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The Associate Member Blog is benefit for NAA Associate Members – it is here for Associates to post press releases and product announcements of interest to the North American Newspaper Media industry. Releases that are primarily sales material or invitations will not be posted here. Newspaper members can search the Associate Member blog for keywords, or company or product names – or just browse. You can subscribe to updates using RSS or the other networking options on the left navigation rail. NAA Associate Members can forward releases for posting to throughout NAA Community and other NAA professional networks. For information email Kevin McCourt (mailto:Kevin.McCourt@naa.org), or call him at 571-366-1055.

Now Live on the SAXOTECH Cloud

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SAXOTECH Media Contact:
Wendy Mozingo
+1 (813) 784-2119
wmozingo@saxotech.com

Journal Publications Manages Web and Multi-media
Content with SAXOTECH Online

Now Live on the SAXOTECH Cloud, Business Journal Publisher Realizes
New Efficiencies with Advanced Digital Publishing

Tampa, Fla. – April 11, 2011 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising solutions, announced today, Journal Publications, a business journal publisher located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is live with SAXOTECH Online, an intuitive publishing solution for managing news content across multiple digital channels. Central Penn Business Journal (http://www.centralpennbusiness.com) is the first of three business journal websites slated to go live on SAXOTECH’s browser-based content management system.

With its multi-channel publishing capabilities, SAXOTECH Online provides the framework for users to manage everything from Web design, site structure and video presentation to community interaction, email newsletters and wireless content. Digital media can flow seamlessly from Journal Publications’ content producers to a wide range of tablets and mobile devices. News managers have a greater ability to respond to breaking news by increasing the productivity of their staff.

“We chose a content management system that can grow alongside our organization” said Larry Kluger, president, Journal Publications. “By providing a flexible and scalable platform for multi-channel publishing, SAXOTECH allows us to focus our efforts on creating, marketing and distributing valuable business content while also expanding our unique offerings.”

Utilizing the SAXOTECH cloud, Journal Publications’ publishers now have access to the technologies that simplify and improve the speed of publishing, the freedom to focus IT resources elsewhere, and the comfort of knowing additional capacity is always available to handle any spikes in traffic that could occur throughout the year.

About Journal Publications
Journal Publications, Inc. is a multi-title publishing and events management company with operations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Founded in 1984, JPI publishes award winning business journals, consumer magazines and custom publications. JPI also plans and manages dozens of events annually for company owned products as well as for external customers. JPI also adds value to the business community through its subsidiaries like Best Companies Group, who coordinates "Best Places to Work" surveys nation-wide, Black Rhino Media, a full-service interactive media solutions company offering web development, Internet marketing and other custom media services, and PageTurnPro, a digital publishing software company with customers around the world.

About SAXOTECH
SAXOTECH helps media companies meet current and future challenges in the media landscape by providing cost efficient solutions for new business models based on multimedia, multi-channel consumer interaction. Our scalable, easy-to-implement solutions are used to plan, create, edit, design and publish content as well as drive online directories and serve display advertising through multiple channels. Our customers receive world-class implementation, training and support complemented by ongoing development of products and best practices.

SAXOTECH's Circulation Division, obtained through the acquisition of Data Sciences, Inc., tracks subscription revenue, distribution, agent billing, promotions, campaigns, demographics and non-subscribers.  Flexible reporting and decision making tools enable newspapers to improve retention and increase their subscriber base, as well as empower marketing executives to make quicker, smarter and more profitable circulation management decisions.

SAXOTECH’s corporate headquarters reside in Tampa, Fla. with European headquarters based in Aalborg, Denmark; additional offices include Maryland, New Hampshire, Norway and Sweden. SAXOTECH's solutions are in use by more than 600 news organizations around the world. For more information visit www.saxotech.com.

About Kevin McCourt

Kevin McCourt is Vice President, Member Services and Events at Newspaper Association of America. He serves as a resource to newspaper and associate members, oversees mediaXchange. Prior to his current position, he held positions at NAA including VP Associate Member Services, VP Advertising and Exhibition Sales, director, real estate and online classified advertising; and director of operations, RealFind USA, a for-profit real estate advertising aggregation program. Prior to joining NAA, McCourt held positions of increasing responsibility at newspaper companies in circulation; marketing and new media; representing over 30 years experience in the newspaper media industry.