We don't replace your people. We give them SUPERPOWERS.
The operational brain for your newspaper.
Scoop McGrab
RedEye Riley
Columnini
Pulse
The CORTEX Portal
Already at work -- recovering revenue, cutting costs, optimizing processes, and driving operational efficiency.
Revenue Operations
Financial Intelligence
Ad Production
Operational Efficiency
Compliance Intelligence
Shadow Reporter & Fill-In
Lapsed Revenue Recovery
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// Neural Bridge
Three approaches. One brain. No matter what your systems look like, Cortex has an answer.
API Connected
Your system has an API — we plug in directly. Real-time sync, clean data handshake.
// SYNAPTIC DATA LINK
Direct API Integration
Browser Agent
No API? We drive the UI for you. Cortex operates your legacy software like a human — but faster.
// PHANTOM OPERATIONS
Legacy System Navigation
Cortex-Built
When legacy is the bottleneck — we build something better. Purpose-built for newspapers.
// CORTEX PERSONNEL
Purpose-Built AI Agents
ALL ROADS LEAD TO CORTEX
// How It Works
Zero migration. Zero downtime. We plug directly into your broken workflows and permanently fix them from the inside out.
Cortex plugs into your existing billing, InDesign, and CMS — live in minutes, zero migration.
AI nodes learn your workflows, deadlines, and quirks — then automate them permanently.
Ad placement, revenue recovery, and pre-press QA run 24/7 — fully hands-off.
// Autopagination Engine
Ads are placed first. Editorial fills the news hole. Pages build themselves — just like your production desk, but in seconds.
Watch Columnini rip data from your bloated legacy system, strip the operational dead weight, and snap it into Cortex's lightning-fast hub — live.
// Ad Lifecycle Pipeline
Five stages. Zero manual steps. From the moment an advertiser hits submit to the second the invoice lands — Cortex handles everything.
// Ad Operations Intelligence
Production-grade ad placement that thinks like a newspaper person. Every rule, every preference, every conflict — handled automatically.
// AI MEDIA LAB
Transform articles into professional AI-narrated videos or embed a lifelike AI voice reader directly on your site. Powered by HeyGen.
Paste any article. Pick a voice. Get a broadcast-ready video with a lifelike AI avatar in minutes.
// ECOSYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
Every system in your newspaper connects through one intelligent hub.
// THE MOAT
From "Place Ad" to press-ready page to paid invoice — one brain, zero handoffs.
// TOUCHLESS PAGINATION ROADMAP
"Ads in. Manifests out."
"AI learns your layout DNA."
"Zero-touch, print-ready PDFs."
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Monthly Savings
$4,200
Hours Reclaimed
127
Error Reduction
94.0%
ROI
340%
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From community weeklies to major conglomerates -- a digital agents scaled to your operation.
Small Weeklies & Hyper-Local Digital
+ $1,200 one-time deployment
Your Full Agent Team -- Waiting
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Mid-Sized Dailies & Full Operational Overhaul
+ variable compute
+ $6,500 one-time system integration
Major Publishing Conglomerates
Starting at $10,000+ /mo
Custom Deployment SLA
// SYSTEM IDENTITY
The human behind the neural network.
// CORE MISSION
"Messy Data into Magnificent Reports."
Built by someone who's been inside a newspaper. CREA connects your disparate systems so they talk to each other -- reducing manual processes by automating what you already do.
DIRECTOR OF REVENUE OPERATIONS
Department: Creative Lobe
Content intelligence, newsletter publishing, and brand revenue analysis to actively fix lapsed monetization.
DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE
Department: Logic Lobe
Converts raw data into executive dashboards, eliminating legacy billing errors and manual spreadsheet processing.
VP OF OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY -- NIGHT OPERATIONS COMMANDER
Department: Autonomic Lobe
Completely handles predictive bottleneck detection and automated schedule rerouting to ensure the presses never wait.
AD LAYOUT & PAGINATION SPECIALIST
Department: Spatial Lobe
Orchestrates end-to-end pagination, taking over the manual placement of ads and exporting print-ready XML data without human intervention.
Deploys autonomous intelligence to scrape Google Trends and historical newspaper archives. Curates and generates automated daily news summaries and executive morning briefs in under 2 minutes. Actively manages high-speed audience databases to generate highly targeted newsletter verticals, recover lapsed advertiser revenue through predictive prospecting, and deliver evidence-based outreach campaigns that maximize ad revenue.
The Legacy System Whisperer & Billing Autopilot. Instantly transforms fragmented, unstructured data from legacy newspaper systems (NPM, Ad Perfect) into polished, automated business reports. Eliminates billing errors through delinquent detection, auto-invoicing, and payment reconciliation -- freeing 47+ hours per month of repetitive tasks so teams can focus on selling.
The silent overnight sentinel. Ensures zero missed press runs through DeadlineAware prioritization and midnight crunch management. Executes intense diagnostic checks, purges duplicate subscriber records, automates scheduled workflows, and pre-compiles all vital morning reports -- so the newspaper's human team hits the ground running at dawn with 90+ minutes saved daily.
A relentless revenue maximization engine. Powers a 24/7 self-serve ad portal handling legal notices, classifieds, and display ads -- advertisers describe what they need in plain language and AI handles type, pricing, and formatting. Actively shifts ad inventory to maximize CPMs, forecasts empty slots, assembles print-ready layouts with zero drag-and-drop, and feeds the human sales team data-backed, ready-to-send pitches. All at a max 7.5% cost cap -- half of what competitors charge.