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TownNews is thrilled to announce the addition of Kathy Wager, who joins the TownNews team as a new business sales manager. Read more
In April 2021, Lee Enterprises launched four of the group's sites on iQ Audience+ by TownNews. For the next eleven weeks, the dynamic paywall … Read more
TownNews and BlueLena have announced a partnership that will empower local media organizations to rapidly activate reader revenue using TownNe… Read more
To build our new documentation site, we set aside the old, got creative, and started from scratch. With a “show, don't tell” approach, and by … Read more
"If the news media were to disappear tomorrow, what would that mean for our democracy?" asked Nick Parker, longtime journalist and host of The… Read more
We are adding new functionality in the site URL map that will allow you to designate a specific URL as "searchable" so it can be found in the …
We are adding a huge new feature to our Collections asset: Dynamic Collections. This new collection gives you the ability to populate a collec…
We're releasing an exciting new feature to BLOX Live e-Editions called the Clipping Tool. Users will be able to select an area of the e-Editio…
We are excited to announce that the BLOX CMS admin now supports SAML 2.0 for Single Sign-On (SSO), adding a huge time-savings and security upg…
We are introducing the ability to crop photos on most BLOX Email Reach content blocks. This allows sites to have more control over the look an…
Currently, when a user clicks on "Editions" in the BLOX Live e-Editions menu bar, it shows a list of other editions from that publication with…
In this week's release of Flex Templates, we are introducing a new block called "Utility: Web notification promo" which can be used to promote…
Sometimes a photographer will upload a large amount of photos straight from his or her camera directly to BLOX via the batch editing tool. Whe…
Have you ever created a new block in the Block Editor, and then forgot what you named it and now you can't find it? We've changed the way the Block Library sorts now. New content will show up at the top whenever a new block is created. Never lose a block again!
We are happy to introduce new functionality that will be available with our new BLOX Core version which is being released this week.
This new feature creates "breakthrough" regions that allow for full-width ad spaces on your article pages. These regions continue from the art…
Now, when you click on "find assets" (children, siblings or parents) you can easily add assets from multiple different searches or pages of re…
We are excited to announce some big improvements to the BLOX Live e-Editions mobile interface for sites using our "segmented pages" version.
Thanks to feedback from our partners for BLOX Live e-Editions, we are now rolling out a series of features which will help improve the overall…
We are excited to announce a new feature that will be available as part of the BLOX Core release. This new functionality allows editors and re…
Website admins can now go directly to an asset in BLOX CMS from the article. A new bar across the top of web pages will show when a website ad…
We're happy to announce that we have integrated the OneTrust privacy solution into the BLOX CMS platform. This will allow you to easily config…
In this release, we are adding a new block called "Card: Image grid" that will show a simple, clean grid of images. This new block can be help…
This week, as part of our BLOX Core software update, we are making emojis available through BLOX Notifier. These are often used by sites to pr…
BLOX Notifier puts the management of push notifications and social messages right in the middle of the editorial process allowing your editors…
At our November 2021 customer webinar, Susan Bell, senior product manager at TownNews, highlighted new and exciting enhancements for BLOX OTT.…
We’ve completely revamped our help site to make it easier than ever to find the tips and documentation you need, and we're thrilled to share i…
At our July customer webinar, Bridget Sibthorp-Moecker, director of audience for TownNews, showed off the new and improved iQ Audience+. Our u…
After a long COVID-19 pause, in-person events are back! To help local media organizations take advantage of the big revenue and engagement opp…
At our May customer webinar, Bridget Sibthorp-Moecker, Director of Audience, and Allie Peters, product manager, for TownNews shared even more …
At our April 2021 customer webinar, Susan Bell, senior product manager at TownNews, highlighted new and exciting updates for the BLOX Now mobi…
At our March 2021 customer webinar, Christine Masters—joined by other members of the TownNews product team—highlighted the most important solu…
Growing reader revenue has never been more important. At our February customer webinar, Bridget Sibthorp-Moecker, Director of Audience for Tow…
At our November customer webinar, Christine Masters, Director of BLOX CMS for TownNews, gave a masterclass to highlight some advanced, and som…
At this special webinar, the product team at TownNews introduced important changes to BLOX Live e-Editions and Associated Press feeds, and sho…
At our September customer webinar, Christine Masters, director of BLOX CMS, shared expert tips and tricks for using our industry-leading tools…
From new integrations and functionality, to design layouts and blocks, we’re constantly working to improve our products. At our August custome…
At this customer webinar, Joe Hansen, senior product manager for TownNews, and Michelle De Mooy, privacy consultant with the Local Media Conso…
At our June customer webinar, Susan Bell, senior product manager for TownNews, showed off the latest redesign of the BLOX Now mobile app. This…
At our May 2020 customer webinar, Rick Rogers, chief revenue officer at TownNews, and Richard Green, CEO of Evvnt gave an overview of the new …
News, information, and tips to assist local news organizations in covering the COVID-19 pandemic.
MOLINE, IL and LEXINGTON, KY – June 16th, 2020 – TownNews and BlueFrame Technology have announced a partnership which will give the more than … Read more
TownNews introduces NewsGigs to connect journalism professionals with open local media opportunities
TownNews, in partnership with Moonlighting, has kicked off a new site—NewsGigs—that helps media professionals promote themselves and search for quality jobs. Read more
Reopening '21 is coming, and local businesses need your help to bounce back. TownNews makes it easy to launch marketplaces that advertisers will flock to. Order before 3/31/2021 to get BLOX Business Directory for only $95 per month and save $100 on setup. Read more
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According to a press release by the National Newspaper Association, the Emergency Temporary Standard by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Healt…
Governor said boosters help address waning vaccine immunity
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