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Industry News - - Page 10
4
Mar
The following is a guest column contributed by Mr. Kevin Slimp, aka the “News Guru” and host of the Kevin Slimp Webinar Series. It’s late as I write this column, just around midnight. There’s nothing unusual about that. I tend to write my columns, stories, and books late in the evening. Apparently, that’s not the norm for most famous writers in history. Maybe I should take a clue from them. […]
23
Feb
Our-Hometown, Inc. is happy to announce that our partnership with Mr. Kevin Slimp has been extended once again, guaranteeing all Our-Hometown customers FREE entry to his upcoming webinars! Kevin Slimp is a stalwart in the industry, spending much of his time educating news publishers on best practices across a wide array of different tools and software and helping them to improve their publications in whatever ways possible. Slimp holds a […]
23
Feb
The Clarke County Democrat recently became one of our first customers to incorporate full Audio Articles functionality within their iOS & Android applications! Audio Articles is an exciting feature available to Our-Hometown customers that automatically converts your published articles into audio files that are played back to the reader, freeing up their hands for multi-tasking while consuming the news. Each Audio Article is automatically assigned to a Playlist of articles […]
22
Feb
Our-Hometown is excited to announce that Lee Wolverton has agreed to join Thursday’s LIVE WEBINAR as a guest panelist along with Paul T. Farrell Jr. of Farrell & Fuller LLC and Bob Fitzsimmons of Fitzsimmons Law Firm PLLC. Wolverton is the vice president of news and executive editor at HD Media Co., LLC — the plaintiff in the federal antitrust lawsuit filed against Google & Facebook — and will provide […]
15
Feb
Through its participation in the Our-Hometown Digital Initiative — Virginia Press Association partnership, the Courier-Record has been able to build upon a large Facebook following, with the launch of a new website powered by our fully customized WordPress platform. The award-winning Courier-Record is a weekly news publication in Blackstone VA. Serving Nottoway, Lunenburg and surrounding counties, the Courier-Record newspaper has a weekly circulation of 6,150. With a reputation for honest […]
10
Feb
The news publishing industry is an ever-changing landscape, and with all of the added uncertainty that the pandemic introduced to the scene, it is no secret that many newspapers world-wide are still trying to cope with the ripple effects. Many newspapers have reduced the size of their news teams, and the remaining employees have been burdened with picking up the slack. In speaking with publishers, several have noted that they […]
31
Jan
Redesigns. They’ve been on my mind a lot lately. When Ed Henninger, the undisputed guru of newspaper and magazine design, decided to retire three years ago (I never really thought he was serious), we had several conversations about his decision. I’ll never forget when he told me he was “done.” “I’m closing down my website. I’m getting rid of my Adobe software subscription. I’m going to give my large page […]
25
Jan
With our SEO For Newspapers LIVE webinar set to take place Thursday at 12PM eastern time, we thought we’d stick with the Search Engine Optimization theme this week and invite our customers to update their Site Title and Site Description, which are two important fields used to help your website perform better on Google and other search engines. Most customers on our WordPress platform are already utilizing the Title and […]
21
Jan
Join The Webinar UPDATE: Lee Wolverton, the Vice President of News and Executive editor at HD Media Co., LLC — the plaintiff in the lawsuit — will be joining the webinar as a special guest panelist! Our-Hometown is excited to announce that we’ll be hosting a LIVE interview & AMA (Ask Me Anything) event with Paul T. Farrell Jr. of Farrell & Fuller, LLC and Bob Fitzsimmons of Fitzsimmons Law […]
18
Jan
MemberPress is the plug-in that powers digital subscriptions on the vast majority of Our-Hometown customers’ websites. It allows publishers to restrict their premium content to paid subscribers, while also providing all of the tools needed to create and manage various subscription options and collect payment from their customers.
