Built inside our CTO engagements — so useful we packaged them.
Every one of these started as a real problem at a real publication. We built it for one client, it worked, and now you can have it too. We have a tool for that.
Engagement engine
LocalCross
An AI-generated daily crossword built from your own articles. The clues link back to your coverage, so the puzzle sends readers back into the archive — recirculation and newsletter capture, disguised as a game.
Built for local and hyperlocal news publishers with a steady flow of articles — dailies and community papers especially, where there's always fresh coverage to build tomorrow's puzzle from.
Live now
Running with This Is Topeka.
Revenue engine
CopperEats
A restaurant directory that turns your dining coverage into revenue. Your best-of lists and dining guides become a year-round destination instead of a once-a-year issue — and there's a campaign playbook behind it for selling it to the restaurants and advertisers already in your pages.
Built for city and regional magazines. Dining is already your beat — this is the infrastructure that makes it pay more than once.
Not sure which of these you need?
Neither were most of our clients. The free AI analysis looks at how your organization actually runs and tells you where the hours are going — and sometimes the answer is one of these, and sometimes it isn't.