Legacy.com joined the Arbor Day Foundation and Chicago-nonprofit Openlands to celebrate reaching 5 million tree plantings as part of the Memorial Tree program. Launched in 2019 in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation, memorial trees purchased via a Legacy-partner newspaper obituary have improved the quality of life of communities across the globe. “Trees clean our air, cool our cities [...]
The Publish Notice Resource Center released a great one sheet that makes a compelling case for why newspapers are the right choice for publishing notices required by law to be made public. Here are 5 great reasons why it is important for newspapers to continue to educate and inform local markets about Public Notices: Open meetings, Freedom of Information, and [...]
iPublish presented the AdPortal Public Notices platform at Florida Press Association’s conference this month to rave reviews. James Allen told attendees that the platform automates, rather than outsources, their public notices franchise. A key concern of Florida publishers is ensuring they will own these customer relationships in the future. When a newspaper outsources customer relationships to another company that [...]
After losing the requirement to publish public notices in Florida last year, Richard Karpel, Executive Director of the Public Notice Resource Center (PNRC), is telling newspapers to improve how they display public notices on their websites. In spite of research that shows that 66% of U.S. citizens surveyed believe public notices should be published in newspapers, and 55% rely [...]
While death rates are surging — 50% more people will die of old age (National Center for Health Statistics) over the next 30 years — traditional print obituary placements by funeral homes have been in decline. In fact, experts predict these declines to reach 20% by the end of 2023. The reason is simple: most newspaper orders are placed by [...]
Find iPublish Media Solutions at the Legacy Media Booth At Mega-Conference 2023, we will be showcasing Legacy Media's Obituary Desk Management service that addresses the demands of nationwide private party obituaries. Offering 7-day-a-week, after-hour support, and death verification while allowing media companies to keep 100% of their obituary rate, this robust service will save newspapers time and money. [...]
Find iPublish Media Solutions at NYPA At NYPA Spring Conference 2023, we will be showcasing iPublish Media Solutions Public Notices that addresses the demands of streamlining and automating public notice production and affidavit services. This robust system allows internal and external users is easily place public notices for print and online publications. Public notice formatting, scheduling, and business [...]
There is a lot of good news for local newspapers as was shared at a recent webinar. Local advertising spending is finally on the rise for the first time since the Great Recession. There are now a total of 3.9 million more viable new businesses than in the last 30 months of pre-pandemic economy, according to Borrell & Associates. [...]
iPublish Media Solutions starts the 2023 conference season this March... 2023 is kicking off as another exciting year for publishers and iPublish Media Solutions will be there working side-by-side with our partners to meet new challenges, drive revenue and reduce operational expenses. We are excited to be part of conferences we have been to for many years and reaching [...]
The number one reason newspaper websites lose advertising revenue: Fill out this form and we’ll get back to you. How easy is it for local advertisers to find your ‘Advertise with us’ link? Can you find it? Take a minute or two and go to your newspaper’s website and time how long it takes to find the advertise button, [...]
