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Today, we welcome our 15th association and 17th state to be represented in the Column Partner Program — the Louisiana Press Association! “We’re…
Emmie Atwood, Content Manager
This editorial was submitted by a guest columnist and reflects the views of the author. “If your operation is anything like mine, we have way too…
Dan Thalmann, Owner of Washington County News, Kansas
“We’re the archivers of history. It’s not always flashy history, but it’s critical information when it comes down to it.” Marco Coppola, Legals Clerk…
Emmie Atwood, Content Manager
Rhonda has worked at the Augusta Daily Gazette since 1972. Since then, Rhonda's experienced a lot of change at the newspaper. “We’ve been through many…
Emmie Atwood, Content Manager
“It became clear that with our rapid expansion, Column was critical for us to streamline our operations and relieve staff of the manual time they’d…
Emmie Atwood, Content Manager
Natalie Burge, Product Marketing Manager at Column, was recently interviewed on Pathmonk Presents Podcast to dive into public notice, Column’s growth…
Emmie Atwood, Content Marketing Manager
We recently improved the search functionality in Column so that publishers and advertisers have more flexibility with finding notices in the system…
Avniel Dravid, Senior Product Manager
What got me interested in finance was the idea of making a business — a rapidly-growing, constantly-changing start-up that believes in an improbable…
Lea Boreland, Head of Finance
Our company was founded because of a deep loyalty to journalism handed down through five generations of the local news business. Everything we work…
Oliver Carefull, People Operations
We are delighted to welcome our 14th association and 16th state to be represented in the Column Partner Program — the Arkansas Press Association! The…
Kevin King, Head of Brand & Communications
Evelyn, a legals rep at her local newspaper, was getting too many email notifications. Her inundated inbox made it easy for her to miss the…
Emmie Atwood, Content Manager
The Ohio News Media Association is known for achieving the highest standards of excellence in journalism and newspaper publishing, and today they join…
Kevin King, Head of Brand & Communications
Laurie Bolle, Vice President of National Classifieds/Sales at Gannett, is joining Column! Laurie brings a wealth of knowledge from her more than…
Kevin King, Head of Brand & Communications
In 2021, we welcomed over ten new state associations to the Column Partner Program. In celebration of this milestone, we announced at the 202…
Jake Seaton, Founder & CEO
We are delighted to announce CherryRoad Media as the latest publishing partner to rollout Column's enterprise public notice solution. CherryRoad is…
Kevin King, Head of Brand & Communications
The Texas Press Association (TPA) has joined the Column Partner Program, marking the 10th state press association to join in 2021. We formed the…
Kevin King, Head of Brand & Communications
We are delighted to announce the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association (PNA) as the newest member of the Column Partner Program. The PNA marks the ninth…
Kevin King, Head of Brand & Communications
It’s our pleasure to announce that the Column Partner Program welcomes a new member this week, the Wyoming Press Association (WPA). Public notice…
Alex Lutz, Partnerships
Column is excited to welcome Bill Barker as our latest advisor. Bill has led a storied career in the news industry, most recently serving as the…
Kevin King
We are thrilled to welcome the Florida Press Association (FPA) as the latest members of the Column Partner Program. Florida is a key frontier for…
Kevin King, Head of Partnerships
In December 2020, Restoration NewsMedia, a North Carolina publisher housing the state's oldest family-owned newspaper, adopted Column to support their…
Alex Lutz, Partnerships
We are thrilled to announce that Column was recently named the winner of a Miami startup competition hosted at the Wynwood Walls by Goldman Properties…
Kevin King, Head of Partnerships
The California News Publishers Association (CNPA), a non-profit trade association, and Column, a public benefit software startup, are excited to…
Kevin King, Head of Partnerships
Here at Column, one of our operating principles is to "never stop learning." On an individual level, we know that continual growth is essential to…
Josh Hone, COO
This week is the 52nd Annual Professional Municipal Clerks Week. Clerks have the immense responsibility of providing the infrastructure that ensures…
Ryan Gayman, Government Partnerships Advisor
On April 18, we're proud to celebrate National Columnists Day — a holiday to honor the columnists who offer their perspectives in communities across…
The Column Team
I'm thrilled to announce that Paul Bascobert has joined Column as an advisor. Paul has led a storied career in the media industry, serving in…
Jake Seaton
This week, Column is excited to welcome the New Mexico Press Association to the Column Partner Program. As the industry representative for New Mexico…
Sarah Alpert, Product
Column is a public benefit company building collaborative software to enhance the working relationships that notify the public square. Our technology…
Jake Seaton, CEO
Kevin King is Head of Partnerships at Column. He builds and maintains working relationships with associations and enterprise publishers to help in…
Kevin King, Partnerships
Column helps press associations defend public notice requirements, leveraging data to prove the value and viability of public notice in the 21st…
Sarah Alpert, Product
Wilson, Brewer & Munson was recently asked to start using Column to place public notices with their newspaper of record. Thanks to Column, the law…
Hunter Bigge, Partnerships
Public Square Column's public benefit status is our binding commitment to do right by our stakeholders. This commitment was unanimously approved by…
Jake Seaton, CEO
This giving season, supporters of local journalism can tap into the Florida Press Foundation through Column’s platform to make tax-deductible…
Sarah Alpert, Product
We are excited to share that we have changed our name from e-notice to "Column." Here is why: e-notice was a highly descriptive name for our first…
Jake Seaton, CEO
Column, a public benefit corporation, today announces it will power public notices for The Washington Post, providing category-leading public notice…
Kevin King, Partnerships
In December 2019, a committee from the Colorado Press Association (CPA) met to discuss the future of public notice. Amid efforts to move public notice…
Sarah Alpert, Product
If ads and commercials are accurate, every company “puts customers first.” This implies that when companies make decisions, one of their primary…
Kevin Richman, Customer Experience
Hi there — my name is Jake Seaton. I’m from Manhattan, Kansas, fondly known as "The Little Apple." The local newspaper there is called The Manhattan…
Jake Seaton, CEO
The public notice system stems from the philosophy that public interest information should not just be easily accessible to citizens, but should be…
Sajan Mehrotra
When the Kansas state legislature passes a constitutional amendment, state law requires that notification of the change be distributed via the media…
Sarah Alpert, Product
After nearly doubling their newspaper production, Kansas Publishing Ventures experienced numerous issues with their process of publishing public…
Samantha Shapiro, Summer Intern
This Opinion was originally published in the Kansas Press Association's May 2020 newsletter. It has been edited to reflect Column's new company name…
Joey Young, Kansas Publishing Ventures
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