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SEPTEMBER 2024
Paddock Publications Boosts Efficiency with Naviga’s NSC System
Paddock Publications, a family-owned newspaper publisher that delivers local and global news along with business and entertainment coverage, has revolutionized its newsroom efficiency by transitioning to Naviga’s NSC Production system, modernizing workflows and addressing challenges posed by outdated technology.
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Since the upgrade, the media company has experienced enhanced ease of use and reliability. “Posting to the web is much easier and faster,” said Travis Siebrass, deputy managing editor, digital at Paddock Publications. “Getting into our old system was a pain for reporters.” The move to the new environment has delivered significant operational benefits. “The systems are very reliable. Writer is up 99.9999999% of the time,” Siebrass added. The adoption of Naviga’s platforms has streamlined print and digital production while allowing a greater focus on quality reporting. By embracing Naviga’s dependable technologies, Paddock Publications is also ensuring a more efficient operation. Importantly, Naviga has provided excellent guidance during the transition. “I would recommend working with Naviga because of the software and support,” Siebrass noted.
MAY 2024
Postmedia Enhances Advertising Efficiency with Naviga Ad Platform
Postmedia, a prominent news media group in Canada, has significantly improved its advertising operations with Naviga Ad. Transitioning from a “homegrown solution” with multiple components to this streamlined, web-based application has consolidated workflows and eliminated the need for multiple servers.
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Ed Dales, Postmedia’s director of applications, acknowledged that a significant shift can be challenging for any company but praised Naviga’s platform, which has been functioning well: “The application is better structured. We have one application that we can access.” Naviga has been willing to help the company with the launch of Naviga Ad and smaller, “phase 2” refinements. For example, a client portal lets advertisers preview ads before invoices are sent, removing the last-minute stress of staff having to track down ads for clients. “Naviga has helped us improve workflows,” Dales remarked. Plans are underway to integrate payment processing into the portal to further enhance efficiency. Dales highlighted Naviga’s responsiveness stating, “Naviga is always willing to spin us up a test environment.” Moving forward, Naviga will help Postmedia replatform its websites and refine approval structures to deliver a more efficient, customer-focused advertising experience.
APRIL 2024
Seamless Transition: How Naviga Supported Tribune Publishing's Migration to a Modern Circulation Platform
Naviga supported Tribune Publishing in migrating its North-East titles—including The New York Daily News, The Virginian-Pilot, Daily Press, Hartford Courant, and their affiliated weekly and free publications—from an on-premises DSI Circulation environment to the Naviga-hosted NCS Circulation and Subscribe platform.
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Initially, Tracy Craft, senior director of shared services at Tribune Publishing Company, was hesitant about the move. Despite a long and successful partnership with Naviga, Tribune Publishing Company had developed a highly customized system tailored to its unique needs, making the transition seem daunting. However, Craft was ultimately on board. She described the switch as a great decision, explaining that “Naviga took a strong interest in understanding Tribune’s business model.” The new system has delivered significant benefits, including a reduced reliance on offshore employees, full automation of the subscriber activity import process, and streamlined transaction processing. “The SAI process is gold,” Craft emphasized, adding that Naviga not only provided the tools but also ensured Tribune had the support needed for implementation. She remarked “I have a very dedicated team of rockstar superstars. Naviga recognized this and went beyond simply providing tools—they ensured we had all we needed to make it happen.”
FEBRUARY 2024
Modernizing Ad Systems: Naviga Global's Partnership with The Globe and Mail
Naviga Global partnered with The Globe and Mail, Canada’s leading newspaper, to modernize its ad booking and classified ad system. The new system was designed to support ad booking for the print product—an essential element of sustaining vital revenue streams. Previously reliant on a 20-year-old platform, the publication sought a modern solution to enhance safety, stability, and efficiency.
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The upgraded system now operates seamlessly in web browsers, offering accessibility for remote employees and maintaining critical revenue streams. Ken Carriere, senior manager of editorial solutions at The Globe and Mail, praised Naviga’s responsiveness and commitment throughout the transition, which required significant manual data input due to the outdated software. “We all went into this with eyes wide open, and Naviga was really responsive,” Carriere said. “Sometimes when you write a ticket, you think, ‘Has anyone even looked at this ticket?’ But Naviga always got back to us right away.” Carriere continued to highlight Naviga’s excellent communication, noting, “Whenever we needed it, Naviga would arrange a meeting or Zoom call with us.”
