Newspack is an advanced open-source publishing and revenue-generating platform designed to meet the specific needs of small and medium-sized digital news publishers. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools and features to simplify the process of publishing, managing, and monetizing online news content.

OpenProducer enhances Newspack by managing custom branches and setups tailored for industries like digital news, radio, and podcasting. We extend Newspack’s core functionality with specialized features, custom post types, and unique workflows, ensuring each platform is optimized for industry-specific needs while remaining scalable and easy to maintain.

Newspack Core

  • Design Flexibility: Each Newspack site is unique, allowing you to create a brand identity that stands out.
  • Advanced Advertising System: Manage ad inventory, create sponsored content, and enable premium programmatic solutions like AdX and header bidding.
  • Payment Processing: Options for donations, memberships, and ecommerce to streamline digital revenue collection.
  • Ecommerce: Manage your online shop, whether the assets are tangible or digital, all in one place.
  • Newsletter Production: Author newsletters directly in the CMS, with integration options for leading providers like Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, and Constant Contact.
  • Content Discoverability: Features like built-in search, SEO, auto social sharing, commenting, and distribution among connected publications to enhance content reach.
  • Listings: Publish custom business listings, events, or obituaries.
  • Federated Site Options: Support for affiliated sites with the ability to share and republish content, aggregate data, network-wide sign-in, and create brand-specific sections.

Radio and Podcast

  • Live Streaming & On-Demand Player: Broadcast live radio shows or streams while providing listeners the option to catch up later with an on-demand player, ensuring that your content is accessible both live and on-demand.
  • Program Guide: A customizable program guide that displays the schedule of upcoming shows, ensuring your audience always knows what’s on.
  • Program & Spot Scheduling: Efficiently manage and schedule programs and spots, ensuring your broadcast runs smoothly and on time.
  • Live Song Data & Song History: Display real-time information about the currently playing song, including the title, artist, and album, along with a history of recently played songs.
  • Podcasting: Integrate podcasting capabilities directly into your platform, enabling you to create, manage, and distribute podcasts alongside your live radio content through a built-in podcast feed.
  • Show Posts and Playlists: Create and manage posts for each show, complete with playlists, providing listeners with easy access to episode content and track listings.
  • Radio Show Profiles: Publish and maintain detailed profiles for each radio show, including show descriptions, schedules, and related content.
  • Show Episodes: Utilize a dedicated post type for adding and displaying show episodes, making it easy to organize and showcase your content.
  • Host and Producer Profiles: Publish and display individual profiles for hosts and producers, highlighting their roles and contributions to the station.

Projects

Radio Station

The “Radio Station Plugin” for WordPress allows you to create and manage your own online radio station directly within your WordPress website.

AzuraCast

AzuraCast is a lightweight, powerful, accessible, self-hosted, free and open-source web radio management suite.

LibreTime

LibreTime is open broadcast software designed for scheduling and managing radio programming.

Newspack

Newspack is an advanced open-source publishing and revenue-generating platform designed to meet the specific needs of small and medium-sized digital news publishers.