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Stay up-to-date with news, updates and resources to help your obituary category succeed.Legacy.com facilitates $1 million in charitable donations via Pledge
Obituaries powered by Legacy made a big difference for local nonprofits in 2021. CHICAGO, Ill. (Jan. 6, 2022) – In 2021, Legacy.com facilitated more than $1 million in memorial donations to nonprofit organizations of all sizes. Legacy, the global leader in online...
Ecomm with Impact
Your readers want to do good. We’re helping you help them, with real results.This morning, your readers – your neighbors, your UPS driver, your kid’s teacher – woke up, scrolled through their daily obituaries, and found the name of someone they knew. Their first...
Legacy.com’s new platform sends 13K readers a month to local obit placement desks
Performance enhancements and reader-focused design drive $6 million in potential obituary revenue for Legacy newspaper affiliates.CHICAGO, IL – Longtime local news partner Legacy.com is pleased to share the first performance analysis results for its new obituary...
Legacy’s new community memorial pages reach 10k local readers
3,850 new pages launching soon to meet demand.Last month, we told you all about our new high school memorial pages and their potential to connect your readers with more obituaries that matter to them. We have an exciting update to share. Since the program launched...
Introducing Legacy.com’s community memorial pages
Our interest-focused pages take your obits where your readers are.Who died today? That’s the question so many of your readers ask when they wake up each morning. Now, with the first wave launch of our community memorial pages, your readers can discover: “Who died from...
Legacy.com Announces 38 New Obituary-Hosting Partnerships
Strong start in 2021 sets the stage for a year of record growthCHICAGO, Ill. (May 11 , 2021) — Legacy.com is pleased to announce the launch of obituary-hosting relationships with 38 new local media organizations. These launches increase the reach of Legacy’s...
Baltimore Sun sees “win-win-win” in Legacy.com obit price test
Legacy.com® to Acquire Adpay® from Ancestry®
CHICAGO, Ill. (February 18, 2021) – Legacy.com and Ancestry today announced they have reached a definitive agreement for the sale of Ancestry subsidiary Adpay to Legacy.com. Adpay is best known for its Memoriams™ platform, which enables funeral homes to...
Legacy.com and Lee Enterprises Expand Obituary Partnership
Legacy’s new & improved obit platform now powers all 77 Lee newspaper markets CHICAGO, Ill. (January 26, 2021) — LEGACY.COM, Inc., the leading provider of online obituary solutions, is pleased to announce a major expansion of the company’s relationship with Lee...
Looking Back at 2020: Who We Lost and How We Mourn Them
Engage your readers with Legacy’s 2020 retrospectives and analyses. It’s been a year, hasn’t it? It’s hard to find an area of life not impacted by the profound changes of 2020. As the leader in online memorialization, Legacy’s journalists and thought leaders have...