FEBRUARY 2024
Streamlining Operations: The Palladium-Times Adopts CirculationPro for Efficiency and Growth
The Palladium-Times, a newspaper publisher in Oswego, New York, successfully transitioned to the CirculationPro platform, which makes all circulation tasks more efficient. As part of this integration, they seamlessly incorporated papers acquired earlier in the year into their existing Latrobe CirculationPro database.
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CirculationPro, a modern system, replaced The Palladium-Times’ 1984 system which had been underperforming. Jamie Crossett, circulation manager, highlighted the improvements, stating, “Everything [about the platform] is better. Running press runs is a lot easier. Dealer payments are easier to put in. The customer service is amazing.” While Naviga is motivated to help companies save time, they are just as motivated to spend time as much time as needed to help companies transition to new platforms. Crossett praised Naviga’s approach to teaching The Palladium-Times staff new systems, saying, “Naviga has been phenomenal. They offered tremendous help and they taught me by having me do the work with guidance, not just telling me about it.”
JANUARY 2024
Iliffe News and Media Advances Digital Transformation with GN4 Content Management System
Iliffe News and Media, a multimedia business with a large portfolio of newspapers, websites, magazines, radio and television, has successfully installed Naviga’s GN4 content management system, marking a major step in its digital transformation. “We were looking for an integrated system that would allow us to continue on our journey to becoming a truly digitally-focused publisher,” said Ian Carter, chief operating officer. “Naviga appealed as its suite of products allowed us to have our commercial and editorial operations in one place.”
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The new system has streamlined operations, reduced time spent on newspapers, and enabled editorial staff to focus on content creation for both print and digital platforms. “It is important for us strategically that we scale back resources dedicated to newspapers, which are clearly in long-term decline, and focus on growth areas,” Carter explained. He added that “The system has allowed us to reduce time spent on our newspapers and to ensure as many members of editorial as possible are platform-agnostic, focusing on content rather than writing specifically for print or digital.”
JUNE 2023
Stuff Limited has successfully integrated Naviga's premier Advertising and Content systems
We are delighted to announce that Stuff Limited, a leading name in New Zealand’s media sector, has successfully integrated Naviga’s premier Advertising and Content systems. This marks a significant step forward in Stuff’s commitment to innovation and efficiency, enhancing its position at the forefront of the media industry.
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An undertaking of this scale required an extraordinary blend of determination, coordination, and expertise across multiple departments at Stuff Limited. The company embarked on an ambitious mission to completely overhaul their Order Management, Pagination, Content Creation, and Page Production systems. Their commitment to revolutionizing the media landscape has paved the way for a more dynamic, efficient, and automated approach to print publications.
In their latest move, Stuff Limited has deployed Naviga’s AI-powered Publisher platform, a trailblazer in automating the layout and production process for print publications. This milestone places Stuff Limited in an elite group of media companies leveraging cutting-edge technology to enhance their operations.
The new Advertising and Content systems will work in tandem with the already established Naviga Circulation system, which has been a part of Stuff’s operations for many years. Together, these platforms provide a comprehensive solution to Stuff’s content management needs.
With this strategic partnership with Naviga, Stuff Limited is poised to redefine the way content is created, managed, and delivered. Stay tuned for this exciting journey of transformation and innovation.
About Stuff Ltd
Stuff Ltd, formerly known as Fairfax New Zealand, is a privately-owned news media corporation functioning in New Zealand. The company runs the nation’s most visited news website, Stuff, found at https://www.stuff.co.nz/, and possesses a portfolio of nine daily newspapers. This collection includes the country’s second and third most widely read dailies, The Post and The Press, as well as the most popular weekly newspaper, the Sunday Star-Times. Beyond its newspaper operations, Stuff Ltd publishes the TV Guide, the best-selling weekly magazine in New Zealand, and owns the social media platform, Neighbourly.
OCTOBER 2022
Våganavisa in Norway is live on Naviga Publisher
Våganavisa, a member of the Polaris Media Group’s north region, is live with Naviga Publisher. They are the seventh paper in the Polaris group to automate their print production with Publisher. If you would like to learn more about the overall strategy that led Polaris to partner with Naviga, please read our eBook on their approach. And if you want details of where they have seen improved efficiencies, read our case study to learn more.
