JLife Magazine

What JLife Magazine does

JLife Magazine is a community magazine publication serving the Jewish community and the wider local population in two English cities: Leeds and Manchester. The publication operates as a hybrid print-and-digital media brand, producing city-specific Leeds and Manchester editions alongside a shared online platform at jlifemagazine.co.uk. Editorial content is organized into recurring categories — Features, Community News, Interviews, Blog, Competitions, and Featured Businesses — with each city edition maintaining its own parallel content streams. The magazine is edited under the direction of a named editor (Elliot Landy) and operates as a five-person operation out of a Leeds headquarters at Unit 7 Gemini Business Park, Sheepscar Way.

Under the underlying technology, the business is a conventional content-publishing operation: a print magazine production workflow for the physical editions, complemented by a CMS-driven website with category-segmented content archives and active social media distribution on Facebook, X, and Instagram. There is no proprietary technology stack, app, or API surface; the platform layer is the website plus third-party social channels. An email newsletter opt-in supports direct audience communication.

JLife Ltd, the operating entity, is a privately held (private limited company) UK business that generates revenue through advertising — paid placements and 'Featured Businesses' listings aimed at local businesses and community organizations seeking to reach the Jewish community in Leeds and Manchester. Pricing is contact-based and not publicly disclosed. The customer base is segmented into Jewish community members (primary), local businesses (advertisers), and community organizations/charities (editorial partners and promotional beneficiaries). No subscription, event, or other revenue streams are disclosed, and no funding rounds, institutional investors, or parent-company affiliation are indicated in the source material.

Name

JLife Magazine

Legal name

JLife Ltd

Website

https://jlifemagazine.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

JLife Magazine is a community print and digital magazine serving the Jewish community and broader local population in Leeds and Manchester, publishing city-specific editions with news, features, interviews, and business advertising.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Magazine Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Community, Ethnic & Multilingual News Publishers (MPAJADAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAB), Arts, Culture & Literary Magazines (MPAJAEAN)

Keywords

• Community magazine
• Local news publishing
• Print advertising
• Regional media
• Community journalism

Headquarters

HQ city

Leeds

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Advertising: JLife Magazine generates revenue through advertising, offering businesses the opportunity to feature in the publication. The magazine has a dedicated 'Featured Businesses' section and accepts paid advertisements from local businesses targeting the Leeds and Manchester communities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

JLife Magazine publishes a regional community magazine with separate Leeds and Manchester editions, available in print and digital form. It operates a content website (jlifemagazine.co.uk) featuring categorised editorial content covering community news, features, interviews, blog posts, competitions, and featured business placements. The publication serves the Jewish community and wider local population in northern England and generates revenue primarily through advertising and featured business placements.

Product overview

JLife Magazine is a community magazine publishing regional editions for Leeds and Manchester. Originally created for the Jewish community, it now serves a wider audience with news, features, interviews, and community content. The publication operates both as a print magazine and a digital online platform accessible at jlifemagazine.co.uk, offering content across multiple categories including features, community news, blog posts, interviews, competitions, and featured businesses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• JLife Magazine (Leeds and Manchester Editions) Print and digital regional community magazine published in separate Leeds and Manchester editions, covering community news, features, interviews, blog posts, competitions, and featured business placements for the Jewish community and wider local readership.
• JLife Website (Online Content Platform) Online content platform at jlifemagazine.co.uk that hosts categorised editorial articles, blog posts, competitions, and featured business placements covering community news, features, and interviews for the Jewish community and wider local audience in Leeds and Manchester.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Yorkshire Evening Post: Regional newspaper covering Leeds and Yorkshire with print and digital products. Comparable to JLife in serving the Leeds local market and local-advertiser ecosystem, though without the Jewish-community specialisation.
• Leeds List: Digital local media outlet covering Leeds lifestyle, events, and businesses. Comparable to JLife in competing for the same Leeds-based advertisers and reader attention, though operating purely digitally and without community-specific focus.
• Manchester Evening News: Largest regional newspaper covering Greater Manchester with print and digital editions. Comparable to JLife in targeting Manchester-based readers and local advertisers, though at a much broader scale and not community-specific.

Direct peers

• Jewish News: UK-based Jewish news publication covering community, political, and cultural news. Closely comparable to JLife in target audience, advertising-supported model, and community-news positioning.
• Hamodia UK: Orthodox Jewish newspaper with international editions serving community news, features, and advertising. Comparable to JLife as a print-and-digital community publication serving Jewish audiences.
• Jewish Chronicle: Long-established UK Jewish newspaper and digital newsroom serving the British Jewish community. Highly comparable to JLife as an English-language Jewish-community news publisher targeting UK readers and advertisers.
• Jewish Telegraph: UK regional Jewish newspaper with editions for northern English cities. Directly comparable to JLife as a UK Jewish community newspaper operating across multiple regional editions with advertising.

Emerging players

• Jewish Standard: US-based Jewish community newspaper covering local news, features, and events. Comparable to JLife in community-newspaper positioning, audience targeting, and advertising-supported revenue model.
• Jewish Renaissance: UK Jewish cultural and literary magazine covering arts, culture, and community life. Comparable to JLife as a niche magazine targeting Jewish cultural readers with community and feature content.

Broad incumbents

• The Jerusalem Post: Major international Jewish newspaper and digital news site. Comparable to JLife as a Jewish-targeted news publisher with global reach, though operating at vastly different scale and geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/jlifemagazine
• Facebookfacebook.com/jlifemagazine
• Instagraminstagram.com/jlifemagazine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jlifemagazine.co.uk

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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