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.
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.
Column Reps handle 390+ notices a day.
Outsource your legals inbox to public notice experts. Our team brings decades of newspaper experience, managing everything from intake to customer support on behalf of your team.
Court-ready in 1-2 business days.
Column is the largest processor of affidavits in the country. Column handles affidavit signing, notarization, verification, and delivery, so customers get documents faster and your team stops chasing paperwork.
Page layout, simplified and automated.
Column takes pagination off your team’s plate, formatting public notice pages to your paper’s exact specs and coordinating with your production team to keep every page on deadline.
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.
Column Reps handle 390+ notices a day.
Outsource your legals inbox to public notice experts. Our team brings decades of newspaper experience, managing everything from intake to customer support on behalf of your team.
Court-ready in 1-2 business days.
Column is the largest processor of affidavits in the country. Column handles affidavit signing, notarization, verification, and delivery, so customers get documents faster and your team stops chasing paperwork.
Page layout, simplified and automated.
Column takes pagination off your team’s plate, formatting public notice pages to your paper’s exact specs and coordinating with your production team to keep every page on deadline.
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
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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!