About Polaris Media Group
Polaris Media is one of the leading media house groups in Scandinavia. The group consists of 48 media houses. Most of these media houses provide websites and newspapers to their local areas.Polaris Media also owns six printing companies and four regional distribution companies in Norway, and one distribution company in Sweden.
OCTOBER 2022
Boston Globe is live on Gemstone Advertising
The Boston Globe has successfully implemented the Gemstone order management system for their Advertising operations. The scope of the project included order entry, CRM, Finance, Page Planning/Layout, and Production Tracking. A secondary phase will include the implementation of the Self Service Classified Portal.
About Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is the flagship newspaper of Boston Globe Media. The Boston Globe is New England’s largest news organization and a 27-time Pulitzer Prize winning news source featuring premium local and national content daily. Over the course of its 150-year history, the Globe has served our region as a trusted source of news, analysis and insight.
OCTOBER 2022
DVV Media Group is live on the Abacus ADvance platform
Four of the brands under the DVV Media Group umbrella went live on Abacus’ ADvance Customer Data Platform. These are Commercial Motor, Truck & Driver, Motor Trader and Transport News. In addition to utilizing ADvance, DVV is also taking advantage of the Bureau Services provided by Abacus. This combination will allow them to deliver on their digital strategy by maximizing engagement, improving personalization and increasing revenue opportunities.
About DVV Media Group
The DVV Media Group publishes more than 80 specialty products, including magazines, newspapers, journals, newsletters, books, directories, websites and mobile apps. DVV Media Group has provided these services for leaders in the fields of transport and logistics as well as traffic and mobility for more than 70 years. They have locations in Hamburg, Munich and London.
About Abacus
Abacus helps brands and communities grow revenues and improve engagement with personalised offers and experiences across multiple channels and product sets. These product sets include WebVision Cloud, a digital experience platform; ADvance, a customer data platform; and Market Intelligence Platform, a business analytics offering. Abacus joined the Naviga family in March 2022.
OCTOBER 2022
Applied Microbiologist International (AMI) goes live on Webvision Cloud from Abacus
Applied Microbiologist International (AMI), was looking to create a new website full of premium content for their members. They chose Abacus and their Webvision Cloud product to accomplish this goal. One of their primary objectives was to collect audience data from the visitors to the website, so that they could offer more personalized content and communication. The insights they are able to gain will equip them create more impactful content.
About Applied Microbiologist International
AMI is an international group of microbiologist seeking to solve global challenges. They bring the microbiology community together across borders and disciplines. They look to the future and nurture those working and studying in the field microbiology field.
About Abacus
Abacus helps brands and communities grow revenues and improve engagement with personalised offers and experiences across multiple channels and product sets. These product sets include WebVision Cloud, a digital experience platform; ADvance, a customer data platform; and Market Intelligence Platform, a business analytics offering. Abacus joined the Naviga family in March 2022.
SEPTEMBER 2022
The Times News Media Group is live on Naviga’s Audience Products
The Times News in Lehighton, Pennsylvania has completed the project to add Naviga Subscribe and Engage to their portfolio of Naviga products. They are also integrating Auth0 for identity management.
Times News adds these latest modules into an ecosystem of Naviga products that power the other mission critical systems they rely on to produce the news for their readers. In addition to the newest Audience software, they use Naviga’s Digital Content Creation tools, our Advertising suite and our Circulation products.
About Times News Media Group
Times News Media Group offers a variety of services to their readers and advertisers. These include nine newspapers and advertising options such as Facebook Sponsored Advertising, Digital Billboards and Digital Newspaper Racks. They are the news source for the Lehigh Valley region via the Times News, Lehigh Valley Press, tnonline.com, lvpnews.com and social media channels.
SEPTEMBER 2022
The Advocate in Baton Rouge is live on Naviga Ad
We are happy to announce our latest go live on Naviga Ad. The Advocate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana put the system into production during September. This project was special for us. The Advocate was a former partner on one of our legacy products in Advertising. They left and went with a competitor. After going live on a competing product for a brief period of time, they returned to Naviga to take advantage of the benefits of Naviga Ad.
The team at The Advocate installed Naviga Ad, a complete Order Management System that covers all aspects of the Advertising cycle, from lead generation, proposal management, order entry all the way through to cash collection. They use Naviga Plan for ad layout and print pagination and Informer for data analytics.
About The Advocate
The Advocate has been the most trusted news source in for Baton Rouge since 1842. The Advocate provides its readers with coverage of state politics, sports, entertainment news and more. The Advocate is also the overwhelming leader in the Baton Rouge market when it comes to print reach with an audience nearly as large as the three largest competitors combined.
