LMI editors endorse Memoriams from AdPay, as a way to increase obituary revenues and for the newspaper industry to grow the franchise overall. Included in this review: How it works, costs, metrics and current partners. more

User-generated revenues may become the annuity that classifieds used to be. Director of Interactive at the PostGazette.com, Pat Scanlon, is leading the charge: “We’ve neglected this category for 15 years." Here are his top four initiatives that promise to yield at least six figures each, plus five more, with vendors suggested. Understanding this source of new revenues is one key to creating a successful local media business model. more

As newspapers and other local online media battle for dominance in their communities, obituaries hold a special place. Tributes.com has a new model, and television sites are capitalizing. more