The Key Executives Mega-Conference is taking place from Feb.
17-19 in Fort Worth , Texas
More than 700 media executives are expected at the conference,
which provides network opportunities and explores new solutions to issues
facing the newspaper industry. Hosts are America
A few happenings and announcements from the event:
• ProImage announces that Tribune Publishing is rolling out
ProImage’s NewsWayX browser-based production workflow in a centralized
environment for its printing plants at the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Sun
Sentinel (Florida), New York Daily News and Hartford Courant. Each plant will
have a customized workflow and only see their publications. Production can be
monitored via a standard browser to check the progress of all pages and plates.
• Iowa-based TownNews is launching two
products: iQ Audience+ and Data Insights. Data Insights will give media
companies new tools for gathering and acting upon the multitude of data that
impacts their businesses. The product is a weapon against “analysis paralysis,”
says CEO Brad Ward. iQ Audience+ is an audience acquisition and retention
platform that enables publishers, broadcasters, and digital-native media
organizations to tailor their conversion funnels using machine learning and
proven industry best practices, according to TownNews.
• The Anchorage Daily News is the latest newspaper to launch a digital out-of-home video network using the Phoenix Vision SiteView system. The new location-based video advertising tool, delivered via displays on stand-alone newspaper racks positioned at high traffic retail locations, is a means for the newspaper to reach consumers at the point of purchase. The initial network will consist of 100 rack-mounted displays and roll out in the coming months. Phoenix Vision is based inSan
Diego
• Ancestry and Adpay | Memoriams, an Ancestry company, are announcing a solution for obituaries. Leveraging the free We Remember by Ancestry digital memorial, consumers and funeral homes can now place and search obituaries through a unified interface. This solution will empower media companies to offer an intuitive, perpetual search that will ultimately link to the world’s largest database of ancestral information, according to Colorado-based Adpay.
• Quintype Technologies is previewing the Page Builder application for their Ahead platform at the conference. Page Builder allows publishers to change the look and feel of their website on the fly without the need to know any code or any deployments while still maintaining stability and security, according to the company. Quintype was founded inCalifornia
and has a presence in Delhi and Bangalore , India
• The Anchorage Daily News is the latest newspaper to launch a digital out-of-home video network using the Phoenix Vision SiteView system. The new location-based video advertising tool, delivered via displays on stand-alone newspaper racks positioned at high traffic retail locations, is a means for the newspaper to reach consumers at the point of purchase. The initial network will consist of 100 rack-mounted displays and roll out in the coming months. Phoenix Vision is based in
• Ancestry and Adpay | Memoriams, an Ancestry company, are announcing a solution for obituaries. Leveraging the free We Remember by Ancestry digital memorial, consumers and funeral homes can now place and search obituaries through a unified interface. This solution will empower media companies to offer an intuitive, perpetual search that will ultimately link to the world’s largest database of ancestral information, according to Colorado-based Adpay.
• Quintype Technologies is previewing the Page Builder application for their Ahead platform at the conference. Page Builder allows publishers to change the look and feel of their website on the fly without the need to know any code or any deployments while still maintaining stability and security, according to the company. Quintype was founded in
• Innocode introduces the
Hyperlocal bundle for newspapers. The platform allows newspapers to add
hyperlocal, personalized content to their existing news product or CMS, without
adding burdens on the newsroom, and provides new revenue models that make
hyperlocal viable, the company says. The bundle also works for setting up new,
local, digital only news operations, Innocode says.
• Agfa was on hand with its new and
patented print screening technology, SPIR@L. Based on the fundamentals of
Sublima screening, SPIR@L allows users to hold a 1-99% dot. The result is
striking image quality with reduced image slur, Agfa says.
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