Newspilot supports your editorial

processes for planning, gathering of

material, writing, proofing, editing –

cross-media, cross-platform. But let’s

be honest, the needs of the media

industry is shifting. You need the

right tool for each and every task.

Newspilot is exactly that for your

print production re-using your digital

content whenever you want.

Many of our customers use Newspilot for creating

content and publish that content everywhere. As of

late we have also seen the shift from print focused

media companies, to true digital first workflows. This

shift is what made us create our Digital Writer and

Dashboard solutions, and integrating these with

Newspilot to help make the transition as smooth as

possible.

Newspilot: A print focused, digital enabled, CMS for the news industry

Our skilled project managers and consultants will

help you setting up Newspilot to suit your needs. Our

best practice of today is KISS, Keep It Simple S*****,

this way you get started fast and focus on what is

really relevant.

● Layout driven print production built in

● All you’ll ever need for editions and zones

● Automated printing with InDesign Server

● Support for most common ad systems

● Customizable workspaces

● Customizable user profiles

● Extensive user privileges

● Resource and event planning

● Automatically updated content

● Built in search

● Automatic archiving

● Integrated to other Infomaker solutions

● Open for integration and extensions

● … and so much more

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Lean print productionUse InDesign Server and our Whiteboard solution

for super efficient print production for the entire

planning and publishing process of both editorial

content and ads.

Proven to save you time, lot’s of timeWe hear it over and over again – Newspilot saves

time for our customers. This enables you to spend

more time on what’s important for you.

Automatic archivingBuilt in functionality for automatic archiving when

your print production is done.

Integrated to Infomaker solutionsWorks out-of-the-box with solutions such as

ePaper, Open Content, Digital Writer, Dashboard

and Everyware.

Plan everythingWho is doing what, when and where? For what

publishing channels or editions? Press releases and

other background information? It’s all in the job

folder, built in, for everyone to see.

Reliable backendSpend less time on server issues and less money

on expensive databases.

Works on Mac and WindowsThe Newspilot client works on most modern

versions of both Mac and Windows.

Our Dashboard module for reporters also

works in the Chrome browser.

Proven solutionUsed daily to produce hundreds of print and digital

publications all over the Nordic region.

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Whiteboard is a visual planning tool

for pages, articles and ads. It’s also a

page production tool. All your pages

become available at the same time,

like in a super-customized Indesign

with a complete overview. Plan your

pages using layout modules. Assign

the planned modules to your

reporters and let them deliver a

complete write-to-fit article.

Whiteboard is seamlessly integrated

to InDesign CS/CC, both desktop and

server.

Whiteboard + InDesign Server = super efficient print!

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Build up a module-based set of article templates that

works together, like Lego. This enables a

productivity increase of up to 400%. Using

Whiteboard for both page, article and ad planning

really makes things easier, faster and less complex.

Use pre-built module templates, add extra content

such as fact boxes or images. Make small

adjustments, if necessary. Crop images to fit your

template in Whiteboard or in the Classic Writer.

Draw and automatically generate lines, move articles

between pages, re-plan articles, change article

templates. Drag and drop simplicity.

When your plan and journalists are ready, create the

page with our InDesign Server integration, send

directly to print or do finishing touches in desktop

InDesign if necessary.

The end result: a professional looking newspaper in

less time than before.

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The built in and customizable transformations makes

it possible to automatically clean up your digital

content from links, embeds etc – anything you don’t

need in the printed paper.

In other words, this is a really tight integration that

makes it possible for you to decide what approach

you take.

In extension, this makes it possible for you to go all in

on the Infomaker Digital Presentation solutions,

such as our App Platform and Everyware solution.

Everything will work seamlessly.

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A popular alternative to having fully

separated, or a single CMS for print

and digital, is working with our digital

creation tools integrated to

Newspilot. This really enables the

best of two worlds.

Your users can work in state-of-the-art digital tools,

either inside Newspilot or in a browser.

When working with Dashboard and Digital Writer in

Chrome, all content you create is automatically

available in Newspilot. If you decide to work from

Newspilot the digital articles you create are in the

same way automatically available in the Dashboard.

Newspilot, Dashboard and Digital Writer= print and digital all-in-one

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Manual editing of reused

content for print

To really let your journalists

focus on digital content

they need to let go of print.

This can be accomplished

by switching from

Newspilot to Dashboard

and Digital Writer. The

same digital content is

made available for print

production. Some of our

customers handles this

process with a separate

group of people dedicated

to making the printed

edition.

How to do print in a ‘digital first world’

A few years back, we saw the need for efficient print and we introduced our

Whiteboard solution. Now the question is “How can we make efficient print in a

‘digital first world’?”. Here are some examples:

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Plan for print while having a digital

first focus

Planning for both digital and print

has been the way for some of our

customers, planning is done in

Newspilot and in some cases the

Digital Writer is the writing tool.

