LINA members can receive a number of discounts on useful tools, platforms and products for newsrooms, thanks to our partners. Find out more about LINA membership.
Australian Associated Press (AAP)
AAP can help support your work by providing coverage of state, national and world events, so your journalists can focus on local stories without stretching themselves to cover the bigger picture news. AAP content is written to be published as is, or modified to suit your publication’s individual voice.
AAP’s photo and video archive can also be used to illustrate your own stories as well as those sourced from AAP. AAP Agenda can keep your newsroom up-to-date on news events each day, and AAP FactCheck provides a great resource for newsrooms looking to keep public figures accountable.
LINA members receive a special (confidential) offer to access AAP content.
Australian Press Council
LINA’s partnership with the Australian Press Council (APC) allows LINA members group membership to the APC. Being a member of the APC gives publishers an external process for handling complaints and strengthens a publisher’s reputation as a credible and legitimate source of news.
APC membership is free for LINA members that have an annual income of less than $300k, and discounted for LINA members with an income over that threshold.
Broadstreet Ads
LINA members can access exclusive group membership to Broadstreet Ads, an ad manager built for publishers to help book and manage advertising campaigns. LINA can provide 1:1 implementation support to assist in installing this on your digital platforms (e.g. website and newsletters).
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Canva Pro
Canva is an online graphic design tool that can be used by publishers to create social media posts, design graphs and visual assets for stories, edit videos, and prepare marketing and promotional material. LINA members can receive a free 12 month Canva Pro subscription (provided they are a new user of Canva without an existing account).
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CitySpark
CitySpark is a hyper-local event aggregation and calendar platform that helps media companies, newspapers, and publishers manage and monetize local event listings.
It’s designed to save publishers time through its automated event scraping services, and offers a robust monetisation platform that enables frictionless purchases and up-sells to event organisers.
See the LINA Shop-talk presentation of the product, and if it’s something you’re interested in, you can take advantage of the offer for LINA members outlined below:
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Cotality / RP Data packages
While built to help real estate professionals appraise and close deals, RP Data doubles as an essential public-interest reporting tool for newsrooms. Powered by Australia’s most comprehensive property database, it gives investigative journalists the historical clarity needed to expose financial conflicts of interest, track illicit money flows, and report on systemic housing issues.
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Getty Images
LINA members receive a 15% discount on licensing fees from Getty Images, which can be used to support your editorial content.
Reach out to us to access the discount.
KBI Insurance
Local and independent news organisations have unique risks and should carry insurance policies that are tailored to the needs of this industry. KBI Insurance offers bespoke insurance policies for LINA members, including multimedia insurance, public liability and cyber insurance.
Request a quote for a tailored package from KBI Insurance or find out more.
Potent Puzzles
Potent have been providing full website/newsletter/puzzle solutions to Country Press Australia members for years, and now LINA members can also take advantage of the following offer:
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Lukas or Adrian can work with publishers to add the code to your website(s), either as a series of puzzles (as in the link above) or in a combined list with multiple puzzles types in a single embed.
See how puzzles can build retention and enhance your site here.
PressPatron
Created specifically for independent news publications, embed this widget in your website to receive donations (one-off or recurring) from readers. PressPatron will provide a rebate of its 5% commission for the first $10,000 of gross donation payments processed on behalf of each LINA member (up to $500 total value per member). To take advantage of this discount, reach out to Alex Clark at alex@presspatron.com.
WP Engine
WP Engine* is a premium, managed WordPress hosting platform built for businesses, agencies, developers and publishers. It handles complex back-end operations — including automated security, daily backups, and proprietary caching for blazing-fast performance, allowing users to scale high-traffic sites seamlessly without managing server infrastructure.
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*Disclaimer: LINA has been using WP Engine for all web hosting since 2023.
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