AccountScout owns
CRM, ad sales, order entry, production workflow, proofing, PageScout, AdScout, DAM, billing, A/R, payments, receipts, reconciliation, and reporting.
OUR CMS PARTNER
Run the reader-facing side of your publication.
Foundry is the publishing CMS and subscriber platform we've partnered with for more than a dozen years. It runs your public website, editorial workflow, reader login, digital subscriptions, and the paywall around your content — while AccountScout runs the commercial side. We resell Foundry, package it with AccountScout, and support it.
How this works
Foundry is a partner product, not a Fake Brains build. We resell it, configure it alongside AccountScout, and you get one support relationship instead of two.
READER-FACING DIGITAL
One publishing CMS for content, access, and subscribers.
Foundry handles the public website and reader relationship. It is where editorial, digital access, subscribers, and reader-facing classified experiences live.
CMS and editorial
Create, schedule, and publish article content through an editorial workflow your newsroom controls - written and edited from any device, so a story filed from the field does not wait for someone to reach a desk.
Public website
Give your publication a reader-facing website with local news, sections, archives, and digital presentation.
Paywall and login
Meter and gate the content your audience values with a paywall, reader login, and digital access rules you set.
Subscriber — subscriptions and records
Carry the reader from first read to renewal: digital access tied to each subscription, plus subscriber records and access status your team can actually see.
Audience — reader analytics
See which stories drive traffic and which readers convert to paid, so editorial and the sales side are working from the same numbers instead of guessing.
Digital-side classifieds
Pair Foundry with ClassifiedScout when classified browsing and ordering need to live on the public website.
EDITORIAL
Write it, place it, publish it.
Create, schedule, and publish article content through an editorial workflow your newsroom controls - written and edited from any device, so a story filed from the field does not wait for someone to reach a desk.
- Headings, pull quotes, media, maps, and embeds as building blocks
- Written and edited from any device, including from the field
- Sections, archives, and search on the public site
AUDIENCE
See what readers actually do.
See which stories drive traffic and which readers convert to paid, so editorial and the sales side are working from the same numbers instead of guessing.
- Which stories draw traffic, and from where
- Which readers convert to paid subscriptions
- One set of numbers for editorial and for sales
FOUNDRY PATH
Publish, distribute, subscribe, and renew.
Foundry has its own workflow. It runs parallel to AccountScout, not as a replacement for the commercial operations system.
1
Publish
Create and manage editorial content for the public site through Foundry's CMS.
2
Distribute
Present stories, sections, archives, and digital experiences to readers on your website.
3
Subscribe
Support reader login, digital access, the paywall, and subscription sign-up paths.
4
Renew
Keep the reader relationship moving through digital access and subscription renewal.
CLEAR PRODUCT BOUNDARIES
Foundry does not own the ad production workflow.
Foundry owns
CMS, editorial workflow, public website, paywall, digital subscriptions, subscriber management, reader login, and digital-side classifieds.
Together they support
A publisher that needs the advertising business and the reader business to be clear, connected, and easier to run.
CONNECTED PRODUCTS
Foundry fits beside the AccountScout platform.
Use Foundry when the public website and subscriber experience are part of the conversation. Use AccountScout for the commercial and operational workflow.
AccountScout
The flagship commercial and operational platform for CRM, orders, production, billing, payments, and reporting.
ExploreClassifiedScout
Online classified ordering and presentment that can power the public classified experience on your site.
ExploreAdvertiser Portal
Advertiser self-service for invoices, payments, balances, and proof approvals.
ExploreProducts overview
See how AccountScout, Foundry, and the connected product suite fit together.
ExploreFOUNDRY FAQ
Common questions.
Foundry is the publishing CMS and subscriber platform that runs your public website. It covers editorial workflow, the reader-facing site, digital access, the paywall, digital subscriptions, and subscriber records, while AccountScout runs the commercial side. It is a partner product Fake Brains resells, packages with AccountScout, and supports - our CMS partner of more than a dozen years.
See It In Action
Talk through your website and subscriber path.
We can show where Foundry fits for the publishing CMS, editorial workflow, public website, paywall, digital subscriptions, login, and digital-side classifieds, and where AccountScout stays in charge of commercial operations.