Clarity Media Group

Name

Clarity Media Group

Legal name

Clarity Media Group, Inc.

Website

https://claritymg.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Clarity Media Group is a privately-held Denver-based media holding company that owns five publications — including the Washington Examiner, The Gazette, Denver Gazette, Colorado Politics, and OutThere Colorado — and sells customized print and digital advertising to national advertisers across its portfolio.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (51311), Newspaper Publishers (513110), Periodical Publishers (513120)

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

News & Content Aggregation Portals (BPAMAAAI)

Keywords

• Newspaper publishing
• Digital advertising
• Print advertising
• Political news media
• Media holding company

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Print Advertising: Customized print advertising opportunities across owned newspaper and magazine publications including The Gazette, Washington Examiner, Denver Gazette, Colorado Politics, and OutThere Colorado.
2. Digital Advertising: Customized digital advertising opportunities across owned digital outlets and platforms.

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Clarity Media Group owns and operates a network of distinguished newspapers, magazines, and digital outlets including The Gazette, Washington Examiner, Denver Gazette, Colorado Politics, and OutThere Colorado. The company sells customized print and digital advertising solutions across this owned publication portfolio, strategically aligning advertising opportunities to help advertisers reach targeted audiences nationally and regionally.

Product overview

Clarity Media Group operates a network of distinguished publications including The Gazette, Washington Examiner, Denver Gazette, Colorado Politics, and OutThere Colorado. The company functions as a media holding company that offers print and digital advertising services across its portfolio. The publications range from national political news outlets to regional and lifestyle-focused digital platforms, with advertising services customized for advertisers seeking to reach relevant customers through strategically aligned media properties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Gazette

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• UnitedHealthcareminorOthersUnitedHealthcare creates and publishes Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Clarity Media Group, Inc. in relation to Transparency in Coverage requirements.
• American Arbitration AssociationminorOthersArbitration services provider referenced in Terms of Use for dispute resolution pursuant to the association's Commercial Arbitration Rules.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Lee Enterprises: Closely-held publicly traded multi-newspaper holding company operating dozens of daily newspapers across the U.S. Operates a similar portfolio-of-titles model and derives the majority of revenue from print and digital advertising. Highly comparable in business model, scale, and revenue mix.
• Ogden Newspapers: Privately held, family-controlled newspaper group owning numerous daily and weekly newspapers across multiple states. Closely matches Clarity Media Group's private, multi-title, multi-market operating model with similar print+digital advertising revenue mix.
• Denver Post (MediaNews Group / Alden): Colorado's largest paid daily newspaper, owned by Alden Global Capital / MediaNews Group. Direct local-market competitor to Denver Gazette for both readership and Denver/Colorado advertising dollars.

Broad incumbents

• Tribune Publishing: Multi-title newspaper group historically operating major metro dailies (Chicago Tribune, NY Daily News, etc.). Comparable in publishing model but now operating under Alden Global ownership with significant churn.
• Alden Global Capital / MediaNews Group: Hedge fund-controlled chain of metropolitan and regional newspapers (e.g., Denver Post, Boston Herald). Competes head-to-head with Clarity's Denver Gazette in the Denver market and operates a similar multi-title portfolio under cost-cutting ownership.
• McClatchy: Publisher of regional dailies including the Sacramento Bee and Miami Herald. Comparable multi-market newspaper model with both print and digital advertising revenue, though at significantly larger scale and post-bankruptcy ownership.
• Gannett Co. Largest U.S. newspaper publisher (USA Today Network) with hundreds of local titles and significant digital advertising and subscription revenue. Overlaps with Clarity on multi-title local/regional news publishing but operates at much greater scale and breadth.
• Hearst Communications: Large diversified media conglomerate with newspaper operations (Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle) plus TV, magazines, and digital. Overlaps with Clarity primarily through its multi-title newspaper footprint, not a direct local-market competitor.

Emerging players

• Politico / Axel Springer (Politico): National political news outlet (now under Axel Springer) reaching the DC policy and political audience — directly overlapping with Washington Examiner's audience and advertiser base, though with a stronger subscription/paid-events model.

Others

• BPA Worldwide: Media auditing and circulation-verification organization used by newspaper and magazine publishers to validate audience metrics for advertisers. Relevant ecosystem participant for Clarity's publication portfolio but not a competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clarity-media-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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