Newzware Circulation Management Software, Version 7/8.0 is available as part of the Newzware Business Software Suite or deployed in a collaborative scheme with third party products.

This robust distribution product provides both thin and thick client platforms for both remote and in-house interaction with all aspects of Customer management, authentication, fulfillment, billing, reporting, and communications with an emphasis on a unified data source and financial accountability.

With Newzware Circulation 7/8.0, you can experience:

• New intuitive and simplified screens
• Powerful search and data output capabilities
• Simplified Subscriber and A/R Management
• On screen integration with word processing and spreadsheet applications
• On screen launch of optional mapping and demographics module
• User personalized report queue and event macros
• Flexible intuitive report building with scheduling, distribution and output options including email
• E-edition authentication module built-in
• Simplified retail rate edit controls
• Full auditing of every on screen transaction
• Intuitive tax jurisdiction process with link to State

Dealer and bulk distribution management is a key to newspaper efficiency. Bulk draw corrections can be entered as permanent or event-driven criteria with notes to document changes for future audits.

Manage distribution, returns and collections with Internet – connected tablet, phone, Web browser application to load collection route sequence and download drop information such as single copy returns, payments and delivery notations straight to the Newzware Circulation database.

The optional Newzware Collector module is designed to eliminate collection errors and speed reporting for proper drop management. Payments are recorded and totaled to provide accurate reconciliation after the collection is complete. Receipts can be sent to store clients via secure email.

Using the optional Google® Toolkit via the Newzware Mapping option, ICANON delivers turn by turn directions from a starting point or from current location during interrupted sequence.

• On-the-fly geocoding (latitude / longitude) of addresses.
• Upload multiple routes and toggle between routes
• Distributor Route List mapping with turn-by-turn driving instructions integrated with Newzware delivery directions – Drive time and distance.
• Complete synergy with central Circulation system
• Send receipts for full or partial payment to secure customer email
• Review entered returns at the push of a button

This popular Newzware module, integrated with Newzware Circulation, provides a two way information link through your publication web site to address Subscriber inquiries of Account, Distribution and Subscription data directly responsive with the Newzware database.

 New subscribers can visit your web site, provide basic information such as address and contact information, choose from a prepared menu of subscription choices, provide payment information and receive a confirmation email without ever tying up a Customer Service Representative.

Digital access is granted immediately and print ready for the next draw date. All contact information and subsequent billing and routing is processed into the Newzware enterprise database. Login and passwords are generated by the user or Social Media logins accepted so the subscriber has consistent access to your web content.

• Complete real time payment module handling Credit Cards, Debit ACH
• Real time E-edition authentication to most CMS systems
• E-Pass Metering and Single Copy transaction software is optional
• Multi-edition, issue and product aware

The Newzware mapping module is designed to augment the Newzware Circulation products and to provide a comprehensive tool set for displaying not only subscriber, dealer and TMC client locations within Customer Service but also carrier routes, truck routes and single copy saturation levels for multiple delivered products.

The service can be provided in a basic package for reviewing subscriber and distributor locations or an advanced /optimized package used for dynamic Rerouting and Optimization.

• Optional Newzware Carrier portal – Tablet and Mobile application
• Turn by turn directions
• Point to point distances

This popular Newzware module, integrated with Newzware Circulation, provides a two way information link through your publication web site to address Subscriber inquiries of Account, Distribution and Subscription data directly responsive with the Newzware database.

 New subscribers can visit your web site, provide basic information such as address and contact information, choose from a prepared menu of subscription choices, provide payment information and receive a confirmation email without ever tying up a Customer Service Representative.

Digital access is granted immediately and print ready for the next draw date. All contact information and subsequent billing and routing is processed into the Newzware enterprise database. Login and passwords are generated by the user or Social Media logins accepted so the subscriber has consistent access to your web content.

• Complete real time payment module handling Credit Cards, Debit ACH
• Real time E-edition authentication to most CMS systems
• E-Pass Metering and Single Copy transaction software is optional
• Multi-edition, issue and product aware

ICANON provides the complete enterprise software solution for the modern newspaper business model. Our financial product suite dovetails nicely with all Newzware applications or as an external solution for 3rd party applications.

All standard financial reports are available as part of the General Ledger from Newzware. Financial statements, trial balance, balance sheet, profit & loss, period to date, year to date plus Journal reports for Accounts Payable, Circulation, Advertising modules.

In addition to the standard reports, ICANON and Newzware have developed an ad hoc report capability to capture any facet of data plus spreadsheet import and export functionality ready to perform analysis within your financial database.

