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Make trusted local reporting easy to discover, support, and share.

For community newspapers, independent publishers, local newsrooms, magazines, and digital media organizations

A media site must distinguish current reporting, opinion, sponsored material, public notices, and corrections. Readers need fast pages, clear dates and authorship, topic navigation, subscriptions, and a trustworthy way to submit information.

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Website planning and support

Plan your website. Get help when you need it.

Use the matching Newspapers & Media workbook to shape your pages, and watch the contact video if you would like help from SaaSTech.

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How to contact SaaSTech Servers

Need help choosing your next step? This short video explains how to contact SaaSTech Servers. Use the page plan and downloadable guide below to plan your website.

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Recommended structure

Give every page a job.

Start with this compact structure and add pages only when they answer a distinct visitor question.

Newspapers & Media professional tools
01 · Latest newsLead with current reporting and make publication time, author, category, and updates immediately clear. Privacy-cropped excerpt; browser/editor chrome removed.
02 · Topics and communitiesOrganize coverage by beat, location, and ongoing issue so reporting remains useful after the front page changes. Privacy-cropped excerpt; browser/editor chrome removed.
03 · Subscribe and supportExplain free and paid options, delivery, renewal, cancellation, donations, and what reader support funds. Privacy-cropped excerpt; browser/editor chrome removed.
04 · Advertise and public noticesPublish formats, audience information, deadlines, labelling standards, contacts, and submission requirements. Privacy-cropped excerpt; browser/editor chrome removed.
05 · About, ethics, and correctionsIdentify ownership, newsroom contacts, editorial standards, corrections, privacy, and how to submit a confidential lead. Privacy-cropped excerpt; browser/editor chrome removed.

Compare plans

Choose your Website Builder plan.

Compare current Canadian starting prices and popular features. Final promotions, taxes, currency, eligibility and terms are confirmed in the secure shop.

Suggested for Newspapers & Media: Online Store. It can support publication pages, subscriptions or products, payments, promotions, and newsletters for a smaller outlet. High-volume publishing may eventually require a dedicated newsroom platform.

Best for Starter sites

Personal

C$8.99 / month

  • Professionally designed themes
  • Hosting, SSL and blog
Best for Business presence

Business

C$13.99 / month

  • Everything in Personal
  • PayPal and SEO
Best for Service businesses

Business Plus

C$20.99 / month

  • Social integration
  • Online appointments
Suggested for this industryBest for Selling online

Online Store

C$36.99 / month

  • Shopping cart and payments
  • Shipping and inventory
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See what you can build

Explore the editor themes behind the Newspapers & Media site.

These real Website Builder screens follow Prairie Beacon News from its first setup prompts to five finished reader-focused pages. Every photograph supports the content beside it, while the page plan turns publishing goals into clear paths for reading, subscriptions, advertising and story leads. It is a practical example of how a publisher or web designer can combine Website Builder with thoughtful client marketing guidance.

First setup

See how the Newspapers & Media starter site begins.

Follow the real guided sequence from an industry suggestion to a generated first draft.

Editor highlights

Turn the starting point into a reader-focused publication.

Refine the publication in one workspaceThe visual editor keeps the coordinated hero, logo, navigation and reader action visible while the home page is refined.
Add useful newsroom sectionsThe section library offers flexible layouts, subscriptions, files, contact tools, video, galleries and other content as the publication grows.

See what you can build

Themes and Paint your site

Open the preview to explore the captured themes, logo variations and paint settings in the image viewer.

Earn confidence

Proof customers can evaluate.

  • Visible authorship and publication dates
  • Corrections and editorial policies
  • Clear sponsored-content labels
  • Transparent ownership and newsroom contacts

Be discoverable

Help the right customer find you.

  1. Use descriptive headlines and stable article URLs.
  2. Connect continuing coverage with topic pages and internal links.
  3. Provide text, captions, and metadata for important visual or audio reporting.

Find your domain

It all starts with a name.

Try a .ca, or leave out the ending and we’ll help you find one that fits. The live search confirms current availability and pricing.

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Country and regional domain help

Explore country-code and regional domain endings with dedicated SaaSTech help articles. Registration rules and availability vary by registry and are confirmed in the secure storefront. Select an ending to open its specific help article in a new tab.

