Though videos and podcasts are all the rage, the everyday article still accounts for more than half of all page views across the TownNews network. How can you make the most of this potential t… Read more
News & Views
MOLINE, IL — Sep. 9, 2019 — Morgan Murphy Media, owner and operator of broadcast stations in several Texas, Wisconsin, Washington, and Missouri markets, has chosen TownNews to power its future… Read more
"Our websites used to be straight from the 90s—they weren't mobile friendly, and there wasn't a whole lot of content. There wasn't any reason for readers to keep coming back," said Bob Wendt, … Read more
In the eyes of the WSPY FM 107.1 (Kendall County, IL) news and management teams, radio stations need to dramatically rethink their digital strategies. When WSPYNews.com launched in 2015, the t… Read more
Email newsletters are still one of the most important tools in your marketing toolbox. They are an efficient way to re-purpose content from your site, and engage your subscribers directly wher… Read more
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A new tool is now available in BLOX CMS: the BLOX Media Library. Found in the "Design" -> "Media Library" menu, this new application will p…
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Introducing Advanced Automatic Ads for articles, a major change in how article ads are treated and a step towards programmatic control of ad p…
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PR Newswire, a press release distribution platform, is available this week as a new source of content available for import.
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The BLOX Syndication application is a great way to to import content from different providers for use on your BLOX site. This week, we are add…
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Often, a web push notification will go out while a user is viewing your site. When this happens, an in-browser notice will pop up in the corne…
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In this week's Flex Templates release, we are adding a new feature that has a different infinity scroll option. It uses a "Load More" button w…
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Introducing a new dynamic Utility Region for use with the "Followed Notification" emails. These emails are sent to end users after they reques…
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This week we are happy to announce the addition of two new templates as well as improvements to our Google Ad Manager Creative Templates.
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Our new “super” batch processing feature allows authorized users to simultaneously make changes to an unlimited number of assets.
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Management of the robots.txt file has been significantly updated in order to protect sites from accidental misconfigurations. This should also…
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Choose between the current featured display block and a new headline list style. In this week's release of the BLOX Now App, we've added a new…
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Create useful buttons and text links with this week's new "Utility: Promo Button" block. Much like the "Utility: Promo Designer" block, the Pr…
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Today we are introducing a new alternative to Google Maps, from a company called HERE Technologies. The HERE platform does not require a credi…
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In order to reduce the occurrence of emails from the BLOX CMS system (such as password reset emails) going to a user's spam folder, we will st…
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In this week's major release of BLOX CMS, we are making significant improvements to the user interface to create a smooth, flat design with im…
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Connect your Field59 schedule feed with the new "Utility: Schedule notification" block being rolled out this week. Use this block when a show …
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We are very happy to introduce BLOX Notifier, an application that helps streamline, manage and automate social and push notifications within t…
Automatically claim and monetize your videos with Field59-supported YouTube Partner program accounts
TownNews is happy to announce that Field59's ability to publish directly to YouTube will now work with media sites who are part of the YouTube…
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In response to requests from both media sites and consumers, we are now adding more photo sizes to our "Professional Prints" product.
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The "Followed Notification" feature allows readers to sign up for topics they are interested in and get daily emails about those topics. This …
Though videos and podcasts are all the rage, the workaday, unsung article still accounts for more than half of all page views across the TownN…
At TownNews, our number one goal is to empower YOU to generate revenue with your digital presence. At our September customer webinar, Christin…
At our August customer webinar, Joe Hansen, Senior Product Manager for TownNews, continued our series on digital advertising. We discussed cur…
Become a master of efficiency and automation with the latest updates from TownNews. At our June customer webinar, Christine Masters, director …
At this customer webinar, Christine Masters, director of product management, and Doug Green, product manager, introduced Programmatic Ads for …
At our May customer webinar, Doug Green, product manager for TownNews, introduced BLOX Offers and showed how you can launch a turnkey digital …
At our April customer webinar, Bridget Sibthorp-Moeker, corporate director of digital subscriptions for Lee Enterprises, and Tim Turner, progr…
At our March customer webinar, Christine Masters, director of product management at TownNews, introduced BLOX Notifier—an all-new BLOX CMS app…
Webinar | Digital advertising 101: Optimizing your local and programmatic ad inventories - Feb. 2019
Navigating the ever-changing landscape of digital advertising can be a challenge. At our February customer webinar, Patty Bristol, Ad Ops prog…
Email newsletters remain a vital tool to drive user engagement and subscriptions. At our December customer webinar, Phil Pracht, product manag…
Engage your audience and earn more revenue with these features and updates you may have missed. At our November customer webinar, Christine Ma…
When local events happen—from public forums to sporting events to live music—your community looks to you for quality coverage. At our October …
At our September customer webinar, Christine Masters, director of product management at TownNews, introduced the all-new Promo Designer block …
From reverse image search to trends and alerts, this course teaches practical skills for reporting in the digital age. At this special customer webinar, Nicholas Whitaker, training and development manager for Google News Lab, presented a Google News Initiative fundamentals crash course specifically for BLOX CMS users.
Taking cues from social media, the BLOX Now mobile app eschews conventional news app design in favor of a single, continuously-scrolling strea…
Podcasts
On Episode 5 of BLOXCast, Rick Rogers talks with Susan Bell, senior product manager at TownNews, about the development of the new BLOX Now mob…
Do you want to know how a family-owned newspaper group is working to position itself as a digital media leader? Learn more about how Wick Comm…
Jed Williams, Chief Innovation Officer for the Local Media Association, joins Rick to discuss the topics that are top-of-mind for local media …
In this episode, Derek Gebler, vice president of broadcast and video services for TownNews.com, joins Rick Rogers to talk all things video and…
Rick Rogers, VP of sales at TownNews.com, sits down with his first guest, Guy Tasaka, to discuss over the top (OTT) video streaming services a…
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