Case Study: The Christian Science Monitor achieves digital-first publishing and scalable web growth with Ibexa (eZ Publish)

How The Christian Science Monitor moved from a print newspaper to a digital publication powered by eZ

The Christian Science Monitor, an independent international news organization, shifted in December 2009 from a daily paid print model to a weekly print with a direct-to-web workflow, creating a need for a robust, flexible CMS and a complete overhaul of editorial processes. The move forced major changes — editors had to be retrained to publish online, workflows needed reengineering, and the publisher required strong multi-channel and content-reuse capabilities to monetize and distribute journalism across platforms.

The Monitor selected eZ Publish for its adjustable content model, extensibility, multi-channel readiness and backward-compatibility, and worked with Mugo Web to build custom workflow tools, ad configuration, syndication monitoring, and a tablet feed manager. The result: editors publish content far faster (posting an article in about 15 minutes), streamlined multi-channel publishing and monetization, ongoing platform growth and stability, and an average of roughly 314,000 unique visitors per day.

Christian Science Monitor

Tim Rauschenberger

Manager of web development