JULY 2022
Khaleej Times Completes Multi-phase project with Naviga
July 2022 marked a major milestone for the Galadari Printing and Publishing Company based in Dubai. Two modernization projects with Naviga were completed during July. They are now live on Naviga’s Content and Advertising products for the Khaleej Times and City Times. This capped off an earlier project in the Fall of 2021 where they installed Naviga’s Digital Content Creation suite for their newsroom and their flagship website, www.khaleejtimes.com. This latest phase moved the Khaleej teams forward to using Naviga Ad, Naviga Plan and the Naviga Print Production Workbench. All of these solutions are hosted in the AWS cloud environment. This was a truly international project for Naviga. Teams from the US, UK, Sweden, Denmark and India were involved in the delivery and roll out of the software.
About Galadari Printing and Publishing Company
Galadari Printing and Publishing Co. L.L.C is the publishing house of the UAE’s first and leading English daily, the Khaleej Times. The newspaper was launched in April 1978. Their website www.khaleejtimes.com, launched in 1997, is one of UAE’s leading English digital news platforms, and, along with a wide network of social media platforms, reaches 15M+ users on a monthly basis.
JUNE 2022
The Cedar Rapids Gazette modernizes their Advertising division with Naviga Ad
The Gazette, in Cedar Rapids, has been a long time user of Naviga’s software. They signed their first Advertising contract with us in 2002. We are happy to announce that they have completed their modernization project to move to our latest generation Order Management system, Naviga Ad. The scope of this project included moving order entry for print and digital, while adding in Naviga CRM, Naviga Accounting, Naviga Plan and Informer Reporting.
The Naviga Ad System is a complete Order Management System that covers all aspects of the Advertising cycle, from lead generation, proposal management, order entry all the way through to cash collection. Naviga Ad is a cloud-based system hosted in AWS, enabling users to work from anywhere via a standard web browser.
About The Gazette
The Gazette, headquartered in Cedar Rapids, is Iowa’s independent, employee-owned source for local, state, and national news coverage. Eastern Iowans have depended on The Gazette for 135 years. Their award-winning journalists serve the 15+ county community with the highest level of news, sports, business, and arts and entertainment coverage.
MAY 2022
St. Joseph Communications goes live with Naviga Ad
Naviga had the chance to welcome back an old friend in May of 2022. St. Joseph used an earlier generation of Naviga’s advertising software in the past. During 2021, they moved to another system. But as their business continued to evolve, the need arose for an advertising system built for media companies . So they started their system search in 2021 and re-evaluated the leading Order Management Systems available today. Naviga Ad was determined to be the best fit for their business needs. Due the dedicated staff from St. Joseph and Naviga, the project was able to go live in less than 70 days. They are using Naviga Ad to manage their print and digital advertising and Naviga’s CRM solution for handling advertiser relationships.
The Naviga Ad System is a complete Order Management System that covers all aspects of the Advertising cycle, from lead generation, proposal management, order entry all the way through to cash collection. Naviga Ad is a cloud-based system hosted in AWS, enabling users to work from anywhere via a standard web browser.
About St. Joseph Communications
St. Joseph Communications is Canada’s largest privately owned communications company and premier magazine publisher. They are headquartered in Toronto, Canada. They were founded in 1956 and have worked since that time to establish deep connections with their customers in the community. Some of their titles include Toronto Life, Fashion Magazine, Chatelaine and Where Canada.
APRIL 2022
Fruitnet is live on WebVision Cloud
Fruitnet has completed the move of their 5 English language brands to a single Abacus’ WebVision Cloud website. The sites were previously on two different CMS, Evosite and Typo3, and they have also migrated their audience data over from Perception CRM. Fruitnet also chose to move their print publication management to Abacus’ experienced customer service and print fulfilment bureau.
Fruitnet saw Abacus’ WebVision Cloud as the ideal platform to implement and scale up a brand-new digital subscription strategy across all their brands. Previously the digital editions of their magazines were only available via a PugPig PDF flipbook. Fruitnet saw WebVision Cloud as the ideal solution to better understand their audience, increase audience engagement and subscription uptake, and ultimately develop a tiered membership model, while at the same time establishing a more joined up approach to the delivery of both print and digital content. WebVision will also greatly improve Fruitnet’s approach to targeted content marketing and the promotion of other Fruitnet activities, including their numerous industry leading events.
