PRESENTING SPONSOR

The Google News Initiative works with publishers and journalists to fight misinformation, share resources and build a diverse and innovative news ecosystem.

PLATINIUM SPONSOR

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology company. From the connectivity and platforms, we provide, to the content and experiences we create, our businesses reach hundreds of millions of customers, viewers, and guests worldwide. We deliver world-class broadband, wireless, and video through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and Sky; produce, distribute, and stream leading entertainment, sports, and news through brands including NBC, Telemundo, Universal, Peacock, and Sky; and bring incredible theme parks and attractions to life through Universal Destinations & Experiences. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.

TollBit is a tool for publishers of all sizes to monitor, manage, and monetize AI bot traffic. As AI bots and data scrapers become more common, publishers face a growing challenge: how to protect and monetize their content in the AI era. TollBit is transforming how publishers can monetize their content in the AI era.

  • Monitor AI bot traffic: Track and analyze AI bots scraping your content through our Analytics Tool.
  • Manage AI bot access: Manage which AI Bots can access your content by using our Bot Paywall.
  • Monetize your content: Set your own rates for the content and earn revenue when AI bots use your content.

Setting up TollBit only takes 30 minutes, with no impact on your site’s page load times, ad load times, or SEO. We offer our Bot Analytics and Paywall solutions at no cost for most publishers. We have already onboarded more than 100 sites. To learn more, sign up at TollBit – https://app.tollbit.com/sign-up

GOLD SPONSOR

Audience.io is the audience management platform that helps media companies grow, engage, and monetize their audiences. 

Our end-to-end solution connects the journey between audience growth and engagement, data containment and augmentation, segmentation, activation, and monetization, giving you the leverage you need to close advertisers and capture significant incremental revenue.

The comprehensive platform powers a broad cross-section of audience engagement experiences, simplifying your tech stack and ensuring your data is clean and compliant.

BlueLena accelerates audience growth and digital transformation by deploying world-class technology, and delivering the expertise and professional services to develop and sustain subscription, membership and donation models for long-term success. Our integrated technology and managed services support a diverse mix of over one hundred non-profit and for profit newsrooms, native digital and print plus digital publications, as well as established and new media brands. Our clients represent membership with the Local Media Association, LION Publishers, the Institute for Nonprofit News, the Black Press Association, the National Association of Hispanic Press and the Association of Alternative Newsmedia.

SILVER SPONSORS

Taboola powers recommendations for the open web, helping people discover things they may like. 

The company’s platform, powered by artificial intelligence, is used by digital properties, including websites, devices and mobile apps, to drive monetization and user engagement. Taboola has long-term partnerships with some of the top digital properties in the world, including Yahoo, CNBC, BBC, NBC News, Business Insider, The Independent and El Mundo. 

Around 18,000 advertisers use Taboola to reach nearly 600 million daily active users in a brand-safe environment. Taboola is a leader in powering e-commerce recommendations, driving more than 1 million monthly transactions, with leading brands including Walmart, Macy’s, Skechers and eBay among key customers.

Learn more at www.taboola.com and follow @taboola on Twitter.

Serving 23,000+ newspapers, magazines, websites, and events worldwide, The Newspaper Manager, connects a world-class CRM platform, an ad order management system that handles print orders, events, and digital products, a sales pipeline opportunities module, a production and project management system, an editorial module, a billing and accounts receivable system, and an audience development module into one unified platform.

With the addition of Digital Media Manager, DigitalStudio, The Magazine Manager, Flip & Share, Mirabel’s Marketing Manager, Clean Your Lists, and ChargeBrite, our suite of SaaS products has expanded into new industries to help streamline all business operations in an ever-changing media environment.

United Robots provides automated, ready-to-publish editorial content from structured data using data science and NLG (Natural Language Generation). United Robots has provided some 200 local news sites with > 5mi automated texts since launch in 2016, on topics like weather warnings, wildfires, sports and real estate sales. The company works as a partner to local publishers – currently some 30 newsrooms in the US alone – who are using robots as newsroom resources to provide real-time services, drive pageviews and conversions, expand local coverage and more. 

Founded in a small local newsroom in 2018, Lede AI has been guiding news organizations in the deployment of useful and productive AI that keeps control in their hands and puts their readers and staff first. Our purpose is simple and massive: To guide our clients through a radically transformative time, and in doing so, give them the superpowers they need to serve readers and communities better than ever before. We focus on people, not robots.
Every decision we make centers on accuracy, usefulness, trust, ease of use and simplicity.

