The Des Moines Register competitors

Zippia score 4.1

The Des Moines Register main competitors are The Associated Press, The Morning Call, and Akron Beacon Journal.

Competitor Summary. See how The Des Moines Register compares to its main competitors:

Lee Enterprises has the most employees (3,597).
Employees at The Associated Press earn more than most of the competitors, with an average yearly salary of $62,361.
The oldest company is Detroit Free Press, founded in 1831.

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The Des Moines Register vs competitors

Company	Founding date	Zippia score	Headquarters	# of Locations	Revenue	Employees
The Des Moines Register	1849	4.1	Des Moines, IA	1	$65.0M	284
Detroit Free Press	1831	3.8	Detroit, MI	1	$16.0M	292
Columbia Daily Tribune	1901	4.0	Columbia, MO	1	$26.0M	350
Lee Enterprises	1890	3.9	Davenport, IA	19	$691.1M	3,597
Salina Journal	1871	3.6	Salina, KS	1	$7.7M	130
Akron Beacon Journal	1839	4.0	Akron, OH	1	$31.6M	243
Omaha World-Herald	1885	4.2	Omaha, NE	1	$310.3M	432
The Associated Press	1846	4.7	New York, NY	2	$568.1M	3,300
The Ames Tribune	1868	3.5	Ames, IA	1	$6.7M	75
The Star News	1867	3.6	Medford, WI	1	$3.0M	35
The News-Gazette	1919	3.8	Champaign, IL	1	$3.2M	50
Bucks County Courier Times	1911	4.3	Levittown, PA	1	$280.0M	1,275
The Pantagraph	1837	2.5	Bloomington, IL	1	$3.5M	79
Times News	1883	4.0	Lehighton, PA	1	$31.0M	350
The Telegraph	1982	4.4	Hudson, NH	1	$409.2M	180
Post Bulletin	1916	3.8	Rochester, MN	1	$14.5M	100
The Morning Call	1883	4.4	Allentown, PA	1	$150.0M	750
The Palm Beach Post	1916	4.3	West Palm Beach, FL	1	$340.0M	1,200
Daily Journal	1986	4.3	Los Angeles, CA	1	$69.9M	250
The Herald Journal	1931	3.2	Logan, UT	1	$3.7M	75
U.S. News & World Report	1933	4.3	Washington, DC	1	$300.0M	485

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The Des Moines Register salaries vs competitors

Among The Des Moines Register competitors, employees at The Associated Press earn the most with an average yearly salary of $62,361.

Compare The Des Moines Register salaries vs competitors

Company	Average salary	Hourly salary	Salary score
The Des Moines Register	$40,531	$19.49	-
Detroit Free Press	$36,632	$17.61	-
Columbia Daily Tribune	$44,811	$21.54	-
Lee Enterprises	$31,653	$15.22	-
Salina Journal	$49,313	$23.71	-
Akron Beacon Journal	$57,490	$27.64	-

Compare The Des Moines Register job title salaries vs competitors

Company	Highest salary	Hourly salary
The Des Moines Register	$63,293	$30.43
The Morning Call	$89,145	$42.86
Akron Beacon Journal	$75,097	$36.10
Salina Journal	$74,109	$35.63
Columbia Daily Tribune	$69,662	$33.49
The Associated Press	$69,536	$33.43
Omaha World-Herald	$67,903	$32.65
Times News	$63,560	$30.56
The Palm Beach Post	$57,188	$27.49
Bucks County Courier Times	$56,891	$27.35
Daily Journal	$54,924	$26.41
The Pantagraph	$52,694	$25.33
Post Bulletin	$47,192	$22.69
U.S. News & World Report	$46,800	$22.50
The News-Gazette	$46,151	$22.19
The Herald Journal	$44,639	$21.46
The Telegraph	$44,357	$21.33
The Ames Tribune	$43,980	$21.14
Detroit Free Press	$43,110	$20.73
The Star News	$41,874	$20.13

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The Des Moines Register demographics vs competitors

Compare gender at The Des Moines Register vs competitors

Job title	Male	Female
Salina Journal	41%	59%
Lee Enterprises	47%	53%
Times News	48%	52%
Daily Journal	52%	48%
The Associated Press	61%	39%
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Company	White	Hispanic or Latino	Black or African American	Asian	Unknown	Diversity score
Daily Journal	64%	14%	11%	7%	3%	9.2
Lee Enterprises	73%	10%	7%	7%	3%	9.7
The Associated Press	60%	15%	12%	9%	4%	9.0
Times News	69%	11%	11%	7%	3%	8.2
Salina Journal	77%	8%	5%	8%	3%	7.3

The Des Moines Register and similar companies CEOs

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Gerald L. Salzman

Daily Journal

Gerald Salzman is a President/CEO/CFO/CAO/Treasurer at DAILY JOURNAL CORP, Pres/CEO/CFO/Treasurer/Asst Secy at DAILY JOURNAL CORP, and Board Member at DAILY JOURNAL CORP.

Kevin D. Mowbray

Lee Enterprises

Kevin Mowbray is a President- Publisher at St. Louis Post-Dispatch and President and Chief Executive Officer at LEE ENTERPRISES, INC. He studied at WIU.

Daisy Veerasingham

The Associated Press

Daisy Veerasingham was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in February of 2021. Veerasingham had been chief revenue officer since 2019, and continues to lead the company’s revenue division and serve on the AP Management Committee. Veerasingham joined AP in 2004 as sales director for AP Television News in London and was promoted to senior vice president for international revenue in 2010. In that role, she led all international content licensing, AP Global Media Services and AP’s video business, including the news agency’s multichannel live video service. Prior to joining AP, she was group sales and marketing director at LexisNexis and also held sales and marketing roles at the Financial Times. Based in London, Veerasingham will relocate to AP’s headquarters in New York.

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