The Brief

The Brief is Column’s quarterly virtual event where we share major company announcements and our latest product innovations.

Spring 2023

March 8, 2023
Get up to date on our latest upgrades to notice templates, automated affidavits, and additional support for display notices. You’ll hear from Leo Hentschker, Column’s CTO, about our future product roadmap and all of the new features you can expect to see from us in the next few months. Find out about our newest offering for advertisers that standardizes their notice placement process across newspapers. Be the first to hear remarks from Jake Seaton, Column founder and CEO, about the new landscape in Florida, and why he’s more optimistic than ever about the future of public notice.

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Winter 2022

December 14, 2022
This quarter, we released powerful feature updates to make the Column experience more intuitive and customizable. We launched a suite of services that publishers can provide their government agency clients — like Notice by Mail and Planrooms. And finally, we announced a huge new integration opportunity for publishers working with high-volume placement agencies — Column for Agencies.

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Fall 2022

August 31, 2022
Our second installment of The Brief looks at exciting developments from this past quarter at Column. Learn about how we’re deploying our Series A funds, what it means to be a public benefit corporation, and the newest ways Column is making public information systems more valuable for publishers.

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Summer 2022

May 25, 2022
For the first time, Column announced our latest product developments and updates in a live broadcast. We showcased a transformational new affidavit-automation service for publishers and unveiled some cutting-edge upgrades to the free public notice websites we operate for several state press associations.

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