Built for community newspapers that want a modern CMS, lower monthly costs, built-in AI, automated newsletters, e-editions, advertising tools, hosting, email, support, and a smoother publishing workflow — all in one package.
Cost Comparison
Standard Core Features
Every Surf New Media CMS package comes fully equipped with the tools your newsroom needs to publish faster, engage readers, grow revenue, and reduce workload.
Built-In OpenAI Integration
Create headlines, story summaries, social media posts, newsletter content, and marketing copy in seconds. Reduce repetitive tasks and give your staff more time to focus on journalism and sales.
Publish Everywhere™ Technology
Publish once and distribute everywhere. Instantly send content from your CMS to your website, newsletters, social media channels, mobile apps, and news aggregators from a single platform.
Advanced Advertising Engine
Increase digital advertising revenue with flexible ad placement, campaign management, sponsored content, and integration with leading ad networks.
Premier PDF Pageflip E-Edition
Deliver a familiar newspaper-reading experience online with an interactive page-turning e-edition readers can access from any device.
Automated Newsletter Publishing
Turn your website into a subscriber growth machine. Automatically generate and send professional email newsletters using your latest content—no manual assembly required.
Image & Video Galleries
Showcase photos and videos with beautiful, mobile-friendly galleries that increase reader engagement and time spent on your site.
Smart Content Recommendations
Keep visitors reading longer with automated displays of recent stories, trending articles, and related content that drive additional page views.
Article Scheduling & Publishing Automation
Plan your content strategy in advance. Schedule articles, announcements, obituaries, and special features to publish automatically at the exact date and time you choose.
User, Staff & Subscriber Management
Manage newsroom staff, contributors, advertisers, subscribers, and readers from a single centralized platform with role-based permissions and controls.
Print, Digital & Bundled Subscriptions
Grow recurring revenue with flexible subscription options for digital-only, print-only, or combined print-and-digital access.
Built-In E-Commerce & Online Store
Sell subscriptions, merchandise, special publications, event tickets, classified ads, and more with a fully integrated storefront and powerful sales reporting.
Enterprise-Class Hosting & Security
Every package includes managed hosting, automatic software updates, security monitoring, backups, and expert support from a team that understands newspapers.