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Industry News - - Page 7
7
Sep
Our-Hometown is pleased to announce that we’ve added a new, more robust photo gallery plugin to our suite of tools available to customers: NextGEN Gallery!
2
Sep
Our-Hometown President and CEO Matt Larson is joined by lead engineer James Harley in this live webinar to introduce our newest feature: Integration with Naviga’s CirculationPro software! This exciting new feature will allow publishers to streamline their workflow by using just a single circulation system for managing print subscribers. Previously, publishers would have to manually add new subscribers to their circulation system as orders arrived from the website — now […]
31
Aug
Last week, our friend and industry expert Mr. Kevin Slimp hosted a webinar alongside Vicki Whiting from Kid Scoop News focused on helping news publications find funding via government, corporate and foundation grants. During the session, Kevin identifies several different types of grants that may be available to newspapers and offers advice for applying based on his own experiences working alongside publications who have done so in the past. In […]
24
Aug
Our-Hometown is pleased to announce the pricing for our upcoming MemberPress & CircPro Integration feature, which automatically synchronizes digital subscriptions and orders placed through the website with the traditionally print-based CirculationPro software, allowing publishers to manage all of their subscribers in a single place. The MemberPress & CircPro Integration will be offered to publishers on our platform for $100/month following an initial $250 Setup Fee. The setup fee covers all […]
10
Aug
The Daily Catch of Red Hook, NY was featured on National Public Radio (NPR)’s “Rough Translation” podcast last week, receiving praise for their tremendous reporting on the war in Ukraine thanks in-part to a unique partnership with eastern Ukrainian journalist, Pavel Kuljuk. The Daily Catch is a free-to-read, digital-only news website launched by founder Emily Sachar on Our-Hometown’s WordPress Publishing Platform in June of 2021. Emily has worked hard over […]
10
Aug
Our-Hometown, Inc. is excited to welcome Restoration News Media and their five weekly newspapers — The Wilson Times, The Enterprise, The Johnstonian, The Butner-Creedmoor News and The Wake Weekly — to our Neighborhood of Publishers! We’ve worked closely with the team at Restoration News Media over the past few months to fine tune the website and ensure a smooth transition for both readers and staff, even developing some new features […]
4
Aug
The Kansas Newspaper Foundation has officially launched a Digital Initiative in the state of Kansas, allowing members the opportunity to apply for a brand new website on Our-Hometown’s WordPress Publishing Platform. The modern, mobile-friendly websites come equipped with several tools for generating digital revenue immediately, including Digital Subscriptions with adjustable Paywalls, customizable Web Advertisements, and even a Newsletter and Social Media Autopost Tool to help with sharing your content and […]
4
Aug
Last month, we announced that we would be hosting a LIVE WEBINAR on August 25th to introduce our newest feature: WordPress Integration with Naviga’s Print Circulation Software. We will be joined by a Naviga representative as we demonstrate the tool and answer questions from those in attendance. You can register for that webinar by clicking here. In the meantime, we are searching for publishers to help test the feature as […]
27
Jul
The Kansas Press Association announces the launch of a Digital Initiative program during this WEBINAR EVENT REPLAY streamed live on Friday, July 29th. The Kansas Newspaper Foundation, the non-profit arm of the KPA will be awarding grants for newspapers to assist in the establishment of websites for legal newspapers who either do not have websites or websites that provide only limited functionality. Please apply for the grant here: https://forms.gle/948KagT3PU1CpGu67 The […]
![Webinar Interview with VPA Directors on the Digital Initiative | July 28, 2022 [Replay]](https://our-hometown.com/wp-content/uploads/vpa-directors-interview-1-960x540.png "Webinar Interview with VPA Directors on the Digital Initiative | July 28, 2022 [Replay]")
7
Jul
Our-Hometown is excited to present this WEBINAR INTERVIEW with the Directors of the Virginia Press Association — the innovators of the original Digital Initiative program! The event was recorded on Thursday, July 28th at 2PM Eastern. Our-Hometown President & CEO Matthew Larson is joined by the Directors of the Virginia Press Association to discuss the ins-and-outs of the Digital Initiative program: how the idea started, what prompted the VPA to […]
