Surf CMS Publisher Hub
Your newspaper's command center.
Start every day with a clear view of your newsroom, advertising, audience, distribution, E-Editions, analytics and publishing tools—all from one organized dashboard built specifically for community newspapers.
A smarter start to every day
See what matters before the workday gets busy.
Running a newspaper means managing stories, advertisements, newsletters, subscribers, E-Editions, social media and website traffic—often with a small team handling several responsibilities at once.
The Publisher Hub turns Surf CMS into a central operating dashboard. Instead of digging through administration menus, publishers and staff can immediately see what needs attention and move directly into their most common tasks.
- Review drafts, scheduled stories and recently published content
- See a snapshot of visitors and trending articles
- Open Surf Studio, TideCast, Surf AdCenter and E-Edition tools
- Jump directly to frequently used publishing actions
Good morning, Publisher
Morning BriefBuilt around your operation
Four workspaces. One connected platform.
Publisher Hub organizes Surf CMS around the jobs your staff performs every day, making powerful tools easier to find and easier to use.
Newsroom
Create stories, review drafts, schedule articles, manage photos, update content and keep the publishing calendar moving.
Explore Newsroom →Advertising
Open Surf AdCenter, manage advertisers, review active campaigns and monitor advertising performance from a single workspace.
Explore Advertising →Audience
Access newsletters, subscriber tools, visitor statistics, reader engagement and the features that help grow your audience.
Explore Audience Tools →Distribution
Manage E-Editions, launch TideCast, generate social media content and distribute stories beyond the newspaper website.
Explore Distribution →Move faster
Your most important tools are one click away.
Quick Actions reduce menu hunting and place common newsroom tasks directly on the dashboard.
Add an Article
Create breaking news, features, sports, opinion, obituaries and more.
Manage Content
Review, edit, filter and organize published stories and drafts.
Manage E-Editions
Upload, edit and view your newspaper's digital editions.
Open Surf Studio
Extract stories from PDFs, clean the text and create articles.
Open TideCast
Prepare and distribute stories to social and publishing channels.
Open Surf AdCenter
Manage advertisers, campaigns, placements and performance reporting.
View Site Statistics
See visitors, popular stories, traffic sources and audience activity.
Create a Newsletter
Build and send newsletters using your latest newspaper content.
Media Library
Find and manage photographs, graphics, documents and other files.
One connected publishing system
Everything your newspaper needs works together.
Publisher Hub connects the major parts of Surf CMS, giving your team one dependable starting point instead of a collection of disconnected tools.
Designed for real newspaper teams
Less searching. More publishing.
Generic content management systems organize tools around technical administration. Publisher Hub organizes Surf CMS around the way community newspapers actually work.
The result is a dashboard that is easier to learn, faster to navigate and more useful every time a staff member logs in.
A clearer daily overview
See recent publishing activity, pending work and important statistics without opening several different reports.
Faster staff onboarding
New users can begin with clearly labeled workspaces instead of learning a long list of administrative menu paths.
Fewer missed tasks
Drafts, scheduled content, E-Editions and important tools remain visible instead of disappearing inside the CMS.
A platform that feels connected
Newsroom, advertising, audience and distribution tools work as parts of one newspaper publishing system.
Built for publishers—not system administrators.
Publisher Hub replaces technical clutter with a practical, role-based workspace that helps newspaper teams find what they need and get back to serving their communities.
Start every publishing day with a smarter dashboard.
See how Publisher Hub brings your newsroom, advertising, E-Editions, analytics, newsletters and distribution tools together inside Surf CMS.