Beacon News

Online daily newspaper network expanding to 2,000 papers across North American by 2017. End game: sell like Huffington Post.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Media and Entertainment
  • Location Calgary, AB, Canada
  • Currency CAD
  • Founded December 2008
  • Employees 5
  • Website beaconnews.ca

Company Summary

The value is in the network. Beacon News (BN) is building a network of 2,000 online daily newspapers across Canada and the United States, creating a very powerful media marketing platform 2.5 x larger than Yahoo News (#1 online news site). If each Beacon generates a gross profit of $50,000/year, Beacon News will generate $100 million annually. BN has proven it can generate readers. It has developed a robust revenue model. The endgame is to sell.

Team

  • Markham Hislop
    Chairman, President & CEO

  • Jack Zenert
    VP of Sales & Marketing

  • Peter Kneeland
    CFO

Advisors

  • Dean Strashok
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    Peter Kneeland
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Peter Kneeland
    Unconfirmed
    Tracy Blaine
    Unconfirmed
    Chris Hammer
    Unconfirmed

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