Useful articles for busy publishing executives

How Holtzbrinck, Hindustan Times and Ippen Digital are already running AI agents in production, and why most publishers are still talking about it. John Rahim's recap from Berlin.

Sometimes you find the right place by taking a detour. Niklas had SPRYLAB on his radar ever since university, but it took a few more years before he applied for a Customer Success role. That didn't work out, but his application was forwarded to the Sales team. Today, after several years with us, Niklas is one of the most versatile people in the company as Business Development Manager: he leads initial customer conversations, builds demo apps, manages partnerships and even stepped in as interim project manager along the way. In this interview, he shares how his role has evolved, what keeps him at Purple and why he encourages everyone to take the plunge.

This quarter, we focused on three areas that can make a decisive difference in day-to-day editorial work: a fundamentally new asset management system, newsletter delivery entirely from within the Hub, and more reliable protection for paid content. Here are the most important updates in detail.

The head of audience development at one of Europe’s largest magazine publishers on AI search disruption, why specialist depth beats breadth, and the 47-step briefing tool quietly reshaping how editors.

Alte Druckerei Hannover, 700 attendees, two days of deep dives, keynotes, panels, and a great many conversations in between. I attended The Future of German Media summit together with Hauke Berndt, CEO of our partner ppi Media, at a joint booth. Two days that served as a solid barometer for where the industry actually stands.

Every quarter, we at Purple present the latest features and updates to our product in the Quarterly Feature Review Q4. In this article you will find a summary of our new features that make working with Purple even more effective than before.

Kordiam specializes in editorial planning and, as an integration partner of Purple, enables seamless workflows from ideation to publication. The Hamburg-based company works with over 250 media and communications brands worldwide including The Times, RTL, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Badische Neueste Nachrichten. According to industry publisher kress pro, Kordiam is the most widely used planning tool in newsrooms across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

It's the people who shape a company. Their decisions to stay, to grow, and to help build something meaningful. Sina Kewitz has been part of our team since September 16, 2011, more than 13 years in which she has not only grown technically but has also played a crucial role in developing our backend architecture. As Technical Lead of the Backend Team, Sina demonstrates what's possible when talent meets trust and genuine development opportunities. Her story offers an honest insight into what defines us: short communication channels, personal exchange, and the freedom to take on responsibility.

Newsrooms today face mounting efficiency pressures while managing content across an ever-growing number of channels. For two years now, numerous joint customers have successfully used the bidirectional integration between the content planning tool Kordiam and our Purple editorial system. Now we're deepening this partnership and expanding our network of specialized partner solutions. The connection enables seamless workflows from initial story ideas through to publication and is already successfully deployed at joint customers such as OM Medien and Börsen-Zeitung.