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Lions Light shares solutions

Mar 30, 2020

Lions Light hosts 100+ newspaper websites. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, some of its newspapers have put temporary solutions in place, such as:

Putting a Donations page on the website for businesses and/or victims in the community.
Urging readers to continue supporting local businesses in any way possible. This could be ordering takeout from a favorite restaurant, or purchasing gift certificates, etc.
Posting breaking news articles multiple times per week (often daily) about the latest news on COVID-19, and the status of government assistance for businesses and individuals.
Adding a Business Directory to the newspaper's website, to provide yet another resource to connect consumers with businesses.
And Dan Wilcox' — VP and partner at Lions Light — favorite: Turning off all paywalls and making the website freely accessible to everyone.

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