Cranbrook Townsman

What Cranbrook Townsman does

Cranbrook Daily Townsman (operating as Cranbrook Townsman and branded East Kootenay News) is a local newspaper serving the East Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada, including Cranbrook, Kimberley, and surrounding communities. It is owned and operated as part of the Black Press Media network, a Canadian community-newspaper conglomerate. The publication delivers regional news, elections, business, community, lifestyle, sports, entertainment, opinion, obituaries, and public notices through a multi-channel product surface that includes a print newspaper, a digital website (cranbrooktownsman.com), a digital e-edition (digital.cranbrooktownsman.com), email newsletters, an events calendar, sponsored content, and a classifieds partnership with used.ca.

The underlying technology stack is a standard newspaper CMS-driven website with no proprietary technology assets disclosed; product surface is delivered through conventional web publishing, an e-edition viewer, and email/newsletter tooling. The business model is a traditional local-newspaper model with two core revenue streams: subscription revenue from local residents and advertising revenue from local businesses (display ads, sponsored content, classifieds, and public notices). Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The publication also extends its marketplace via a channel/reseller arrangement with used.ca for classifieds and participates in the broader Black Press Media events platform (events.blackpress.ca).

The organization is small (9 employees) and operates from a single general office in Cranbrook, British Columbia. It is privately held with no stock symbol, no independent ownership details, no founder information, and no investment history disclosed. No certifications, patents, regulatory actions, mergers and acquisitions, leadership changes, or funding events are recorded in the available data.

Name

Cranbrook Townsman

Legal name

Cranbrook Daily Townsman

Website

https://cranbrooktownsman.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cranbrook Daily Townsman is a privately held local newspaper serving the East Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. It delivers regional news, sports, business, and community coverage across print, website, e-edition, newsletter, and classifieds channels as part of the Black Press Media network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Local newspaper publishing
• Community news coverage
• Classified advertising
• Newsletter subscriptions
• Regional journalism

Headquarters

HQ city

Cranbrook

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Cranbrook Daily Townsman publishes a local newspaper serving the East Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada, delivering regional news, sports, business, community, lifestyle, entertainment, opinion, obituaries, and public notices across print, digital website, e-edition, and email newsletter channels. The publication also offers advertising solutions including display ads, sponsored content, and classified listings for local businesses and individuals.

Product overview

Cranbrook Daily Townsman is a single unified local newspaper product offering print and digital (eEdition) formats. The publication provides comprehensive news coverage across multiple sections including regional news, elections, business, community, lifestyle, entertainment, sports, and opinion. Additional services include classifieds advertising, newsletter subscriptions, and a community events calendar. The newspaper is part of the Black Press Media network and serves the East Kootenay region of British Columbia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cranbrook Daily Townsman Digital eEdition Digital replica of the Cranbrook Daily Townsman newspaper providing local news coverage for the East Kootenay region including Cranbrook and surrounding communities. Accessible online and includes special sections.
• Local News Coverage Comprehensive local journalism covering regional news, elections, business, community events, sports, entertainment, opinion pieces, obituaries, and public notices for the East Kootenay region. Distributed through the digital website and newspaper.
• Classifieds Advertising Online classified advertising marketplace for jobs, vehicles, real estate, and services, provided through partnership with used.ca. Available to local businesses and individuals in the East Kootenay region.
• Email Newsletter Subscription Email newsletter subscription service delivering news updates and content to local readers on a regular basis. Sign-up available through the publication website.
• Community Events Calendar Directory of local community events in the East Kootenay region, provided through the Black Press Media events platform. Allows community members and organizations to list and discover local events.
• Obituary and Public Notice Placement Paid service for placing obituaries, in-memory tributes, and public notices in the Cranbrook Daily Townsman newspaper and website. Serves local families and organizations in the East Kootenay region.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Black Press MediacoreOthersParent company and publishing network for the Cranbrook Daily Townsman. Black Press Media operates a network of community newspapers and digital media properties across Canada.
• Carpenter Media GroupminorOthersReferenced in privacy policy and terms of service. Appears to be a related media publishing entity.
• used.caminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorClassified advertising partner providing online classifieds platform integration for the publication's classifieds section.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Trail Daily Times: Another Black Press Media community daily serving Trail and the Greater Trail area in BC's West Kootenay. Closely comparable in format, scale, and regional BC Interior community coverage.
• Nelson Star: A Black Press Media community newspaper serving Nelson and the West Kootenay region of British Columbia. Same local-news, multi-platform model targeting a similar small-city BC Interior audience.
• Vernon Morning Star: A community daily newspaper serving Vernon and the North Okanagan in BC Interior. Operates the same print + digital + classifieds + events model under Black Press Media and competes for similar SMB advertising.
• Castlegar News: A small Black Press Media community newspaper serving Castlegar and the lower Columbia Valley. Directly comparable as a small-town BC community paper with the same operating model.
• Golden Star: A community newspaper serving Golden, BC, part of the Black Press Media network. Comparable in scale and product structure as a small regional BC paper with print and digital editions.
• Kimberley Bulletin: A sister community newspaper in the East Kootenay region under the Black Press Media network, serving Kimberley and area with the same local-news-plus-advertising model. Direct comparable in size, geography, and product structure.

Broad incumbents

• Vancouver Sun: British Columbia's largest daily newspaper, owned by Postmedia. Broad incumbent covering the same BC market but at metropolitan/national scale rather than community focus; competes for the same regional advertising pool.
• The Globe and Mail: Canada's national newspaper of record, with a substantial digital subscription business. Broad incumbent in the Canadian newspaper industry that competes for national digital ad spend and sets reader expectations for digital news products.
• Postmedia Network: Canada's largest newspaper publisher by circulation, operating major metropolitan dailies and digital properties. Broad incumbent operating in the same industry (Canadian newspaper publishing) at significantly larger scale.

Emerging players

• CBC British Columbia: The public broadcaster's BC news division produces digital local and regional news that competes for the same East Kootenay reader attention and, indirectly, digital ad and audience share. Funded alternative without print legacy but with growing digital local coverage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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