Miami Herald Roll-out on McClatchy's CCI NewsGate Data Center Completed

Kevin McCourt — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:56:00 GMT

With full rollout completed on March 28, The Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald are the latest additions to McClatchy's CCI NewsGate data center.

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According to César Mendoza, VP Information Technology at The Miami Herald, the move to a CCI NewsGate system hosted in McClatchy's data center, located in Charlotte, NC, has a number of benefits:
"Being in a data center obviously reduces the burden on the local paper by leveraging the infrastructure and the expertise of one central environment. Replacing our legacy system with CCI NewsGate also means that we now have a modern multimedia platform that allows us to publish on multiple channels and allows us to implement a two-way integration between the print and online departments."

The NewsGate solution will also enable The Miami Herald to integrate into one consolidated solution a number of workflows that were previously separate like budgeting and assignment. Other benefits that will be explored by the Miami Herald include NewsGate's built-in support of resource and content sharing across the McClatchy newsrooms hosted in the data center.

The project, which also includes el Nuevo Herald, has been completed on schedule and has involved a corporate McClatchy team, a team of Miami Herald expert users and some CCI assistance.

"Although it is a project of some magnitude, it has been a fairly smooth one. I attribute that to the very high focus and support from everybody involved," says César Mendoza.

The McClatchy data center now hosts The Charlotte Observer (NC), The Raleigh News & Observer (NC), The Rock Hill Herald (SC), The Sun News (SC), The State (SC), The Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald (FL).
According to McClatchy News Systems Manager Neil Mara, who has been involved in the data center build-up from the very beginning, adding The Miami Herald to the shared data center is very much in line with the overall McClatchy strategy:

"The objective is to centralize and standardize our systems. The efficiency and cost effectiveness of the data center model makes it much more affordable to move the individual news operations to a modern multichannel publishing platform, and it provides us with the possibility to share resources and content across newsrooms. "

Adding new properties to the NewsGate data center has become a process almost exclusively run by a corporate McClatchy team in collaboration with the local organization. CCI assistance is often minimal.

"The timing is up to us. All we need to do is to agree we want to do it, acquire the necessary software licenses and then go right ahead and do it," says Neil Mara.

About CCI:
CCI is a leading provider of editorial and advertising solutions for multimedia news environments. Our CCI AdDesk, CCI NewsGate and CCI NewsDesk products are the most robust and powerful systems in the industry, and are implemented in news organizations across five continents. We provide the platform to support evolving needs of the world's largest news organizations, and scalable solutions to help growing media brands optimize their business strategies. Constant innovation and strong customer commitment remain the cornerstones of CCI's business model. CCI is an Oracle Certified Partner and Adobe Gold Solution Partner.

About The McClatchy Company
The McClatchy Company is the third largest newspaper company in the United States, publishing 30 daily newspapers, 43 non-dailies, and direct marketing and direct mail operations. McClatchy also operates leading local websites in each of its markets which extend its audience reach. The websites offer users comprehensive news and information, advertising, e-commerce and other services. Together with its newspapers and direct marketing products, these interactive operations make McClatchy the leading local media company in each of its premium high growth markets. McClatchy-owned newspapers include The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald, The Sacramento Bee, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Kansas City Star, The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer (Raleigh).

For further information, contact Marketing Manager, Kim Svendsen: ksve@ccieurope.com or +45 8733 5588

Internet Broadcasting Partners with Ebyline

Kevin McCourt — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:49:00 GMT

For Immediate Release

Internet Broadcasting Partners with Ebyline to Automate Freelancer Workflow; New Publishers Add 300 Professional Freelancers to the Network

LOS ANGELES (March 15, 2011) - Internet Broadcasting and Los Angeles Times Media Group have teamed up with Ebyline (www.ebyline.com) to manage their freelancer transactions. Ebyline will add more than 300 freelancers to their pool of professional journalists through these partnerships.

“At the core of Internet Broadcasting’s success is building engaging online experiences and doing it in a cost effective way. As soon as we met Ebyline and saw their platform for managing freelancers, we knew that it would be a great fit for us and our partners,”said Jeff Kimball, Chief Operating Officer of IB. “Ebyline has made our relationships with our freelancers far more efficient and allowed us to expand the depth of the content we provide to our local media customers.”

Ebyline is an online platform that helps publications more efficiently and economically manage freelancers and content syndication. Ebyline's virtual newsroom environment automates freelancer administration including assignment and pitch flow, tax management and electronic payment processing. Ebyline also introduces incremental revenue opportunities through its marketplace product, a platform designed to facilitate the a la carte sale of news content directly to other publishers.

For freelancers, Ebyline’s online platform also lets writers “self-syndicate,” giving them the ability to pitch, sell finished work to news organizations and negotiate fees with publishers. Ebyline is for professional journalists only – freelancers must have a track record in the business in order to gain access.

“We’ve removed the fixed cost structure associated with the management of freelancers to facilitate the creation and procurement of quality content,” Ebyline CEO Bill Momary says. “This is a win-win for both freelancers and editors.”

About Ebyline
Ebyline (www.ebyline.com) is a content exchange for news publishers and professional journalists, creating an alternative model dedicated to preserving high-quality reporting. The marketplace and underlying technology platform enable those who produce news content and those who publish it to do business with each other, buying and selling news on an á la carte basis using a secure online platform that is a fully functional marketplace and manages all administrative tasks – freeing up time and budgets on both sides to dedicate more resources to quality journalism. Ebyline’s partners include E.W. Scripps, Internet Broadcasting, Los Angeles Times Media Group, The Sacramento Bee, Variety, ProPublica, and more. Ebyline is based in Los Angeles.

About Internet Broadcasting
Internet Broadcasting is the leading provider of solutions that create online experiences that capture consumers’ attention which, in turn, creates audiences that respond to advertising. IB provides the technology and services that our TV, Newspaper, Cable and Radio customers need to build successful online media businesses through our Enterprise Publishing Platform (ibPublish), News & Content, and Advertising Solutions products. Our customers succeed because IB creates solutions that no one else has. We deliver measurable results for our customers and grow their businesses in a cost-effective way. For more information visit www.ibsys.com.

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Allen Narcisse
818-570-2574
press@ebyline.com

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