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Capital Daily / Overstory Media Group
by Andrew WilkinsonAndrew Wilkinson launched Capital Daily, a local news newsletter for Victoria, Canada, after noticing his local newspaper had no real journalism. He spent $200k on ads to quickly acquire 25,000 subscribers, then hired journalists to build out the team. After burning money on inefficient operations, he partnered with Farhan (who had scaled Vancouver's biggest local news site) as CEO. The business is now expanding across Canada under the parent company Overstory Media Group.
First customers: Paid ads (Facebook/Google ads for email subscribers)
Capital Daily
by Andrew WilkinsonCapital Daily is a local news newsletter for Victoria, Canada that grew from a simple idea into a 40,000-subscriber operation (25% of the city's population) in about 1.5 years. Andrew Wilkinson started it with a stay-at-home mom friend, scaled it using PPC advertising at $2 per acquisition, and later hired actual journalists to do original reporting. The business has become larger than the traditional local paper and is now exploring expansion across Canada and potentially the US.
First customers: Organic growth from word-of-mouth and newsletter signups after launch