Last month, the state of Texas was hit with a rare winter storm that brought snow, bitter cold temperatures and slick, icy roads to residents unaccustomed to such conditions. Power grids across the state failed due to the high usage of heat and energy, ultimately leaving as many as 3.5 million Texans without heat or power for several days. Caught in the middle of all of this were the local and regional newspapers forced to abruptly halt production due to blackouts, lack of resources, and the inability to travel due to the dangerous conditions. Even those newspapers who were able...

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The Wilson County News is a long-time customer of Our-Hometown, Inc., and one of the first to take advantage of our brand new Audio Articles Podcast feature to get their new podcast off the ground. Publisher Kristen Weaver has teamed up with Our-Hometown on several occasions in the past, including joining President & CEO Matt Larson as a panelist on several of our recent Virtual Conferences. She also joined Matt, along with Mike Blinder of Editor & Publisher and Guy Roginson of SignalsAZ.com, for a recent Editor & Publisher webinar on the power of automation last month. Today, courtesy of...

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A member of Our-Hometown's neighborhood is searching for new ownership as The Munising News of Alger County, Michigan has been listed for sale by owners Willie and Nancy Peterson after 23-years. A shortage of employees combined with financial challenges created by the pandemic have ultimately forced the Petersons' decision to discontinue printing the newspaper at the end of the month. The preference is to sell the newspaper to a new owner who will continue to serve the community and build upon the 125-year tradition the Petersons helped to build with The Munising News. Interested parties can reach Willie Peterson using...

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The Illinois Press Foundation has invited Our-Hometown President & CEO Matthew Larson to give a presentation on our latest new feature, Audio Articles Podcast, during a live webinar this Thursday as part of the IPF's Education Series. Audio Articles Podcast uses text-to-speech transcription software to automatically transform text articles into audio podcast episodes, creating a turnkey podcasting solution that any newspaper can use to enhance their digital outreach -- even if you are not currently a customer of Our-Hometown! This live webinar is scheduled for Thursday, March 18th at 9AM CST (or 10AM EST). The session is free to attend...

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Our-Hometown recently expanded the capabilities of our Audio Articles product, adding an exciting new automated podcast feature -- and we're offering a FREE TRIAL through March 31st! Audio Articles Podcast uses the audio files that are generated for each audio article to create new podcast episodes and publish them across all of the major podcasting channels via BuzzSprout. Our platform communicates with BuzzSprout using their specialized API to deliver the audio files and automate the entire process from episode creation to publish. It has never been easier to maintain a daily or weekly podcast! Learn More To learn more about Audio Articles Podcast, take...

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Facebook has long established itself as a powerful vessel for sharing news and information on the web, but their relatively new News tab takes the focus on journalism to the next level with a page fully dedicated to highly relevant news content from reputable publishers across the country, tailored to meet the reader's interests and locale. You can read more about Facebook News and how it works here. As a newspaper publisher, having your content distributed this way by Facebook could mean a big boost in traffic to your website, ultimately resulting in more revenue for your publication. Unfortunately, in...

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The first in a series of webinars hosted by "The News Guru" Kevin Slimp and brought to our customers free of charge by Our-Hometown is scheduled for Friday, March 19th at 11am EST and will focus on Advanced Photoshop for Newspaper Editors, Photographers & Designers.  "No one knows more about photo editing and color correction for newspapers than Kevin Slimp, who has been teaching newspapers the best methods for photo editing since 1994. Join Kevin for this 90 minute webinar as he teaches both basic and advanced skills to make your photos pop right off the page! They don’t call Kevin the...

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Last week, Our-Hometown President & CEO Matthew Larson was joined by Cecil Wehrman, publisher of The Crosby Journal and The Tioga Tribune of JournalTrib.com, for a special Publisher Interview where they discussed Australia's recently-passed legislation requiring Google and Facebook to compensate publishers for using their news. Cecile had previously published some commentary on the legislation, suggesting it is a situation that publishers in the U.S. should be keeping an eye on. You can read her piece, "Australian case could set the stage" on JournalTrib.com. If you weren't able to attend the LIVE Publisher Interview last week, don't worry! We've got...

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Matt talks with Cecile Wehrman of the Tioga Tribune in Crosby, ND about pending legislation on news outlet compensation and the response of Facebook and Google as news aggregators.

Matt Larson, President and CEO
Our Hometown, Inc.

Cecile Wehrman, Editor and Publisher
The Journal and Tioga Tribune
Crosby and Tioga, ND

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The Newsletter Plugin included with Our-Hometown's WordPress Publishing Platform is a powerful tool for creating attractive newsletters to easily promote your newest content to your subscribers. While you're probably familiar with the basic functionality of the plugin -- such as using the Drag & Drop Composer to craft a totally custom newsletter out of widget-style blocks -- there are a lot of different ways to distribute content to your readers, including targeting specific segments of your audience with content more tailored to their interests. Today, we're going to focus on that principle by Creating a Category-driven Newsletter. If you're already...

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