Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Digital news publishers based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 174 digital news publishers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 26,126 professional contacts across them, including 6,405 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers digital news publishers headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest digital news publishers based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,703 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 3,052 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Washington Post is an award-winning news leader whose mission is to connect, inform, and enlighten local, national and global readers with trustworthy reporting, in-depth…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 2,963 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “USA TODAY reflects the pulse of the nation with original, on-the-ground reporting centered on diverse perspectives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 2,293 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CBS News is the news and information division of CBS Corporation, dedicated to providing the highest quality journalism under standards it pioneered and continues to set in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,950 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “NPR's rigorous reporting and unsurpassed storytelling connect with millions of Americans everyday-on the air, online, and in person.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 1,189 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Every day, the most powerful and influential people in the most powerful and influential city read the New York Post.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 963 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “HuffPost is for the people, not the powerful.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 874 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 864 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “McClatchy Media Company is shaping the future of media by bringing together trusted journalism, engaging lifestyle and entertainment content, trend analysis, and innovative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 832 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1829, The Philadelphia Inquirer has been “asking on behalf of the people” of Philadelphia and the region by providing essential journalism.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 734 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Seattle Times is the Northwest's most trusted source for independent journalism, connecting you to your community and the world in print, online and on the go.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 542 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a new media company delivering vital, trustworthy news and analysis in the most efficient, illuminating and shareable ways possible.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 498 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Verizon Media is now Yahoo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 443 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 187 years, The Baltimore Sun has been Maryland’s trusted source for award-winning, unbiased journalism, delivering the stories that inform, inspire, and connect our…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 293 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CBS News and Stations, brings together the power of CBS News, 28 owned television stations in 17 major U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 230 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “WRAL-TV is a diversified and locally owned/operated media company, located in the Triangle region of North Carolina.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 173 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Daily Mail is one of the world’s largest and most influential news publishers, reaching over a billion people globally every month with its Seriously Popular content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 166 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We work hard.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 161 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In an exceptionally competitive media landscape, the Boston Herald stands out for its influential political, business, sports and entertainment coverage.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 117 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Current is an award-winning multiplatform media company dedicated to the in-depth investigation and exploration of the world's most important, interesting, and entertaining…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 116 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2010 by Tucker Carlson, a 20-year veteran journalist, and Neil Patel, former chief policy advisor to Vice President Cheney, The Daily Caller is a 24-hour news…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Freelance News Reporter” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Launched in early 2020, The US Sun is the American digital edition of the famous British tabloid, offering the best in entertainment, news, tech, sport, and consumer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Altoona Mirror and AltoonaMirror.com brings you the latest news and information.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CNN Newsource helps local news providers tell stories throughout every news cycle and on all platforms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: digital news publishers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names digital news publishers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of digital news publishers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name digital news publishers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Digital news publishers based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 174 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among digital news publishers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “digital news publishers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names digital news publishers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among digital news publishers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 6,405 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Digital news publishers by metro
- Digital news publishers in New York35
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names digital news publishers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many digital news publishers are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 174 digital news publishers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
The Associated Press, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most digital news publishers?
New York leads with 35 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (7) and Atlanta (5).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 6,405 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 174 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.