.acAscension Island.aiAnguilla.amArmenia.auAustralia.brBrazil.br.comBrazil.bzBelize.caCanada.ccCocos (Keeling) Islands.chSwitzerland.cn.comChina.coColombia.co.zaSouth Africa.czCzechia.deGermany.de.comGermany.dkDenmark.esSpain.euEuropean Union.eu.comEuropean Union.fmMicronesia.frFrance.ggGuernsey.gsSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands.ieIreland.ioBritish Indian Ocean Territory.itItaly.it.comItaly.krSouth Korea.laLaos.meMontenegro.mxMexico.nlNetherlands.noNorway.nuNiue.pePeru.phPhilippines.plPoland.seSweden.sgSingapore.shSt. Helena.soSomalia.tkTokelau.toTonga.tvTuvalu.twTaiwan.ukUnited Kingdom.uk.comUnited Kingdom.usUnited States.vcSt. Vincent & Grenadines.vgBritish Virgin Islands.wsSamoa
ONLINE SOON…yourbusiness.caA memorable online name for newspapers & media.
Enter the name with or without an ending. The secure storefront will show available domains and alternatives.

Where SaaSTech fits

Use services to support the plan—not define it.

The website strategy comes first. These services provide a practical foundation and can be adjusted for the business.

FOUNDATION

Domain registration

Choose a short, memorable name that belongs to the business and can be used for both the website and email.

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Website Builder Online Store

It can support publication pages, subscriptions or products, payments, promotions, and newsletters for a smaller outlet. High-volume publishing may eventually require a dedicated newsroom platform.

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Microsoft 365 Business Professional

Use the business domain for email, calendars, meetings, Office apps, and organized customer communication.

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Compare plans

Choose your Microsoft 365 plan.

Compare current Canadian starting prices and popular features. Final promotions, taxes, currency, eligibility and terms are confirmed in the secure shop.

Suggested for Newspapers & Media: Business Professional. The guide uses Office apps, business email, calendars and organized documents together. Choose a lighter plan for roles that only need email or browser-based tools; confirm the features and number of users needed before ordering.

Best for Professional email

Email Essentials

C$8.99 / month

  • 10 GB mailbox
  • Sync and shared calendars
Best for Larger mailbox

Email Plus

C$9.99 / month

  • 50 GB mailbox
  • Sync and shared calendars
Best for Cloud teamwork

Online Business Essentials

C$15.99 / month

  • Office web apps and 1 TB
  • Meetings plus 50 GB email
Suggested for this industryBest for Full Office apps

Business Professional

C$22.99 / month

  • Apps on up to 5 devices and 1 TB
  • Meetings plus 50 GB email
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Grow intentionally

Advanced options when the business is ready.

These are selective next steps—not requirements for launching the website.

Larger teams

Compare Professional Email

When many staff members mainly need branded mailboxes, compare Professional Email before assigning Microsoft 365 to everyone. Reserve Microsoft 365 for roles that benefit from Office apps, meetings, shared calendars, and collaboration tools.

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WordPress Hosting

Consider WordPress when frequent publishing, author workflows, categories, archives, and editorial control need more flexibility than a simple site builder.

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White Label Reseller

A publication serving local businesses can consider a separate reseller storefront for domains, websites, and email—provided it can market and support the program.

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TEMPLATES AND RESOURCES

Ready to use with Microsoft 365

Download templates branded for Prairie Beacon News. Complete the fields in Word or the input cells in Excel, or print the forms and planners for handwriting. Website workbooks also include a print-ready PDF. Adapt the example branding and details for your own business.

Advertising and production trackerPrairie Beacon News · Excel workbook preview. Download the editable file below.
Download Excel .xlsx · 51 KB

SaaSTech example templates, not official Microsoft templates. Keep confidential records in your approved private systems. These files do not connect to Website Builder or submit information.

Put the services to work

Small systems that make a real business easier to choose.

These examples connect the technology to everyday customer and team needs in newspapers & media.

01Domain

Give every story a permanent local address

Use the publication domain across print editions, newsletters, reporter email, social posts, advertising, and public notices.

02Online Store

Turn readership into sustainable support

Offer subscriptions, memberships, donations, archives, or products with clear renewal, cancellation, and delivery expectations.

03Business email

Separate the newsroom from advertising

Use recognizable addresses for news tips, corrections, subscriptions, public notices, advertising, and confidential editorial contact.

Before going live

Launch like a customer is already waiting.

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