Owned by Gannett, it is the sole daily newspaper in Akron and is distributed throughout Northeast Ohio.

On August 2, 2006, McClatchy sold the Beacon Journal to Black Press.

[3] On November 11, 2013, the Akron Beacon Journal printed its last paper in-house.

It subsequently used the presses at The Repository in Canton, Ohio,[4] also owned by GateHouse.

[5] The Akron Beacon Journal is Summit County's oldest continuously operating business.