Participate in a virtual webinar on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 1 p.m. CT. more

Report for America is now accepting applications from local news organizations interested in hosting a corps member beginning in July 2027. Applications are due Oct. 19. more

Text-to-Vote is more than a new way to collect votes. It is a bridge between advertiser promotion, audience participation and new revenue. more

Fall is the busiest stretch on any local calendar — back-to-school nights, festivals, markets and a wave of concerts before the holidays. For publishers, that surge is either a revenue opportunity or a missed one, depending on your calendar strategy right now. more

The digital media crisis isn’t a lack of audience — it’s a failure to monetize the attention publishers already have. A unified approach to advertising, registration and subscriptions can turn more of that existing audience into meaningful revenue. more

Bryan Varblow, COO of AdvantageCS, talks about the capabilities subscription organizations need to build now to remain flexible, efficient and customer-focused in the years ahead. more

Lately, BellCornerstone, having helped repurpose more than 1,000 newspaper buildings across North America, is doing an awful lot of work selling properties in tertiary markets. Tertiary America is made up of thousands of smaller cities and communities outside major metropolitan areas. more

Angela Mackay, chief commercial officer and managing director, Asia Pacific at the Financial Times, shares lessons from the FT’s revenue diversification journey and explores how media organizations can build more resilient businesses while protecting the value of their core brand. more

Unregulated AI use isn't a shortcut to efficiency; it's a slow leak in the trust, accuracy and legal standing that local journalism depends on. Governance isn't red tape. It's the framework that lets publishers use AI both aggressively and safely at the same time. more

Digital marketing businesses have access to more data than ever. The challenge is not getting the data. It is getting the right information in one place, when you actually need it. more

Contact centers face a nonstop influx of routine requests like password resets, delivery updates and billing questions. Automating these repetitive tasks allows agents to move beyond reactive support and focus on delivering meaningful customer value through more proactive, intent-based service. more

At local news conferences in the U.S. over the past couple of years, editors have asked us a version of the same question: can you help us pull stories, and information, out of the public data we already have access to but can't keep up with? “Yes — we can help you!” more

Reader loyalty can't be left to chance. Leading publishers have turned their onboarding journeys into carefully engineered funnels: every click, from first visit to subscription, is orchestrated to maximize conversion and retention. See how The New York Times, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and Substack approach this goal. more

Imagine a time in the near future when your news organization is once again paid by local businesses in spades. Not for ad space — that ship has long sailed — but for myriad other business services: branding, sales, staff recruitment, IT and accounting, just to name some broad categories of help that companies need right now and always will. more

Editors can now check whether content is AI-generated or manipulated before publishing, using a specialist tool designed for newsrooms. Press Gazette has partnered with Flip-Pay to build Made by Humans, a platform designed to help media owners manage the editorial, legal and reputational risks associated with publishing AI-generated content. more

The Villages Media Group has chosen ProImage’s NewsWayX to streamline its production workflow and address long-standing challenges. The installation of NewsWayX, a cloud-based workflow management solution, has enabled the company to achieve greater flexibility, efficiency and accuracy in the printing processes. more

For newspaper publishers, long-term sustainability hinges on delivering what loyal, traditional subscribers expect while offering digital-first audiences what they desire. How do news organizations build daily reader habits with a younger demographic without alienating their core base? The answer is diversifying the content mix to include modern lifestyle content. more

Copyright law is designed to make sure that most uses of someone else’s creative content are compensated. So, what are the best practices to mitigate the risk of drawing a copyright suit and to put yourself in the best position to win a copyright suit if one is filed? more

recruitlayer connects sales reps and employers with the AI assistants they already use. more

As publishers look beyond traditional newspaper acquisitions, niche media brands offer opportunities to reach highly engaged audiences, diversify revenue and build long-term value. While not every niche product will succeed, audience-focused media may become an increasingly important part of broader growth strategies. more