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IPublish Media hires European distributor

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IPublish Media hires European distributor

Westborough, MA, and London, England October 4, 2018 - iPublish Media announced today that it has reached an agreement with 3rd Wave Limited, to represent sales of its platforms to media companies throughout Europe.

“Expanding to the European markets was one of my goals in joining iPublish Media,” said Malcolm McGrory, SVP, Sales, iPublish Media.

 

“3rd Wave CEO, David Montgomery, brings a new level of experience to our European presence.”

 

As CTO, then CEO of Ingenta, the world's leading provider of transformative content solutions, Montgomery was responsible for more than 1,000 media customers worldwide.

As a distributor for iPublish Media´s platform, he will be directly responsible for media sales in the United Kingdom, as well as for signing third-party distributors in other European countries.


 

“Media technology is absolutely game-changing for publishers today,” Montgomery said. “Clearly, technology companies who help show real success in increasing publisher’s revenues are positioned for unstoppable growth.

 


“And as the world leader in self-serve advertising solutions, iPublish is clearly one of these transformative companies, and I am excited to represent them in Europe.”

 


iPublish Media has provided self-service front-end systems for obituaries, classifieds, automotive and real estate for 12 years. U.S. clients, including the Boston Globe, Gatehouse Media, and the Bay Area News Group.


 

A 2018 deal with Legacy has made iPublish Tributes, a platform that paginates a print special section for obituaries for media companies.

 


The company recently launched a general self-serve platform, where SMBs are able to buy omnichannel marketing packages from local media companies at a price point of $129 to $699 a week. The platform includes integrations with Facebook targeting, WAZE ads, video, programmatic and email.

“If you have a good prospect list of small businesses in your market there are millions to be made,” McGrory said.

“Our expansion to Europe now allows us to support journalism-based media worldwide.”

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