New Media Investment owns, operates and invests in local media assets and provides advertising and printing services. New Media Investment provides locally-focused print and digital content to its consumers principally in small to mid-size communities. New Media Investment is one of the largest publishers of locally based print and online media in the United States as measured by its number of daily publications. As of July 1, 2018, New Media Investment operates in over 570 markets across 37 states reaching over 23 million people on a weekly basis and serves over 220,000 business customers.* The Daytona Beach News-Journal has been serving Volusia and Flagler counties as the local daily newspaper since 1883 and is one of the largest employers in the area. Their strategy is to acquire and operate traditional local media businesses and transform them from print centric operations to dynamic multi-media operations, through their existing online advertising and digital marketing businesses.