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We were the first CMS vendor to offer UCG
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Web site software, redesigns We’ve designed more than 250 web sites and the results are consistently better for users and advertisers. Our sites outperform industry average for engagement, time … more

The Pocono Record in Stroudsburg, Pa., won a Sweepstakes Award from the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association by winning the most awards in its circulation class. The newsroom staff claimed 13 … more

Our team will be represented at the Southern Newspaper Publisher's Association annual meeting, the Inland Press Association annual meeting, along with several other state and regional press association events this fall. more

Back in 2006, when we offered the industry's first fully integrated pay wall into our CMS, everyone thought we were crazy. Many laughed at us. Not anymore. We knew back then that the ad-only … more

Hi folks! We've been so busy launching sites for everyone else that our new site has been on the back burner forever. What you see here today is a new site that we hope will become a great place to … more

Instead of bemoaning the loss of old categories in classifieds, a strategy of developing new categories has turned into significant print classified revenue growth at the Times-Herald Record in Middletown, N.Y. more

Creative Circle and Roxen have integrated their platforms to supply a feature-rich, innovative and cost-effective editorial publishing system for print and digital operations. "We've seen every system out there and advised many media companies on technology vendors," said Ostendorf. "The problem is that mainframe, all-in-one platforms are too expensive and have cookie-cutter, poorly-designed websites. Meanwhile, web vendors who try to create print 'production systems' don't provide anything with the sophistication and ease of use of Roxen's solution." more

While we're not a recruiting or headhunting firm, Creative Circle has helped many of its clients find top candidates for key positions. Because we participate in dozens of industry meetings and … more

If your company, association or foundation is in need of an independent board member, Creative Circle can help. Many of our consultant associates have board-level experience and of course they all … more

WE PROVIDE a very different and collaborative way of designing newspapers, brands or anything else. We keep you and your staff involved throughout the process and we give you lots of options and ideas. We work in teams and make you part of our team. That’s why our company name is Creative Circle and not just the name of our founder or lead designer. We design solutions that are practical and work with your staffing and equipment. We believe in content and keep the reader in the forefront of everything we do. We are journalists – many of our key people have reporting or copyediting backgrounds. So if you are a newspaper or magazine, we will improve your journalism. Our principal, Bill Ostendorf, who has done everything at newspapers from taking pictures to writing page one stories and dreaming up new product ideas, plays a hands-on role in every project. And we will simply spend more time with you and work hard until you are satisfied. WE ONLY TAKE ON A FEW CLIENTS each year and our goal is to have strong, ongoing relationships with those clients for several years. Changing and improving a newspaper or a brand is not a quick hit exercise. Anyone who tells you this can be done in a few prototypes just doesn’t care about your long-term success. more

We're not here to be the place you outsource your copydesk operations to save money. We're the place to come when you need something done really, really well. more

We hired Maegan Barney last summer as a programming intern. We found her through an innovative, state-supported web site encouraging local companies to hire interns from area colleges. more

Working with Creative Media Circle has been an outstanding success. Like many relatively small operations, the resources were limited. Bill and Jennifer quickly tuned into our dynamics and came up with proposals that were both appealing and achievable more