As 2022 comes to a close, we’d like to take a look back at all that we’ve accomplished this year.
Our Digital Initiative program reached new heights as we launched new websites for several newspapers across the country through our partnerships with the Virginia Press Association, Illinois Press Association, and the Kansas Newspaper Foundation. The program helps us to provide the basic necessities for newspapers to launch a digital product for an affordable price, paving the way for publishers to generate new streams of revenue online.
Our engineers have been hard at work this year, releasing our first official integrations with existing print circulation systems CircPro and SimpleCirc. This is a goal we have been working towards for quite some time, and we are thrilled to finally be able to offer these options to our customers.
We’ve also continued to expand and develop our Audio Articles product, focusing primarily on the Audio Articles Playlists feature and direct integration with our iOS and Android Applications.
Take a look at the timeline below to see some of our other notable announcements and releases throughout the year. Enjoy your holiday season and we will see you in 2023!
January 3, 2022
Over the past several years, Our-Hometown has evolved into much more than just a website provider for newspapers. In addition to all of the tools…
January 3, 2022
January 10, 2022
Audio Articles: Playlists is the latest expansion to our innovative Audio Articles feature, taking listening to the news to the next level by introducing curated…
January 10, 2022
February 15, 2022
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,…
February 15, 2022
February 25, 2022
Special thanks to Lee Wolverton, vice president of news and executive editor at HD Media Co., LLC — the plaintiff in the federal antitrust lawsuit…
February 25, 2022
March 4, 2022
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…
March 4, 2022
March 9, 2022
Our-Hometown is excited to announce that president & CEO Matt Larson will be joining our friends at Online Media Campus on Thursday, April 7th at…
March 9, 2022
April 18, 2022
Our-Hometown, Inc. and the Virginia Press Association teamed up earlier this year to launch Our-Hometown’s first Digital Initiative. The Digital Initiative is a program aimed…
April 18, 2022
May 20, 2022
Having been in print since 1973 and with only a basic homepage, The Amelia Bulleting Monitor has launched a new website powered by Our-Hometown’s fully…
May 20, 2022
June 1, 2022
The Digital Initiative program is growing! Our-Hometown, Inc. is excited to announce that we’ve partnered with the Illinois Press Association to expand our Digital Initiative…
June 1, 2022
June 3, 2022
Supported by the Virginia Press Association Digital Initiative, The Crewe-Burkeville Journal has introduced a new website powered by Our-Hometown’s fully customized WordPress platform. Locally-owned and…
June 3, 2022
July 1, 2022
Google is sunsetting Universal Analytics on July 1, 2023. The following are the steps to set up Google Analytics 4 (GA4) so that we can…
July 1, 2022
July 6, 2022
Our-Hometown is happy to welcome The Rappahannock Times to our platform as the latest publication to launch a new website through the Virginia Press Association’s…
July 6, 2022
July 7, 2022
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!…
July 7, 2022
August 10, 2022
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…
August 10, 2022
August 10, 2022
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…
August 10, 2022
August 24, 2022
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…
August 24, 2022
September 2, 2022
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…
September 2, 2022
September 7, 2022
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!
September 7, 2022
September 14, 2022
In this publisher interview the Our-Hometown team is joined by Kristen Weaver, Director of Operations at the Wilson County News in Floresville Texas.
September 14, 2022
September 22, 2022
In this publisher interview the Our-Hometown team is joined by Emily Sachar, Publisher and Editor of the Red Hook Daily Catch based in New York’s…
September 22, 2022
September 28, 2022
Newspapers nationwide are required to file an annual Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation with their local post office in order to maintain newspaper mailing…
September 28, 2022
October 11, 2022
Last week, we introduced a special promotion for Audio Articles, announcing that we are waiving the $250 Setup Fee associated with first-time setup for customers…
October 11, 2022
October 19, 2022
Our-Hometown’s WordPress Publishing Platform includes support for three popular payment gateways that allow your readers and customers to place orders and make payments online through…
October 19, 2022
October 24, 2022
In this publisher interview the Our-Hometown team is joined by Keven Zepezauer, President and Publisher at Restoration NewsMedia in North Carolina. We hear about the…
October 24, 2022
November 7, 2022
Ninety percent of all search engine traffic goes through Google with its spiders crawling the web looking for the most relevant sites to display at…
November 7, 2022
November 16, 2022
From Finances Online’s 51 Key Online Payment Software Statistics You Must Learn: 2022 Data Analysis & Market Share: “This year’s findings from McKinsey’s Digital Payments…
November 16, 2022
November 23, 2022
Publishers using SimpleCirc to manage print subscribers, rejoice! We are happy to announce that we’re currently testing a new integration that allows for automatic updating…
November 23, 2022
December 7, 2022
Our friend and industry expert Kevin Slimp — host of the Kevin Slimp Webinar Series — has provided us the following guest column to distribute…
December 7, 2022
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