Clint Reilly Communications

What Clint Reilly Communications does

Clint Reilly Communications is a privately held regional media and publishing company headquartered in San Francisco, California, operating as the communications division of the Clint Reilly Holdings conglomerate. The company owns and operates four publications: the San Francisco Examiner (a daily newspaper and former Hearst flagship acquired in January 2021), SF Weekly (an alternative weekly, also acquired January 2021), the Nob Hill Gazette (a 44-year arts, culture, philanthropy and society publication acquired in 2016), and Gentry magazine (a 27-year luxury lifestyle title acquired in September 2020 and merged into the Gazette). Combined circulation across these titles exceeds 100,000 with total readership approaching 500,000 across print and digital platforms. The company is led by founder Clint Reilly, a political strategist and media consultant with three decades of audience targeting experience.

The company earns revenue through two primary streams. The first is publishing and advertising across its portfolio of owned publications, monetized through print and digital subscriptions, newsstand sales, and advertising, including a recurring subscription component. The second is commercial print services, delivered through a vertically integrated state-of-the-art cold web offset print facility in central San Francisco with three press lines operating 24/7/365, producing dailies and 30+ community papers and offering prepress, mail, and transport services to publishers statewide on a professional services basis. With approximately 25 employees, the company operates a lean cost structure relative to its combined editorial and industrial footprint, and has executed a consistent roll-up acquisition strategy since 2016 to consolidate the regional media market in the San Francisco Bay Area and Peninsula.

Name

Clint Reilly Communications

Legal name

Clint Reilly Communications

Website

https://clintreillycommunications.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Clint Reilly Communications is a San Francisco-based regional media and publishing company that owns the San Francisco Examiner, SF Weekly, Nob Hill Gazette, and Gentry magazine, serving Bay Area and Peninsula readers and advertisers with combined readership approaching 500,000 across print and digital.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Media & 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

Local News & Weather Stations (MPABACAJ)

Keywords

• Regional media publishing
• Newspaper publishing
• Commercial print services
• Community journalism
• Lifestyle magazines

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Publishing & Advertising: Revenue from flagship publications including the San Francisco Examiner, SF Weekly, Nob Hill Gazette, and Gentry magazine through subscriptions, newsstand sales, and advertising sales.
2. Commercial Print Services: Full-service printing, prepress, mail and transport services provided to publishers statewide from the company's central SF print facility, operating 24/7, 365 days a year.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Clint Reilly Communications is a regional media and publishing company that operates a portfolio of print and digital publications including the San Francisco Examiner, SF Weekly, Nob Hill Gazette, and Gentry magazine. The company also owns and operates a state-of-the-art cold web offset print facility delivering full-service printing, prepress, mail, and transport services to publishers statewide.

Product overview

Clint Reilly Communications is a regional media and publishing company operating as a portfolio of distinct print and digital publications under a unified corporate structure. The company's core offerings include the flagship San Francisco Examiner, SF Weekly, Nob Hill Gazette, and Gentry Magazine, which were acquired and merged over time to create a combined reach of over 100,000 in circulation and nearly 500,000 readers. The company also operates a vertically integrated print facility offering cold web offset printing, prepress, mail and transport services to publishers statewide. The publications span local news, arts, culture, philanthropy, society, and luxury lifestyle content, while the print services division supports both internal publication needs and external publisher clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• San Francisco Examiner: Flagship publication, one of the most storied brands in American journalism, known as the 'Monarch of the Dailies' during Hearst Corporation ownership
• Nob Hill Gazette
• SF Weekly
• Gentry

Products and services

• San Francisco Examiner The flagship daily publication, one of the most storied brands in American journalism formerly known as the 'Monarch of the Dailies' during Hearst Corporation ownership. Serves as a leading source of local news and opinion for residents throughout San Francisco and the SF Peninsula.
• SF Weekly An alternative weekly publication serving San Francisco with local news and community coverage.
• Nob Hill Gazette A 44-year San Francisco institution devoted to arts, culture, philanthropy, and society. Distributed through print and digital platforms.
• Gentry Magazine A 27-year-old luxury lifestyle title rooted in the San Francisco Peninsula, now merged with the Nob Hill Gazette, reaching affluent readers with luxury lifestyle content.
• Commercial Print Facility Services Full-service cold web offset printing, prepress, mail, and transport services provided to publishers statewide from a central San Francisco location. Three press lines produce dailies and 30+ community papers, operating 24/7, 365 days a year to meet daily deadlines.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Axios Media: Digital-first local news operator expanding through Axios Local and Smart Brevity newsletters. Comparable as a new-format local news competitor whose digital model pressures the ad and subscription economics of legacy regional titles like CRC's.

Direct peers

• Embarcadero Media: Publisher of the Palo Alto Weekly, Mountain View Voice and other Peninsula community papers with in-house printing. Directly comparable as a Bay Area/regional newspaper publisher with vertical print-production capabilities serving local communities.
• MediaNews Group: Owns the Mercury News, East Bay Times and other California regional dailies, with shared print and distribution operations across the Bay Area. Closest direct competitor in the SF Bay Area newspaper market that CRC's Examiner serves.
• Modern Luxury Media: National publisher of city-specific luxury lifestyle magazines including San Francisco Modern Luxury. Closest comparable to Nob Hill Gazette/Gentry as a competing premium regional lifestyle title in the SF market.
• Voice Media Group (Village Voice): Historic alternative-weekly publisher (formerly held SF Weekly at the network level). Comparable as a publisher of alternative-weekly format titles similar to SF Weekly, an asset CRC acquired in 2021.

Broad incumbents

• Hearst Corporation: Former owner of the San Francisco Examiner and a major U.S. media conglomerate operating newspapers, magazines, TV stations and digital media. Highly comparable as the historical parent of CRC's flagship brand and as a diversified regional/national media peer.
• McClatchy: Regional U.S. newspaper chain (Miami Herald, Sacramento Bee, etc.) with central printing facilities serving multiple titles. Comparable as a multi-regional newspaper operator with shared print infrastructure, similar to CRC's central SF press facility.
• Tribune Publishing (Alden Global): Operator of major metropolitan dailies including the New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune and The Baltimore Sun. Comparable as a portfolio newspaper company facing similar print secular decline dynamics.
• Boston Globe Media (Boston Globe): Major regional newspaper group with legacy daily, digital subscription model and lifestyle magazines. Comparable as a storied metro daily pursuing digital subscription and local-news positioning similar to CRC's strategy.
• Gannett Co. Largest U.S. newspaper publisher (USA TODAY network, hundreds of local dailies and weeklies). Comparable as a multi-title newspaper operator with national scale, though primarily daily/community news rather than luxury lifestyle.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries4 records

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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