For Newspapers
For Newspapers
For Newspapers
Modernize your public notice process.
Modernize your public notice process.
Protect and grow their public notice revenue with modern solutions for placement, pagination, payments, and affidavits.
Protect and grow their public notice revenue with modern solutions for placement, pagination, payments, and affidavits.
Protect and grow their public notice revenue with modern solutions for placement, pagination, payments, and affidavits.
Trusted by 1,600+ publishers across the United States
Trusted by 1,600+ publishers across the United States
Why Column
Lead the future of public notice.
Preserve your role as the trusted home for public notice. Set the standard for what comes next.
Preserve your role as the trusted home for public notice. Set the standard for what comes next.
Preserve your role as the trusted home for public notice. Set the standard for what comes next.
Deliver a better customer experience.
Make public notice faster and easier for governments, law firms, businesses, and individuals with self-serve placement, tracking, payments, updates, and support.
Make public notice faster and easier for governments, law firms, businesses, and individuals with self-serve placement, tracking, payments, updates, and support.
Make public notice faster and easier for governments, law firms, businesses, and individuals with self-serve placement, tracking, payments, updates, and support.
“By building an API to simplify their workflow, we made placement so easy that notice volume increased 35%.”
Mark Vinciguerra, President, Ravena News-Herald
Mark Vinciguerra, President, Ravena News-Herald
Mark Vinciguerra, President, Ravena News-Herald
Grow revenue without more overhead.
Better serve your high-volume filers at scale with automated placement, integrations, and operational support — without increasing staff workload.
Better serve your high-volume filers at scale with automated placement, integrations, and operational support — without increasing staff workload.
Better serve your high-volume filers at scale with automated placement, integrations, and operational support — without increasing staff workload.
“With Column’s payment alerts and prepayment workflows, we now capture near 100% of every dollar.”
Ali Milliner, Advertising Sales Manager, Amsterdam News
Ali Milliner, Advertising Sales Manager, Amsterdam News
Ali Milliner, Advertising Sales Manager, Amsterdam News
Improve operations and cash flow.
Key features like automated payment reminders and prepayment option help improve collections and cash flow.
Key features like automated payment reminders and prepayment option help improve collections and cash flow.
Key features like automated payment reminders and prepayment option help improve collections and cash flow.
“We got better at handling legals by not handling legals. Our skilled staff now focuses on revenue-generating work outside public notice.”
Lee Bachlet, SVP of Growth & Innovation, CherryRoad Media
Lee Bachlet, SVP of Growth & Innovation, CherryRoad Media
Lee Bachlet, SVP of Growth & Innovation, CherryRoad Media
Set the standard for public notice.
Bring modern public notice to your community: easier to place, easier to access, and built for public accountability.
Bring modern public notice to your community: easier to place, easier to access, and built for public accountability.
Bring modern public notice to your community: easier to place, easier to access, and built for public accountability.
“Legals will always be important. Column provides the digital infrastructure necessary to get this important information into the hands of the people.”
Bryce Jacobson, Chief Revenue Officer, Seaton Publishing
Bryce Jacobson, Chief Revenue Officer, Seaton Publishing
Bryce Jacobson, Chief Revenue Officer, Seaton Publishing
How It Works
A complete public notice platform for newspapers.
Every public notice workflow tied together, to reduce manual work and protect your revenue.
Every public notice workflow tied together, to reduce manual work and protect your revenue.
Every public notice workflow tied together, to reduce manual work and protect your revenue.
Self-Serve Platform
Order Management
Automated Affidavits
Pagination
98% of notices are placed self-serve.
Give your advertisers a modern placement experience with online submission, proof review, payments and affidavits in one place.
Human-like ai chat generative ai feature
Deliver fast, natural conversations powered by AI without increasing your support team.
Smart system integration
Easily connect channels, tools, and workflows to power unified support across your ecosystem.
Automate your affidavit process
Deliver instant, intelligent, and always-on support — without scaling your team.
Self-Serve Platform
Order Management
Automated Affidavits
Pagination
98% of notices are placed self-serve.
Give your advertisers a modern placement experience with online submission, proof review, payments and affidavits in one place.
Human-like ai chat generative ai feature
Deliver fast, natural conversations powered by AI without increasing your support team.
Smart system integration
Easily connect channels, tools, and workflows to power unified support across your ecosystem.
Automate your affidavit process
Deliver instant, intelligent, and always-on support — without scaling your team.
Case Studies
Trusted by 1,600+ publishers across the U.S.
See how news organizations of every size use Column to modernize their public notice operations, and grow.
See how news organizations of every size use Column to modernize their public notice operations, and grow.
How to Get Started
Switching to Column is easy.
Our team is ready to help you and your staff make a seamless transition. We deliver a simple but human-first onboarding process to ensure you start seeing results in no time.
Talk with our team.
Tell us about your public notice workflow, volume, and goals. We fit Column to your newspaper.
We handle setup.
Column configures your templates, workflows, affidavits, pagination, and self-serve portal.
Go live.
Your advertisers get a better experience. Your team gets time back. And revenue stays with your paper.
Resources
Everything you need to get started and stay informed.
From step-by-step guides to live events and industry insights, find resources for every stage of your public notice journey.
Help Center
Step-by-step guides, how-tos, and answers to common questions about placing notices and managing orders.
Blog & News
Case studies, product announcements, industry news, and expert perspective on the future of public notice.
Webinars & Events
Live and on-demand sessions on public notice trends, platform updates, compliance changes, and best practices.
Resources
Everything you need to get started and stay informed.
From step-by-step guides to live events and industry insights, find resources for every stage of your public notice journey.
Help Center
Step-by-step guides, how-tos, and answers to common questions about placing notices and managing orders.
Blog & News
Case studies, product announcements, industry news, and expert perspective on the future of public notice.
Webinars & Events
Live and on-demand sessions on public notice trends, platform updates, compliance changes, and best practices.
Resources
Everything you need to get started and stay informed.
From step-by-step guides to live events and industry insights, find resources for every stage of your public notice journey.
Help Center
Step-by-step guides, how-tos, and answers to common questions about placing notices and managing orders.
Blog & News
Case studies, product announcements, industry news, and expert perspective on the future of public notice.
Webinars & Events
Live and on-demand sessions on public notice trends, platform updates, compliance changes, and best practices.
About Column for Newspapers
Need answers? We’ve got you covered.
Below are some of the most common questions people ask us. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, feel free to reach out!
How much does Column cost newspapers?
Do we have to use the full platform?
How does Column help with legislation?
Will we lose control of our public notice business?
How does onboarding work?
Can Column work with our existing systems?
What types of notices does Column support?
How does Column do affidavits?
About Column for Newspapers
Need answers? We’ve got you covered.
Below are some of the most common questions people ask us. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, feel free to reach out!
How much does Column cost newspapers?
Do we have to use the full platform?
How does Column help with legislation?
Will we lose control of our public notice business?
How does onboarding work?
Can Column work with our existing systems?
What types of notices does Column support?
How does Column do affidavits?