WebVision Cloud will provide Fruitnet with the actionable data insight they need to inform future strategic business decisions as well as the flexibility they need to take an agile approach to future, evolving commercial strategies and the development of brand new revenue streams.
About Fruitnet
Fruitnet brings together several of the fresh produce industry’s leading publications to provide a single, reliable source of news, insight and analysis. Fruitnet is the only news provider that can deliver informed and high-profile coverage of the entire global fresh produce business, reporting on developments in all major markets via an international network of reporters. The coverage is comprehensive, but not congested; Fruitnet’s editors select only the most relevant and important stories for publication. Fruitnet brands also organise fresh produce conference events all over the world.
MARCH 2022
Le Devoir is live on Naviga Ad
Le Devoir has completed their move to Naviga Ad and Naviga Plan. They migrated from older generation of order management software from Naviga to Naviga Ad, our modern platform for digital and print advertising. In addition to Naviga Ad, they are using Naviga Plan to paginate their publications. The artists are also using our InDesign Extensions to manage the creation of the artwork for the advertisements.
The Naviga Ad System is a complete Order Management System that covers all aspects of the Advertising cycle, from sales to orders to cash. Naviga Ad is a cloud-based system hosted in AWS, enabling users to work from anywhere via a standard web browser.
About Le Devoir
Le Devoir is an independent publisher that produces print publications, mobile apps and a website. It was founded on January 10, 1910 by journalist and politician Henri Bourassa. The founder’s vision was for the newspaper to remain completely independent and not be sold to any group, which is still the case a hundred years later. Le Devoir is committed to defending ideas and causes that will ensure the political, economic, cultural and social advancement of Quebec society.
JANUARY 2022
Alonovus starts the year off by going live on Naviga Ad
During 2021, Alonovus wanted to modernize their Advertising operations. They took advantage of the chance to move to Naviga Ad and went live in early January 2022. Their project included rolling out Naviga solutions for CRM, Order Management, Accounts Receivable and Pagination.
The Naviga Ad System is a complete Order Management System that covers all aspects of the Advertising cycle, from sales to orders to cash. Naviga Ad is a cloud-based system hosted in AWS, enabling users to work from anywhere via a standard web browser.
About Alonovus
Located in Millersburg, Ohio, AloNovus Corp. serves the region with a network of weekly and monthly newspapers in eleven counties that include Coshocton, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Stark, Summit, Tuscarawas, and Wayne with a circulation of more than 363,000 homes. They take great pride in focusing on their local communities and offer expert-level marketing, design, publishing, and technological business solutions to their customers.
JANUARY 2022
Media 10 goes live on Naviga Ad and Event
Media 10 is rolling out Naviga Ad across its organization in a phased implementation. The first phase went live on January 28, 2022. The second phase is still ongoing and should be completed later in Q1 of 2022. Media 10 is using Naviga Ad for CRM, Advertising, Exhibition and Accounting.
The Naviga Ad System is a complete Order Management System that covers all aspects of the Advertising cycle, from sales to orders to cash. Naviga Ad is a cloud-based system hosted in AWS, enabling users to work from anywhere via a standard web browser.
About Media 10
Media 10 Ltd is an award-winning events and publishing company. As publishing leaders of International architectural and design magazines, they are one of the most successful media companies headquartered in the UK. Their showcase events include Grand Designs Live, Ideal Home Show, Clerkenwell Design Week, UK Construction Week, 100% Design, 100% Optical, The Cake and Bake Show, Design Shanghai. And their Magazines are Grand Designs Magazine, Good Homes Magazine, Gurgle, Icon, OnOffice, The Clerkenwell Post, The Selfbuilder, M Magazine.
DECEMBER 2021
Butler Eagle goes live on Naviga Content and Web
The Butler Eagle and their sister publication, The Cranberry Eagle, have added new Naviga solutions to their workflow. In addition to powering their print products, Naviga Web is now used to power their websites.
The Naviga Content platform is a suite of modern, comprehensive, and intuitive tools that cover the full content workflow from planning, creation, and enrichment, to storing and production.
About The Butler Eagle
Butler County’s great daily newspaper, The Butler Eagle. started in 1903. Their goal today is the same as it was then – to provide the public with accurate, up-to-date information about the latest news in Butler and the surrounding areas. They are committed to maintaining the highest standards of quality and excellence for their readers.