Newspilot: A print focused, digital enabled, CMS for the news industry

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1 Newspilot: A print focused, digital enabled, CMS for the news industry Newspilot supports your editorial processes for planning, gathering of material, writing, proofing, editing cross-media, cross-platform. But let s be honest, the needs of the media industry is shifting. You need the right tool for each and every task. Newspilot is exactly that for your print production re-using your digital content whenever you want. Many of our customers use Newspilot for creating content and publish that content everywhere. As of late we have also seen the shift from print focused media companies, to true digital first workflows. This shift is what made us create our Digital Writer and Dashboard solutions, and integrating these with Newspilot to help make the transition as smooth as possible. Our skilled project managers and consultants will help you setting up Newspilot to suit your needs. Our best practice of today is KISS, Keep It Simple S*****, this way you get started fast and focus on what is really relevant. Layout driven print production built in All you ll ever need for editions and zones Automated printing with InDesign Server Support for most common ad systems Customizable workspaces Customizable user profiles Extensive user privileges Resource and event planning Automatically updated content Built in search Automatic archiving Integrated to other Infomaker solutions Open for integration and extensions and so much more 1

2 Newspilot overview Lean print production Use InDesign Server and our Whiteboard solution for super efficient print production for the entire planning and publishing process of both editorial content and ads. Plan everything Who is doing what, when and where? For what publishing channels or editions? Press releases and other background information? It s all in the job folder, built in, for everyone to see. Proven to save you time, lot s of time We hear it over and over again Newspilot saves time for our customers. This enables you to spend more time on what s important for you. Reliable backend Spend less time on server issues and less money on expensive databases. Automatic archiving Built in functionality for automatic archiving when your print production is done. Integrated to Infomaker solutions Works out-of-the-box with solutions such as epaper, Open Content, Digital Writer, Dashboard and Everyware. Works on Mac and Windows The Newspilot client works on most modern versions of both Mac and Windows. Our Dashboard module for reporters also works in the Chrome browser. Proven solution Used daily to produce hundreds of print and digital publications all over the Nordic region. 2

3 Whiteboard + InDesign Server = super efficient print! Whiteboard is a visual planning tool for pages, articles and ads. It s also a page production tool. All your pages become available at the same time, like in a super-customized Indesign with a complete overview. Plan your pages using layout modules. Assign the planned modules to your reporters and let them deliver a complete write-to-fit article. Whiteboard is seamlessly integrated to InDesign CS/CC, both desktop and server. Build up a module-based set of article templates that works together, like Lego. This enables a productivity increase of up to 400%. Using Whiteboard for both page, article and ad planning really makes things easier, faster and less complex. Use pre-built module templates, add extra content such as fact boxes or images. Make small adjustments, if necessary. Crop images to fit your template in Whiteboard or in the Classic Writer. Draw and automatically generate lines, move articles between pages, re-plan articles, change article templates. Drag and drop simplicity. When your plan and journalists are ready, create the page with our InDesign Server integration, send directly to print or do finishing touches in desktop InDesign if necessary. The end result: a professional looking newspaper in less time than before. 3

4 Newspilot, Dashboard and Digital Writer = print and digital all-in-one A popular alternative to having fully separated, or a single CMS for print and digital, is working with our digital creation tools integrated to Newspilot. This really enables the best of two worlds. Your users can work in state-of-the-art digital tools, either inside Newspilot or in a browser. When working with Dashboard and Digital Writer in Chrome, all content you create is automatically available in Newspilot. If you decide to work from Newspilot the digital articles you create are in the same way automatically available in the Dashboard. The built in and customizable transformations makes it possible to automatically clean up your digital content from links, embeds etc anything you don t need in the printed paper. In other words, this is a really tight integration that makes it possible for you to decide what approach you take. In extension, this makes it possible for you to go all in on the Infomaker Digital Presentation solutions, such as our App Platform and Everyware solution. Everything will work seamlessly. Newspilot OC Open Mast Content er Dashboard Digital Writer 4

