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Top 25 Media startups based in the United States

Name: Media startups based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 1,705 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,705 media startups headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 66,794 professional contacts across them, including 16,271 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers media startups 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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66,794Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest media startups based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,705 media startups based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to media startups: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Condé Nast	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	5,204 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	FOX Corporation	Partial evidence	New York, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	3,226 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Under the FOX banner, we produce and distribute content through some of the world’s leading and most valued brands, including: FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	HER Campus Media	Partial evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	1,578 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Her Campus Media is the #1 media portfolio for college students and Gen Z.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	NEW York Post	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	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, 2026
5	Barstool Sports	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	1,118 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Barstool Sports is one of the most influential lifestyle brands in America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	VOX Media	Partial evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	1,005 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Vox Media, the premium media company, is home to a portfolio of top talent and engaging editorial brands that ignite conversations and set trends, including Vox, New York…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	AD AGE	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	728 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ad Age, a Crain family brand, is a daily must-read for an influential audience of decision makers and disruptors across the marketing and media landscape.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	TMB Trusted Media Brands	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	602 contacts →
	Partial evidence “TMB (Trusted Media Brands) is the community-driven entertainment company engaging more than 250 million consumers worldwide across streaming TV, social media, web and print.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	AXIOS	Partial evidence	Arlington, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	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, 2026
10	Verizon Media	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	498 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Verizon Media is now Yahoo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Mashable	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	485 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Mashable is a media and entertainment company for superfans.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Advance Local	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	456 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Advance Local Media is one of the largest media groups in the United States, which operates the leading news and information companies in more than 20 cities, reaching 52+ million…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	BDG	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	390 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BDG is one of today’s leading global media companies with a portfolio of distinct digital and experiential brands that are shaping culture through its authentic and trusted…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	CBS News And Stations	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	293 contacts →
	Indirect 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, 2026
15	Refinery29	Indirect evidence	Brooklyn, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	271 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For the last 20 years, Refinery29 has changed the way content speaks to and represents women and underrepresented communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Studio71, LP	Partial evidence	Beverly Hills, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	248 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Studio71 is a global media company that produces and distributes premium, brand safe content across all video platforms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Digital Trends Media Group	Partial evidence	Portland, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	232 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Digital Trends Media Group is an award-winning publishing company encompassing a number of Millennial-focused media brands including Digital Trends and Digital Trends en Español…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	WRAL	Partial evidence	Raleigh, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	230 contacts →
	Partial 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, 2026
19	Deseret Digital Media	Indirect evidence	Salt Lake City, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	166 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We work hard.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Rooster Teeth Productions, A Warner Bros. Discovery Company	Indirect evidence	Austin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	164 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Rooster Teeth is a fan-driven, community-built entertainment company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	ATTN	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	163 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ATTN: is a media company built for the attention era.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Valuetainment	Partial evidence	Fort Lauderdale, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	153 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Valuetainment is a global media and business ecosystem founded by Patrick Bet-David focused on entrepreneurship, leadership, capitalism, and personal growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Gallery Media Group	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	152 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Gallery Media Group is a modern day media company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Morning Brew	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	140 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Morning Brew is redefining business media with content that's approachable, digestible, and-if we may say-pretty funny.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	The Hustle	Indirect evidence	Cambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	135 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At The Hustle, it's business as unusual.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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: media startups. 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 media startups.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of media startups, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name media startups. 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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Media startups based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

24.4%Verified-email coverage

39.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

14.0%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,112

11-50

406

51-200

115

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

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 1,705 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 media startups, 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 “media startups”. 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 media startups), 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 media startups, 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, 16,271 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.

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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 media startups, 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 media startups are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,705 media startups 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?

Condé Nast, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most media startups?

New York leads with 239 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (197) and San Francisco (51).

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 16,271 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,705 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.