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E-mail settings: your own SMTP mail server
The E-mail settings module lets the publisher connect their own SMTP mail server, which CMS 4media will then use to send system messages. This way, e-mails to your portal users go out from your mailbox and your sender address. Yesterday, 13:42
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Default list sorting
This section in the 4media CMS settings allows you to define the default way of sorting content on subpages with lists of entries. For each module separately, you can choose whether the list should display, for example, the newest, oldest, or most-read items first. 26.10.2026 15:15
CMS Migration: How Not to Lose Traffic
Navigating Digital Visibility
CMS Migration: How Not to Lose Traffic
Switching the CMS of a local newspaper, TV or radio website means moving the whole site, not just the system your newsroom uses to publish. Your stories, photos and video, archive, web addresses, bylines, categories, internal links and everything that affects how Google sees your site all have to come along. If your team is small and your site is old, the real questions are how to do it safely, who will do the work and what it will cost. 09.10.2026 08:00    1
The Court Found Google’s Ad-Tech Monopoly. It Chose Not to Break It Apart.
The Court Found Google’s Ad-Tech Monopoly. It Chose Not to Break It Apart.
A federal court rejected the forced sale of Google’s AdX exchange after concluding that separating it from Google’s infrastructure would be risky, slow and potentially harmful to publishers. Instead, the judge ordered integrations, data portability and other changes intended to make leaving Google easier. 05.10.2026 15:39
The Reporter You Never Read May Still Save You Money
The Reporter You Never Read May Still Save You Money
A peer-reviewed study found that municipal borrowing costs increased after local newspaper closures. California has now signed a newsroom employment tax credit into law—and a new estimate suggests the state’s news deserts may be costing local governments $47.6 million a year. 30.09.2026 14:59
Google News integration in 4media: two buttons that build lasting reach for local publishers
Google News integration in 4media: two buttons that build lasting reach for local publishers
The Settings module now has a Google Services section, and inside it two features that used to require a developer: the "Follow us on Google News" and "Add to favorite sources on Google" buttons. Flip a toggle, hit Save, and every article gives readers a simple way to come back to your site — and to see it more often across Google. 25.09.2026 11:46
Is it worth chasing AI citations?
Navigating Digital Visibility
Is it worth chasing AI citations?
When I want to know what happened, I often check Google News. When I want to understand a topic, I increasingly ask AI. 25.09.2026 09:00    1
Collective advertising codes and ads.txt
Collective advertising codes and ads.txt
Ads4Media now lets you add one advertising code or ads.txt file to multiple websites at once. The new collective tools, available in the cms4media portals module, simplify management across all sites in a business profile. 21.09.2026 14:52
Google Wants to Be the Customer and the Accountant
Google Wants to Be the Customer and the Accountant
Google is testing monthly payments for publishers whose content contributes to AI-generated answers. The opportunity is real: reporting could earn money even when the user never visits the publisher’s website. The problem is that Google currently decides what the contribution was worth without showing publishers the calculation. 18.09.2026 15:05
A Cheaper Illustration Does Not Pay for the School Board Meeting
A Cheaper Illustration Does Not Pay for the School Board Meeting
The Justice Department argues that requiring AI companies to license copyrighted training material could favor large publishers and hurt smaller newsrooms that use affordable AI tools. That argument counts what AI may save a local newspaper. It gives much less attention to what the newspaper paid to create the reporting AI companies want to use. 14.09.2026 15:24
The Paywall Doesn't Have to Come First. Registration, Subscriptions and the New Reader Economy.
Navigating Digital Visibility
The Paywall Doesn't Have to Come First. Registration, Subscriptions and the New Reader Economy.
A few years ago, a publisher's strategy was fairly simple. Get as much traffic as possible from Google and social media, show ads, and offer a subscription to the most engaged users. Today, every part of that playbook works differently. 04.09.2026 08:15    3
Adding banners between entries on lists
Adding banners between entries on lists
CMS4media makes it possible to place C advertising banners between entries on lists of articles, events, company entries, classifieds, plebiscites, polls, live text coverage, as well as between photos in the masonry gallery. 28.08.2026 08:13