This way the content of the printed

edition is clear early on. Some plan

the printed version in Whiteboard,

some do it manually.

Let the reporter do both

digital and print versions

The journalist starts with

writing content for your digital

channels, and when the story is

ready for print the same person

creates a copy. By opening up

the print copy you are allowed

to make print specific changes

(write-to-fit, image soft crop

etc).

Conclusion: We believe you must decide whether to be channel agnostic

or not, we believe in content not channels. The actual process is then up to

your organization needs, skills and resources. We want to make all these

ways possible in an easy way.

In a world of endless channels and

possibilities and where print

efficiency is top priority, you can’t

afford to spend too much time on

your e-edition. ePaper production

and quality needs to stay on par with

your demands on print. This is where

our ePaper solution comes in.

Packed with great features that work out of the box

with Newspilot:

● Clickable ads for extra revenue possibilities

● Clickable editorial content with article view

● Automated publishing process

● Same support for the entire publishing flow

Read more about our ePaper solution in the separate

product sheet.

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Infomaker ePaper runs in the Amazon cloud with

extremely high redundancy, reliability and capacity.

And the whole machinery is monitored and

supported by Infomaker tech staff, prepared to help

you 24/7.

The publishing process has built-in error handling

and self healing mechanisms that proactively

resolves different kind of issues.

Our top 3 reasons to choose Infomaker ePaper:

● High quality user experience that your

readers will love

● We really love to make your readers

happy! Delivering a superior user

experience combined with fast and smooth

page swipe, crisp and sharp text and

graphics at any zoom level, on all platforms.

● Guaranteed availability and stability,

every day. Ensuring your publication is

available at all times is our top priority.

Newspilot + Infomaker ePaper= automated e-edition

When core functionality of Newspilot

isn’t enough it’s time to open the

integration toolbox.

Newspilot comes with a REST API for integrating

other solutions with REST possibilities. On top of

that there are also file based integrations that are

used for specific needs.

With lots of experience integrating 3rd party

solutions we have made standard integrations for

several systems, sources and formats.

REST API

There is a well documented REST API available for

integration of various solutions, for example

integrating other content repositories.

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Open for integration

Ad system integration

We have out-of-the-box integrations to several ad

systems on the market, from vendors such as

Newscycle, Atex, Lineup and Tieto to name a few.

For ad integrations to “any” ad system we have two

possibilities, our AD REST API, a well documented

and proven way to get your ads presented in

Newspilot. There is also a Newspilot Ad Exchange

XML-format for importing and updating ads.

Web views and javascript

A fairly new option is to show a 3rd party solution as

a webview inside the Newspilot client, and when

necessary integrate using javascript and the API.

This way you can extend functionality outside the

Newspilot core.

Some good-to-know info!

What does it cost?

We offer Newspilot either as a classic up-front

license or for a monthly subscription fee. Monthly

costs covers support and availability to updates. The

cost of the license fee depends of choice of functions

and number of users.

I want Newspilot. How do I get it?

A Newspilot project varies a lot depending on your

needs, integrations, the size of your organisation and

the amount of publications that will be handled. The

most common projects last around 2–10 months in

calendar time.

Do I need to install any extra backend servers?

Yes, at the moment Newspilot is always hosted by

our customers, themselves our by using third party

hosting providers. A standard production setup

requires as a minimum one backend server and 2–3

Windows servers as a general rule, depending on

size and needs.

Do I have to choose all solutions from Infomaker?

Of course not! There are clear benefits – and many

of our customers have done so but it is possible to

pick the cherries from the cake, it’s really up to you!

We need integrations to systems we use daily. How can that be done?There is a REST API available that you can use to integrate various services. We also have an expanding set of pre-built integrations with many 3rd parties, feel free to ask us about the currently supported integrations!

How are upgrades of the platform managed?

The platform continuously evolves with new

functions, support for new Java and OS versions,

enhances and bug fixes. You’ll be informed about

new versions and upcoming functionality in our tech

newsletter. Upgrades are managed as a separate

project, often in the range of a days in total

depending on how often you upgrade.

Want to know more? Be in touch!

Phone: +46 480 36 20 00

E-mail: info@infomaker.se

www: www.infomaker.io

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Apps, front ends, ePaper

Other

Creation: Articles,

pages

Publishing: Print, digital,

ePaper

Planning: Who, what,

when, where

Newspilot

Open Content

Master orSatellite

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Print Plant

Plan and create your content in Newspilot, design your pages with InDesign or Whiteboard and automate your print output with InDesign Server. Publish to Infomaker Presentation Suit such as our App Platform, Everyware and ePaper solutions.

The publishing workflow

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