SV Gruppe consolidated Schwäbische.de and Nordkurier.de onto a shared cloud infrastructure, creating the foundation for a more efficient and scalable digital publishing operation.
Livingdocs runs as the headless CMS in both newsrooms, part of a wider strategy that’s changing how the whole group creates content.
The Challenge: Two Brands. One Strategy. Little Time.
SV Gruppe set out to put two large regional brands, with a combined daily circulation of over 200,000 copies, firmly on a digital footing: one seamless digital-first workflow across the newsrooms, on a shared, future-ready infrastructure.
After a successful relaunch of Schwäbische.de, Nordkurier.de followed within weeks. Both portals now run on Forward Publishing’s cloud infrastructure. The Content Delivery Hub feeds all content to every digital channel from a single, channel-neutral source.
“Moving both titles to a headless CMS in parallel is part of our overall strategy, and it will significantly change how we, as a group, create and process content.” Henning Maus, Chief Innovation Officer, SV Gruppe
What Changed
The new portals give readers a customizable homepage, push notifications, e-paper access, and easy subscription management. Both sites are technically modern and visually redesigned: fast, mobile-optimized, and flexible for editors to work with.
The shared infrastructure also sets the stage for further growth. SV Gruppe can build new digital business lines on the same platform and reap the benefits of a consolidated setup, without building a separate solution for each new brand.