5 How to do print in a digital first world A few years back, we saw the need for efficient print and we introduced our Whiteboard solution. Now the question is How can we make efficient print in a digital first world?. Here are some examples: Manual editing of reused content for print Plan for print while having a digital first focus Let the reporter do both digital and print versions To really let your journalists focus on digital content they need to let go of print. This can be accomplished by switching from Newspilot to Dashboard and Digital Writer. The same digital content is made available for print production. Some of our customers handles this process with a separate group of people dedicated to making the printed edition. Planning for both digital and print has been the way for some of our customers, planning is done in Newspilot and in some cases the Digital Writer is the writing tool. This way the content of the printed edition is clear early on. Some plan the printed version in Whiteboard, some do it manually. The journalist starts with writing content for your digital channels, and when the story is ready for print the same person creates a copy. By opening up the print copy you are allowed to make print specific changes (write-to-fit, image soft crop etc). Conclusion: We believe you must decide whether to be channel agnostic or not, we believe in content not channels. The actual process is then up to your organization needs, skills and resources. We want to make all these ways possible in an easy way. 5

6 Newspilot + Infomaker epaper = automated e-edition In a world of endless channels and possibilities and where print efficiency is top priority, you can t afford to spend too much time on your e-edition. epaper production and quality needs to stay on par with your demands on print. This is where our epaper solution comes in. Packed with great features that work out of the box with Newspilot: Clickable ads for extra revenue possibilities Clickable editorial content with article view Automated publishing process Same support for the entire publishing flow Read more about our epaper solution in the separate product sheet. Infomaker epaper runs in the Amazon cloud with extremely high redundancy, reliability and capacity. And the whole machinery is monitored and supported by Infomaker tech staff, prepared to help you 24/7. The publishing process has built-in error handling and self healing mechanisms that proactively resolves different kind of issues. Our top 3 reasons to choose Infomaker epaper: High quality user experience that your readers will love We really love to make your readers happy! Delivering a superior user experience combined with fast and smooth page swipe, crisp and sharp text and graphics at any zoom level, on all platforms. Guaranteed availability and stability, every day. Ensuring your publication is available at all times is our top priority. 6

7 Open for integration When core functionality of Newspilot isn t enough it s time to open the integration toolbox. Newspilot comes with a REST API for integrating other solutions with REST possibilities. On top of that there are also file based integrations that are used for specific needs. With lots of experience integrating 3rd party solutions we have made standard integrations for several systems, sources and formats. REST API There is a well documented REST API available for integration of various solutions, for example integrating other content repositories. Ad system integration We have out-of-the-box integrations to several ad systems on the market, from vendors such as Newscycle, Atex, Lineup and Tieto to name a few. For ad integrations to any ad system we have two possibilities, our AD REST API, a well documented and proven way to get your ads presented in Newspilot. There is also a Newspilot Ad Exchange XML-format for importing and updating ads. Web views and javascript A fairly new option is to show a 3rd party solution as a webview inside the Newspilot client, and when necessary integrate using javascript and the API. This way you can extend functionality outside the Newspilot core. 7

8 Good to know Some good-to-know info! What does it cost? We offer Newspilot either as a classic up-front license or for a monthly subscription fee. Monthly costs covers support and availability to updates. The cost of the license fee depends of choice of functions and number of users. I want Newspilot. How do I get it? A Newspilot project varies a lot depending on your needs, integrations, the size of your organisation and the amount of publications that will be handled. The most common projects last around 2 10 months in calendar time. Do I need to install any extra backend servers? Yes, at the moment Newspilot is always hosted by our customers, themselves our by using third party hosting providers. A standard production setup requires as a minimum one backend server and 2 3 Windows servers as a general rule, depending on size and needs. The publishing workflow Do I have to choose all solutions from Infomaker? Of course not! There are clear benefits and many of our customers have done so but it is possible to pick the cherries from the cake, it s really up to you! We need integrations to systems we use daily. How can that be done? There is a REST API available that you can use to integrate various services. We also have an expanding set of pre-built integrations with many 3rd parties, feel free to ask us about the currently supported integrations! How are upgrades of the platform managed? The platform continuously evolves with new functions, support for new Java and OS versions, enhances and bug fixes. You ll be informed about new versions and upcoming functionality in our tech newsletter. Upgrades are managed as a separate project, often in the range of a days in total depending on how often you upgrade. Want to know more? Be in touch! Phone: info@infomaker.se www: Planning: Who, what, when, where OC Satellite Apps, front ends, epaper Print Plant Other r lte Fi Creation: Articles, pages Publishing: Print, digital, epaper Newspilot Filter Open OC Content Mast Master or er Satellite Plan and create your content in Newspilot, design your pages with InDesign or Whiteboard and automate your print output with InDesign Server. Publish to Infomaker Presentation Suit such as our App Platform, Everyware and epaper solutions. 8