• Integrated with Newzware Advertising and Circulation to Track: Revenue, Cash, Expenses, Liability, etc.; Statistics
• The General Ledger Inquiry screen Drill Down Export of records to a spread sheet  
• User defined chart-of-accounts
• Multiple company, department, product, business unit
• All accounting reports including: Trial Balance, Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, General Ledger , Detail Revenue and Expense

The Newzware Accounts Payable system manages all suppliers and their invoices. Coupled with the Newzware Circulation system, independent contractors can be paid by Direct deposit or through checks based on parameters set in Circulation and issued 1099 forms through A/P.  Reconciliation of all checking accounts is a snap with a full and descriptive audit trail for each transaction – Supports Subscriber refunds.

With the appropriate security login, users can allocate stories, pictures and story elements directly to the page. Previewing capabilities allow the user to check other page elements, ads and stories already attached to the page in real time.

Fully integrated with the Newzware 7.0 Advertising Suite, Ad Layout updates the database in real time to allow your production, editorial and accounting departments’ instant access to ad position. The operator can easily move ads with warnings applied when a color ad is moved to a conflicting page. The operator can also produce reports on ad-depth booked and the revenue for each section. Late ads are a snap to incorporate into a waiting edition. Ad Layout allows you to top or bottom align ads with other ads on the page. Ad Layout exports directly into the Pongrass Editorial System.

• Automatic layout of ads in sections, whole editions or multi zoned editions.
• New Ad details pane.
• New open layout dialog added.
• Incremental auto dummy for simple addition of late ads.
• Page pairing for double page spreads.
• Flexible Edition Resizing
• Handles Complex Ad Booking Requirements—Zoned Editions
• Built-in Reporting and Statistical Functions

PEPL™ is the application that connects InDesign to the database. PEPL loads all the ads for an issue in a single operation. Ads can be dummied before they are produced, and on final production will automatically appear on the correct page, printable and fully previewed. Late ads and moved ads are handled automatically.

All elements to be used in the system are registered in the database. Extracted information such as Captions, Headline, Keywords and Category are applied to the database along with thumbnail and other preview data during the registration process. Story allocator allows browsed photos to be dragged and dropped on to pages.

• Page and Component Tracking
• Automatic Purge & Archive
• Story Styles Stored in DB
• Object or Content Oriented Page Layout
• Auto Page Jump
• Auto Re-sizing
• Integration with Management Console
• Automatic Zoning through story allocator

Pongrass Classified Pagination is the most versatile pagination solution for classified ad sections on the market. With the introduction of Version 7, Pongrass adds a host of new features including native PDF support and double page spreads. Operating on Windows 10, the program supports Pongrass Classified Ad booking system as well as 3rd party ad booking systems via an open system interface or database connection.

Purposely built for Classified Pagination, it knows about house ads, straps, multi-column headings and display ad stacks. Its product design has been refined over the years to be able to lay out a typical classified section by itself with practically no operator intervention and can be set to square off pre-determined classifications. Display ads and whole classifications can be moved interactively around the page or to any page. Even individual lineage can be moved within a classification, if desired to give a better fit. Manual ad positioning is helped by the quickest WYSIWYG page preview in the industry.

• Two way database access
• Support placement of PDF, JPG, EPS
• Drag and Drop from ad palette
• Paginates ads directly from data base
• Smart cursor shows ad info
• Split screen multi view
• Auto Backup
• Automatic flow of House Ads
• Support double page spreads & bleed
• Late ad placement
• Individual classification preferences
• Auto placement of headers
• Moving of line ads within classification.
• Long Liners
• Gravity tools for quick placement
• Automatic folios
• Production status checked before print

It’s amazing how much work is done “behind the scenes” by your staff to keep the production area flowing smoothly. The processes of managing folders (disk storage), purging, archiving, EPS generation, PDF generation, sending proofs to customers and managing user production takes serious time. An ROI analysis of these process savings would instantly justify the purchase of an Ad Tracking system, and that’s before the operator savings are factored in.

Ad Tracking controls the production of display ads and tracks all job elements from received material through production to archived graphics. Newzware/Pongrass Ad Tracking is the production control center for your display ad and graphics workstations. It addresses the most pressing need of production, organizing the chaos of jobs, text and graphics files on the system.

• Complete control of display ads
• Tracking of all ad elements
• Automatic purging and archiving
• Up to the minute status reports
• Easy to generate custom reports
• Automatic Internet Ads
• The Ad Maker palette displays all ad text and graphic components
• Ad size and name direct from order entry database.
• Auto flow of graphics and text
• Auto resizing of text boxes