EkU24

What EkU24 does

EkU24 is an independent local online news portal operating from Łódź, Poland, and serving the municipalities of Kutno, Żychlin, Krośniewice, and Dąbrowice in the Łódź Voivodeship of central Poland, with content coverage that has visibly extended into adjacent gminas including Koluszki, Nieborów, Bielawy, Nowy Kawęczyn, Góra Świętej Małgorzaty, Grabów, and Słupia. The platform aggregates local news, municipal government updates, community events, cultural festivals, regional sports competitions, and public infrastructure project coverage, delivered as a mix of news articles and embedded video reports surfaced through thumbnail previews on a paginated homepage (currently labeled "WERSJA TYMCZASOWA PORTALU" / temporary portal version). The core product is the free, ad-supported web portal at eku24.net; visible homepage inventory includes banner advertising placements from the Łódzkie Marshal's Office (Urząd Marszałkowski), the Krośniewice Municipal Office (UM Krośniewice), and Animex, indicating a locally-oriented, public-sector and SME-tied advertising base rather than programmatic or national-brand demand. The business model is reader-free, advertiser-supported local media; no subscription, paywall, or other monetization mechanism is disclosed, and there is no parent company, funding, management team, or employee headcount verifiable beyond the firmographic record. Recurring themes in published content include EU/national co-financed municipal investments (e.g., a 22 million PLN road project in Krośniewice with 21.5 million PLN in grants, a 13.5 million PLN sewage plant in Grabów, a 1.16 million PLN thermal retrofit of a GOPS building in Grabów), positioning the portal as an information channel for public-sector projects alongside community life coverage.

Name

EkU24

Legal name

EkU24

Website

https://eku24.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

EkU24 is an independent, free, ad-supported local online news portal covering Kutno, Żychlin, Krośniewice, Dąbrowice, and surrounding municipalities in Poland's Łódź Voivodeship, delivering text articles and local video reports to community readers and public-sector advertisers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Digital News Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (51311), Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations (5161)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Local News & Weather Stations (MPABACAJ)

Keywords

• Local news portal
• Regional journalism
• Digital news publishing
• Advertising services
• Video news content

Headquarters

HQ city

Lodz

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

EkU24 operates an online news portal that aggregates and publishes local news, video content, municipal government updates, community events, cultural festivals, sports competitions, and regional announcements for the municipalities of Kutno, Żychlin, Krośniewice, and Dąbrowice in the Łódź Voivodeship of central Poland. The site publishes free editorial content alongside banner advertisements from local businesses and regional government bodies.

Product overview

EkU24 is a local news portal serving the municipalities of Kutno, Żychlin, Krośniewice, and Dąbrowice in Poland's Łódź Voivodeship. The platform operates as a unified news aggregation and video content service, providing coverage of local government investments, community events, cultural festivals, sports competitions, and municipal infrastructure projects. The site features video thumbnails and news articles organized chronologically across multiple pages.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EkU24 News Portal

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• NaszeMiasto.pl (Polska Press): Polish hyperlocal news network covering thousands of municipalities with a free, ad-supported model. Closest direct peer in terms of local digital news aggregation and local advertising monetization.
• e-kutno.pl: Local online news portal serving the Kutno area in Łódź Voivodeship. Direct competitor in the exact same geographic niche, with overlapping local news, municipal government, and community event coverage.

Broad incumbents

• Agora SA (Gazeta Wyborcza): Major Polish media group publishing Gazeta Wyborcza and operating local/regional titles. Overall audience overlap and digital ad-driven model, but operating nationally rather than at gmina level.
• Interia.pl: Major Polish web portal with news, local information, and lifestyle content. Comparable digital news publishing model with ad-driven revenue, operating at national scale.
• Wirtualna Polska: One of Poland's largest digital media portals, with national news, classifieds, and local content verticals. Comparable digital news publishing model but vastly broader scope and audience.
• Polska Press: Poland's largest regional newspaper publisher, operating dozens of local titles across voivodeships. Same geographic audience (Polish regions) and overlapping content/ad model, but at vastly larger scale.
• Onet.pl (Ringier Axel Springer Polska): Leading Polish online portal with national and regional news lines. Shares digital news publishing model and ad-driven revenue, but operates at national scale rather than local.

Regional players

• Dziennik Łódzki: Long-standing regional newspaper covering Łódź Voivodeship. Overlap in geographic audience and mixed print/digital news model, but at larger regional scale rather than gmina-level.
• Express Ilustrowany (Polska Press): Regional newspaper serving the Łódź area. Competes for the same Łódź Voivodeship news audience and local ad spend, with much larger institutional backing.
• TuLodz.pl: Local digital news and information portal focused on the city of Łódź. Comparable free, ad-supported local news model, but focused on the urban center rather than the surrounding gminas EkU24 covers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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