Savannah Morning News announces partnership With Balaya for “tick-it”
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Savannah Morning News and Balaya today announced the launch of the savannahnow.com Tick-it. Tick-it is a personalized communications hub that organizes web content and group conversations into private, secure information channels that users select and manage. The savannahnow.com Tick-it is the first of its kind in the Savannah area and will provide users with a way to link local news and information from savannahnow.com with personal groups, business, and family, and deliver that content directly to computer desktops. “We are focused on building communities through our print and online platforms,” said Savannah Morning News Publisher Michael C. Traynor. “As new technologies emerge and information consumption evolves, it is important we continue to provide consumers with ways to enhance and encourage the type of participation that enriches the community at large. Tick-it is an example of the commitment from the Savannah Morning News and savannahnow.com to provide our community with the most innovative tools for reading, hearing and acting on news that impacts life in Savannah.”
The savannahnow.com Tick-it is available as a free download on savannahnow.com/tickit.
Balaya CEO Bob Nunnally is excited to partner with such a widely-used and highly respected entity to deliver this new Internet Technology. “Tick-it changes the online dynamic by allowing users to pull and aggregate the information and communications they care most about,” said Nunnally. “Being a Savannah-based company, we are thrilled to be working with Savannah Morning News to distribute the application in our own backyard.”
Brynn Grant, executive Director of the Creative Coast Alliance sees the partnership between Balaya and the Savannah Morning News as an indication of the possibilities that exist for established businesses and emerging companies to work together. Said Grant, “We are thrilled that Balaya is launching their product in Savannah through a powerful partnership with the Savannah Morning News! Balaya came to Savannah thanks to the help of [TCCa company] Smack Dab Studios, and now, Balaya has also help us attract two new business from Atlanta, not yet announced. It’s exciting to see what these smart businesses can do, how their energy contributes to the community and expands the local economy.”
The Savannah Morning News is the leading source — both in print and online — of news, information and advertising for the metropolitan Savannah area, reaching three out of four adults in the total print and online audience each week. More than 400,000 unique visitors access the newspaper’s digital network, which includes savannahnow.com, coastalmommies.com, businessinsavannah.com and other niche websites. The Savannah Morning News publishes weekly newspapers in Effingham and Bryan counties, and other monthly and periodic publications. The Savannah Morning News is owned by Morris Publishing Group, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morris Communications Company, LLC.
Based in Savannah, Ga., Balaya LLC delivers the power of Social Media to business. Balaya has changed the way people and businesses use and collect information by creating a personalized communications hub that organizes web content and group conversations into separate, secure channels. For more information, call Michelle McWhinney at 202 361-2891 or visit Balaya online at www.balaya.com.