Visit ledeai.com to learn more.

CitySpark provides revenue-generating audience engagement platforms for publishers, including: Local Events (content, discovery, monetization), Best Of/Readers Choice balloting (formerly SceneThink), paid Photo Contests, Private Label Ticketing and Business Collections. Come learn how each of these market-leading platforms can help your team provide engaging content, generate revenue and build audience profiles. We power platforms for 1,500+ publishers and would love help drive value for your team as well.

Visit cityspark.com to learn more or request a demo.

Broadstreet. LMA R&D Award Winner. Like Google Ad Manager, but better and built for local. Ad sales should be fun for the reps and the clients. We’ve made over 2000 publishers worldwide have fun and look cool since 2012, and we’re still a scrappy little hands-on company that truly cares for our fanatical customers. Always have been, always will be.

AdCellerant partners with media companies and agencies to provide businesses with access to high-quality digital marketing technology and solutions. Focused on generating results and growth for businesses of all sizes, AdCellerant offers best-in-class technology and software, award-winning customer service, expert education, and exceptional operational support to ensure customer campaign performance.

Column is the most comprehensive software platform available for managing legal notices, obituaries and classifieds. Over 750+ publications nationwide use Column to reduce operational costs, centralize their business, and deliver a modern customer experience for their community across all ad categories. We are proud to serve publishing groups like Lee Enterprises, Ogden Newspapers, Southern California News Group, CherryRoad Media, Forum Communications Company, Tampa Bay Times, Wick Communications, and tens of thousands of governments, law firms, and businesses.

Newspack is an open-source publishing, revenue and analytics platform for trusted news organizations. It’s designed to keep you on the leading edge of digital technology, help you develop a loyal audience and move you toward long-term financial sustainability. A project of WordPress.com, with support from The Knight Foundation and the Google News Initiative, it is led by journalists and technologists who collectively have over 100 years of digital publishing experience. In less than four years, nearly 300 publishers have signed or launched on the platform, including such notable publications as VTDigger, CalMatters, Capital B, The Voice of San Diego, Lookout Santa Cruz, Black Voice News and more. Learn more at Newspack.com or request a demo for a look under the hood.

At Nativo, we enable brands to unlock the power of content to engage and influence their audiences. Our patented technology leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence to automate the distribution of content in a non-interruptive, fully integrated experience within trusted environments. Our mission at Nativo is to solve the mid-funnel and drive consideration by making content as easy to execute, scale, and measure as advertising. Founded by Justin Choi in 2010, Nativo is an Asian American-owned technology company—certified by NMSDC as a Minority Business Enterprise—holding more than a dozen patents in its proprietary technology and working with more than 7,000 premium publisher websites around the globe. Learn more at www.nativo.com.

BLOX Digital is a leading provider of digital solutions for media organizations, dedicated to supporting our partners through constant innovation and digital transformation. With over 30 years of experience and 2,000+ clients, we empower content producers to connect with worldwide audiences at scale. Discover how our comprehensive suite of solutions can energize your goals and drive success. Learn more at bloxdigital.com.

INDIGO TRIGGER is a boutique consulting firm specializing in Lead-to-Cash platform consulting with a focus on system integration, project management, platform implementation, roadmap development and strategic planning. INDIGO TRIGGER has helped some of the world’s largest media companies improve Lead-to-Cash operations including Gannett, Hearst, Black Press Media, Postmedia, MediaNews Group, Lee Enterprises, and a host of others. INDIGO TRIGGER is based in Portsmouth, NH and can be found online at www.indigotrigger.com.  

NewsBreak is the leading platform for local news and information, with more than 40 million users across America. By using new technology, NewsBreak provides community-focused news and information from over 10,000 sources in a timely and accessible way. NewsBreak is bridging the gap between new technology and traditional local media, offering an innovative digital solution that allows users to get the information they need to live safer, more vibrant, and connected lives. Based in Mountain View, California, NewsBreakconnects users with local information, national publishers, and targeted advertising from local businesses, with increased traffic and revenue that helps strengthen local communities.

Apply for publisher partnership to join the hundreds of local news publishers already monetizing their content on NewsBreak.

OnPremise Networks is a retail tv media solution for local news organizations that streams their content and ads to TVs in restaurants, bars, coffee shops and gyms in the communities they cover with their news. We establish proprietary networks on an exclusive basis for our media partners. We provide all of the software and hardware needed for this turnkey service. Our clients use our networks to expand distribution of their news and generate additional web audience and ad revenue.