Straus News Goes Live with SAXOTECH Mediaware Center Across Nine Weekly Publications

September 8, 2011 - SAXOTECH, a leader in content management, circulation and advertising solutions, announced today, Straus News (covering communities along the NY, NJ and Penn. borders) is live with the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center. Implemented across Straus News' nine weekly publications - The Chronicle, The Photo News, The Warwick Advertiser, The Advertiser-News (North Edition), The Advertiser-News (South Edition), The Sparta Independent, The Township Journal, The West Milford Messenger and The Pike County Courier – this marks a decisive step in streamlining the process of publishing local news to multiple platforms.

Straus News chose SAXOTECH because of its long-standing expertise in the news business combined with its cutting edge technology solutions for publishing to different channels effortlessly.

Throughout implementation, Straus News experienced the dedicated support and know how of SAXOTECH's customer services team and went live with the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center without interruption to its routine.

"We found SAXOTECH to have the most comprehensive solution – one that would enable us to work seamlessly and efficiently across platforms at all our weekly newspapers – and the technology that will continue to grow and evolve alongside our news organization," said Jeanne Straus, president of Straus News. "The SAXOTECH Mediaware Center provides the tools we need to create a more flexible and modern newsroom."

With the transition to a new editorial content management system nearly complete, Straus News will proceed to integrate its digital efforts within the SAXOTECH framework. This move will provide the end-to-end workflow needed to allow Straus News to reach audiences based on their preferences. Whether readers prefer the Web, RSS, handheld devices or other rich media formats, SAXOTECH will provide the production tools needed to serve high volumes of content to multiple digital channels.

"Straus News will now be able serve print, and soon, digital products from one highly-efficient solution," said Anders Christiansen, chief executive officer, SAXOTECH. "By combining print and digital production seamlessly, the media company will have the ability to optimize local news reporting and advertising solutions for local businesses."