Teen Kids News

What Teen Kids News does

Teen Kids News is an Emmy award-winning weekly half-hour television news program produced by Alan Weiss Productions and founded in 2001. The show is delivered by teen reporters and anchors and targets a teen audience (middle and high school students) with content spanning current events, health, science, sports, college preparation, entertainment, and social issues. Operationally, the program is a single, unified media product consisting of full episodes and categorical video segments (Fun Facts, Health, Science & Tech, Animals & Wildlife, Kitchen Tips & Household Hacks, Word Play, College Advice, NRSF PSAs, and Special Reports), distributed across more than 160 U.S. broadcast TV stations, the American Forces Network (global), and educational TV channels reaching approximately 10,000 schools and 9 million students. The digital footprint extends to YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, and the teenkidsnews.com website, where full episodes and topical segments are archived.

The go-to-market model is community-led and free to viewers, with revenue generated through broadcast advertising and segment-level sponsorships from partners including the National Road Safety Foundation (core PSAs), Paramount Pictures, The Princeton Review, Oceana, and News Media Group. The company is privately held under Alan Weiss Productions, with no external institutional funding, no public listing, and no disclosed headcount. Core technology is conventional video production and broadcast distribution; no AI, APIs, or proprietary software platform are disclosed. Strategic positioning is anchored on brand longevity (23 years), Emmy recognition, and a hard-to-replicate educational and broadcast distribution footprint rather than on technology differentiation.

Name

Teen Kids News

Legal name

Teen Kids News

Website

https://teenkidsnews.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Teen Kids News is an Emmy award-winning weekly half-hour television news program produced by Alan Weiss Productions, delivered by teen reporters for teen audiences across 160+ U.S. TV stations, educational channels, and digital platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Television Programming

NAICS

Educational Services (611)

akta.pro primary industry

Teen/Youth-Oriented Channels (Ages 12–17) (MPABAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Children’s News & Current Affairs Programming (MPABAKAK), Children’s & Family Broadcast Networks (MPABAAAD)

Keywords

• Youth news program
• Educational television
• Teen broadcast media
• News magazine show
• Children's media content

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Broadcast and Streaming: The show generates content distributed across television stations and digital platforms. Sponsorship is mentioned for specific segments (e.g., Paramount Pictures sponsorship for movie reviews, National Road Safety Foundation for PSAs).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Teen Kids News is a weekly half-hour news magazine television program produced entirely by teens for a teen audience. The show covers current events, news, and informational topics and is distributed free of charge across broadcast television, military networks, and educational TV channels serving schools.

Product overview

Teen Kids News is a single, unified news media product — an Emmy award-winning weekly half-hour television program delivered via broadcast TV stations, American Forces Network, and educational TV channels reaching approximately 9 million students at 10,000 schools. The core offering consists of full episode shows and individual topical video segments organized into categories including Full Shows, Top Stories, College Advice, NRSF Public Service Announcements, If At First inspirational profiles, News Team Profiles, and Special Report series. Content is produced by teen reporters and covers diverse topics spanning health, science, sports, entertainment, social issues, and educational guidance. The platform operates across more than 160 TV stations and has been broadcasting for over 23 years.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Teen Kids News (Weekly Television Program) A weekly half-hour Emmy Award-winning news magazine television program produced entirely by teens for a teen audience, covering current events and informational topics. Distributed free of charge via 160+ broadcast TV stations, the American Forces Network, and educational TV channels reaching 10,000 schools and 9 million students.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Road Safety Foundation (NRSF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeen Kids News partners with the National Road Safety Foundation to produce PSA content including the Drive2Life PSA contest and Drive Safe Chicago contest. The NRSF sponsors traffic safety content on the show, engaging teen audiences in road safety awareness.
• Paramount PicturesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerParamount Pictures sponsors movie-related segments on Teen Kids News, such as coverage of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
• The Princeton ReviewminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRob Franek from The Princeton Review appears on the show to provide college advice content, including segments on college rankings and SAT/ACT preparation.
• Alan Weiss ProductionscoreOthersAlan Weiss Productions is the production company behind Teen Kids News. Alan Weiss serves as the Executive Producer.
• OceanaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMultiple segments sponsored by Oceana covering ocean conservation, plastic pollution, and marine life topics.
• News Media GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNews Media Group sponsors shopping and gift guide segments on the show.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• SmarterEveryDay / Veritasium / Vox: YouTube-native science and explainer creators (e.g., Veritasium, SmarterEveryDay, Vox) that capture the science/educational segment of teen attention. Indirect competitors for the educational video adjacency even though they do not produce teen news.

Broad incumbents

• Nickelodeon: Largest U.S. kids-and-family cable network with news-adjacent programming. Comparable as a kids/teens content brand with TV distribution and ad-supported monetization, though broader in scope.
• CNN 10: CNN's daily 10-minute news program for middle and high school students, distributed in schools and online. Directly comparable in audience, format (short-form news for teens) and school-channel distribution.
• ABC News 'World News Tonight' / Saturday morning kid blocks: Legacy broadcast networks that historically operated youth-oriented news blocks on Saturday mornings. TKN effectively competes for that same teen-news-on-broadcast slot across affiliate stations.
• PBS Kids / PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs: Public broadcaster with kids' educational programming and youth journalism initiatives. Comparable in mission (educational programming for young audiences) and Emmy-recognized editorial quality.

Direct peers

• TIME for Kids: Educational news and current-events product designed for K-12 students, distributed through schools and homes. Highly comparable in its teen-news-for-schools positioning, though delivered via print/digital rather than broadcast.
• Channel One News: Daily televised news program produced for teens and distributed into U.S. schools — the closest direct competitor to Teen Kids News in both format (broadcast news) and distribution (in-school TV).
• BBC Newsround: Long-running news program made specifically for children and teens by a major public broadcaster. Closely comparable in mission (age-appropriate news), format (short-form video stories), and teen-targeted editorial.

Emerging players

• Scholastic News: Educational publisher with classroom magazines and digital news products for grades K-8+. Comparable as a curriculum-aligned teen news source distributed via schools, even though primarily print/digital.
• Hoodline / Brut. (youth-focused digital news brands): Digital-native short-form video news brands targeting young adults with vertical, mobile-first storytelling. Represents the emerging format competition TKN faces for teen attention and advertiser dollars.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/TeenKidsNews20
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCXGc2iC4H5GQuzzfUZNfK5g
• Facebookfacebook.com/TEENKIDSNEWSTV
• Instagraminstagram.com/teen_kids_news

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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