information products.
• Wolters Kluwer: Global professional information and software provider with a Legal & Regulatory division serving law firms, courts, and government entities. Comparable to Daily Journal's combined legal publishing and government-software profile, although operating at much larger scale.

Emerging players

• NIC Inc. (Tyler subsidiary / state e-government): Provider of digital government services and payment processing for state and local governments, including court and licensing systems. Comparable to Journal Technologies' government-court e-filing vertical with overlapping public-sector technology stack.
• Donnelley Financial Solutions: Provider of regulatory and compliance software, including entity-management, capital markets, and document collaboration tools to legal and financial-services clients. Comparable to Journal Technologies as a recurring-revenue compliance/document software vendor serving regulated industries, though focused on capital markets rather than courts.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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