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We are on a mission to make public information systems more valuable, beginning with public notice.

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Exclusive: Column, a public benefit company that provides software to streamline the placement of public notices, has raised a $30M series A investment round. trib.al/y2VfaDI
Column raises $30M, expanding beyond public notice

Column raises $30M, expanding beyond public notice

It's a rare injection of high-growth capital into a company that services local newspapers.

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NEW: @ColumnPBC has raised $30M in venture money to expand its biz beyond public notice - It's a rare injection of high-growth capital into a company that services *local newspapers* - Angel investors, including Marty Baron, also participated in the round axios.com/2022/08/09/exclusi…
Column raises $30M, expanding beyond public notice

Column raises $30M, expanding beyond public notice

It's a rare injection of high-growth capital into a company that services local newspapers.

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Newspaper heir @jakeseaton0 worried about the fate of the @MERCnewsroom So he found an obscure and effective remedy @ColumnPBC bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
A Startup Found a Lifeline for Newspapers That Isn’t Advertising or Subscriptions

A Startup Found a Lifeline for Newspapers That Isn’t Advertising or Subscriptions

Column helps publications digitize government disclosures, a critical remaining source of revenue.

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Public Notices Are a Critical Newspaper Revenue Source via ⁦@mcbridesg⁩ ⁦@business⁩ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
A Startup Found a Lifeline for Newspapers That Isn’t Advertising or Subscriptions

A Startup Found a Lifeline for Newspapers That Isn’t Advertising or Subscriptions

Column helps publications digitize government disclosures, a critical remaining source of revenue.

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The collapse of classified ads was devastating for newspapers. A startup is trying to keep the same thing from happening with public notices trib.al/LsxwvoV via @BW
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Knight Media Forum 2022 kicks off TODAY! There’s still time to join us — sign up now to tune in to the three-day virtual forum, which begins at 2 p.m. ET. More: knightmediaforum.org #KMF2022
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Here 👏 we 👏 come. refreshmiami.com/5-things-to…
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Congratulations to the 2021 Wyncubator winner: @ColumnPBC It was an honor to have all of the finalists pitch tonight at the #WynwoodWalls
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How you can help local journalism survive, thrive #SafeHarbor4News seattletimes.com/opinion/how…
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Just to brag on @kirichman for a second -- this is the chart of one of our customers' use of Column since he took over.
Image from Jake Seaton (@jakeseaton0)
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"A future without local journalism is as dire as a society without roads and bridges.” In an op-ed for @thehill, @VWPickard makes the case for journalism as critical infrastructure. bit.ly/3n3RGPP
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7 questions to help local media rebound in 2021: After a year of battering, newsrooms must focus on steps to recovery. Here is a short list of actions to rebuild and reconceive journalism that recognizes our changed world. americanpressinstitute.org/p…
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After blank front page, newspaper learns it's appreciated bit.ly/2PsKjFx
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The Atlanta tragedy highlights large news organizations’ flawed approach in covering communities at the margins. via @niemanlab niemanlab.org/2021/03/how-ma…
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Democracy demands shining a light on government seattletimes.com/opinion/dem… via @seattletimes
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Key progress on the local news front from @cforman niemanreports.org/articles/c… via @NiemanReports
Covid Relief Bill Throws Lifeline to Transform Local News - Nieman Reports

Covid Relief Bill Throws Lifeline to Transform Local News - Nieman Reports

With the passage of the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, Washington is not only providing help to families, schools, states, and local government; it is throwing a lifeline to the imperiled local...

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News deserts are prevalent in rural America. As a result, people in these communities won’t be armed with the info needed to hold public officials to account or make informed decisions when they vote. Is public funding a possible solution to this problem? bit.ly/local-news-rural-impa…
As Local News Outlets Shutter, Rural America Suffers Most • Stateline

As Local News Outlets Shutter, Rural America Suffers Most • Stateline

Journalism professor Penny Muse Abernathy lives in a news desert. She says there’s little local media coverage of Scotland County, North Carolina, among the poorest in the Tar Heel state. Her...

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Five big findings from the Journalism Crisis Project cjr.org/business_of_news/fiv…
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“The idea was to capture history as it was happening and to grab memories while they were fresh of journalists surviving a pandemic of global proportions.” An oral history project documents the work of local newsrooms in mid-America. via @poynter poynter.org/the-essential-wo…
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Very excited that @ColumnPBC is now live in Miami FL, Fort Worth TX, Sacramento CA, Belleville IL, Wichita KS, Kansas City MO, Raleigh NC, and Boise ID through our partnership with @mcclatchy!
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