Thank You to Our Sponsors
These sponsors make the 2026 Senior Leadership Conference and Family Owners Meeting possible. Connect with them during the conference and beyond.
Family Owners Track Sponsors
Co-presenters of the Family Owners Meeting, recognized across the entire track.
Legacy.com
Legacy.com is the leading online obituary platform, partnering with local newspapers to publish and share life stories while supporting an important revenue stream.
SCS
Software Consulting Services builds advertising, editorial and production software that newspapers rely on to plan, lay out and publish every day, in print and online.
Conference Sponsors
Sponsors of the sessions, receptions, meals and engagement opportunities throughout the week.
Mediaferry
Mediaferry provides ad production, creative services and workflow automation that help publishers produce high-quality print and digital advertising faster.
Make it Free
Make it Free partners with publishers on sponsored access models that open content to readers at no charge while creating new advertiser-funded revenue.
Upland Second Street
Upland Second Street is an audience engagement platform that helps media companies grow revenue and first-party data through contests, promotions and interactive content.
Lineup Systems
Lineup Systems develops Adpoint, the media sales and advertising management platform that helps publishers manage orders, billing and multichannel revenue in one system.
Payway
Payway delivers secure payment processing built for subscription businesses, helping publishers maximize recurring revenue and reduce card declines.
TCN
TCN provides cloud-based contact center technology that publishers use for subscriber retention, collections and outbound customer communications.
Dirks, Van Essen & April
Dirks, Van Essen & April is the leading merger and acquisition firm in the newspaper industry, advising owners on sales, purchases and valuations of media properties.
AMR - A Marketing Resource
A Marketing Resource partners with publishers on outbound advertising sales programs that generate new revenue from niche products and special publications.
Arc XP
Arc XP is the cloud-based digital experience platform from The Washington Post, powering websites, subscriptions and content workflows for media companies worldwide.
BellCornerstone
BellCornerstone provides outsourced back-office services for publishers, handling accounting, billing and business operations so local teams can focus on their markets.
Kodak
Kodak supplies printing plates, inks and prepress technology that keep newspaper production running efficiently in pressrooms across the country.
BLOX Digital
BLOX Digital powers content management, audience and revenue platforms for more than 2,000 news sites, helping local media companies publish and grow across every channel.
Advantage Newspaper Consultants
Advantage Newspaper Consultants runs proven revenue programs for newspapers, including TV listing publications and specialty advertising sales campaigns executed by a professional sales team.
Duda
Duda is a professional website-building platform that media companies use to launch and manage high-performance websites for local business advertisers at scale.
NERUS Strategies
NERUS Strategies builds audience engagement and revenue programs for media companies, including turnkey and self-managed Best Of contest platforms.
recruitlayer
recruitlayer is an AI-first hiring platform from recruitment advertising veterans, giving publishers a modern recruitment product to offer local employers.
Subly
Subly is a cloud service that lets readers unlock single articles or day passes without a subscription, creating a friction-free way for occasional visitors to pay publishers.
Column
Column is the public notice platform that helps newspapers manage, publish and bill legal and public notices, in print and online.
Pelcro
Pelcro provides subscription and membership management software that helps publishers convert, bill and retain paying readers.
Labrador
Labrador builds a publishing platform for news organizations, used by editorial teams to produce and distribute content across print and digital.
PopMount
PopMount produces museum-quality plaques, reprints and keepsakes from published content, running branded e-commerce stores that generate revenue share for publishers.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP is a national law firm advising employers on labor, employment and business matters. Two of the firm's partners are on the program: Camille Olson moderates Tuesday's session on AI copyright and litigation, and Michael Delaney leads the Family Owners session on succession planning.
Solutions Partners Attending
Additional Solutions Partners registered for the conference.
- AdCellerant — Elizabeth Bernberg, SVP, Partner Growth · [email protected]
- CPM Ventures — Scott Pompe, Co-Founder · [email protected]
- Creators Syndicate — Margo Sugrue, Vice President of Sales · [email protected]
- Cribb & Associates — John Thomas Cribb, Director · [email protected]
- E&P Magazine — Mike Blinder, Publisher · [email protected]
- E&P Magazine — Gretchen Peck, Editor-in-Chief · [email protected]
- Flip-Pay — Dan Martini, Sales Rep. · [email protected]
- iPublish Media Solutions — Andrew Zimmon, CEO · [email protected]
- Jobiqo — George Dratelis, Director of Partnerships-North America · [email protected]
- King Features — Roland Hamilton, SVP, Sales and Distribution · [email protected]
- Mather Economics — Arvid Tchivzhel, SVP · [email protected]
- Newzware, A Division of ICANON — Dana Bascom, Senior Sales Executive · [email protected]
- PAGE Cooperative — Kevin Craig, Chief Executive Officer · [email protected]
- PAGE Cooperative — Michelle Ackerman, Director of Member Success · [email protected]
- Presteligence — Denise Franken, Vice President of Marketing · [email protected]
- ProImage America — Rick Shafranek, VP, Sales · [email protected]
- Pugpig — Jonny Kaldor, Founder/CEO · [email protected]
- Tecnavia — Steve Engelson, Vice President Sales & Marketing · [email protected]
- Tecnavia — Gary Green, Director of Business Development · [email protected]
- The Newspaper Manager — Tyler Jordison, Software Sales Account Executive · [email protected]
- WoodWing — Dan Pugliese, Vice President of Sales, N. America · [email protected]
Limited Sponsorship Options Remain
Reach the publishers, presidents, and senior executives setting the direction for America's newspaper companies. Contact Patty Slusher for sponsorship details and opportunities.