Subscribers. Circulation. Retention.
Contact center software for newspapers, magazines, and media groups. Subscription management, circulation support, and retention — in a single platform.
Keep subscribers. Reduce cost per call.
Publishing contact centers manage the conversations that make or break a subscriber relationship — delivery complaints, billing questions, vacation holds, cancellation saves, digital access resets. SingleComm runs all of it on one stack, with a drag-and-drop Workflow builder so circulation ops can update flows the same day a pricing change goes live. One publisher's deployment shows what that looks like in production.
What one publishing deployment delivered.
60% of calls handled by IVR
Vacation holds, balance inquiries, and subscription changes resolved without touching a queue.
6-week deployment
End-to-end, from kickoff to live subscriber traffic.
0 new agents hired
Self-service absorbed the volume that would otherwise have required new headcount.
Everything a modern subscriber operation needs. Built in.
The lifecycle from signup to save
New subscriber activation, billing questions, vacation holds, renewals, and cancellation saves — on voice, chat, SMS, and email, tied to your subscriber-management system of record.
- Integration with leading subscription platforms
- Vacation hold and delivery pause automation
- Save scripts with version control and A/B testing
Resolve missed deliveries and route issues faster
Route missed-delivery and complaint calls by ZIP code to the right depot. Re-delivery requests trigger automatically, with SMS confirmation back to the subscriber.
- Geo-based routing by delivery route
- Automated re-delivery workflows
- Inclement-weather broadcast messaging
Handle 60%+ without a live agent
Conversational IVR that resolves the common stuff — vacation holds, balance inquiries, subscription changes — without ever touching a queue. Live agents handle the conversations that actually need them.
- 60%+ of common calls resolved in IVR (customer data)
- Mid-flow handoff to live agent with context
- Two-way SMS for document and access requests
Outbound that doesn't annoy
TCPA-compliant outbound for renewal reminders, rate adjustments, and targeted save offers. Pacing tuned to your abandonment caps. SMS-first for subscribers who've told you they prefer text.
- TCPA-compliant outbound dialing
- SMS-first campaigns with voice fallback
- A/B testing on save offers and scripts
Dashboards circulation managers actually read
Real-time dashboards on call volume by zone, hold-to-save conversion, agent performance, and campaign ROI. Exported as Excel or CSV on a schedule — no tickets.
- Real-time operational dashboards
- Scheduled Excel and CSV delivery
- Export to Snowflake, Looker, or the warehouse you already use
Subscriber Journey
- 01Subscriber calls about a missed delivery.
- 02SingleComm identifies the subscriber and delivery route.
- 03The system triggers a redelivery request or account credit.
- 04Subscriber receives SMS confirmation.
- 05Agent sees billing, vacation hold, and renewal status.
- 06If the subscriber shows cancellation risk, the agent receives a save offer.
- 07The outcome is logged for circulation and retention reporting.
“We needed the best solution in the shortest time, and SingleComm really came through. By providing us a robust, customized solution, we were able to save money now and in the future.”
Publishing contact centers are the last human voice most subscribers hear before they decide to renew or cancel. Every friction point in the stack — a slow lookup, a misrouted call, a missed delivery not logged — costs a subscriber. Running subscriber management, circulation, self-service, and retention on one platform makes those seams disappear, which is what the unit economics of publishing quietly demand.
How publishing teams use SingleComm.
Support Services Group & Advance Local
How SSG built a custom IVR for Advance Local's newspaper operations that handles 60% of inbound and outbound calls — deployed in six weeks, no new headcount required.
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