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Digital platforms for media companies navigating a changing industry.

We've built news websites, masthead apps, reader engagement platforms, and digital brand presences for some of Australia's most recognised media companies.

We understand the speed that newsrooms require, the scale that national publishers operate at, and the reader experience that keeps audiences coming back. Both the technology and the publishing context — understood from day one.

  • 900+ platforms built
  • 20+ years delivering
  • #1 Clutch - 4 years running
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14
apps built for one publisher
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AU & UK
News Corp websites delivered
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20+
Years delivering
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#1
Clutch — 4 years running

We work best with these kinds of organisations

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National & regional publishers

Publishers managing multiple mastheads who need digital platforms — apps, websites, subscription tools — that can be built once and deployed consistently across an entire portfolio of titles.
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Magazine & lifestyle media brands

Magazines and lifestyle brands transitioning from print-first to digital — where the brand identity needs to translate beautifully to screen without losing the editorial feel that makes the title distinctive.
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Digital-native media companies

Publishers who started digital and need platforms that can handle audience growth, content volume, and the performance requirements of a newsroom operating at speed.
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Media companies launching new digital products

Established media businesses by launching digital products, engagement apps, puzzle platforms, community tools, strengthening audience relationships beyond publications.

What media digital leaders actually worry about when commissioning a platform

Media companies have been burned by agencies that didn't understand publishing. These are the concerns that come up in almost every first conversation.

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"We operate at newsroom speed. Our agency needs to keep up not slow us down."

Managed high-pressure media operations requiring rapid response, reliable platforms, and continuous team availability during breaking news event
We've delivered for News Corp AU and UK organisations that operate at international scale under continuous editorial pressure. We understand what media-pace delivery actually needs.
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"We have multiple titles. We need consistency across all of them without rebuilding from scratch."

Designed scalable publishing platforms supporting 14 mastheads and 160+ publications while reducing development overhead through shared infrastructure.
Built 14 masthead apps using microservices architecture, enabling independent evolution through scalable, shared publishing infrastructure.
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"Subscriptions and reader revenue are existential for us. The platform needs to convert."

Optimised subscription platforms by reducing user friction and improving paywall performance, increasing reader-to-subscriber conversion and revenue growth.

Designed subscription and engagement infrastructure prioritising reader conversion, seamless experiences, and long-term digital revenue growth.
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"We have strong brand identities. The platform needs to feel like us not like a template."

Delivered tailored digital experiences preserving unique brand identity, audience relationships, and editorial voice across diverse media publications.

Brand identity translates to every platform we build for media clients not as decoration applied at the end, but as a design constraint that shapes every component decision from the start.
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"We need to integrate with our CMS, paywall, analytics, and ad stack. It has to all work together."

Integrated complex media ecosystems including CMS, paywalls, ads, analytics, email, and notifications to ensure seamless reader experience.

Media technology integration is scoped and mapped in Discovery. We've connected to the systems that publishers actually use before quoting, not after discovering them.
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"We need this to perform under traffic spikes breaking news can mean 10× normal load in minutes."

Built resilient media platforms handling extreme traffic spikes during major events, ensuring stability beyond average daily usage.
Architecture designed for spike traffic — not average load. We've built for publishers whose peak traffic events are unpredictable and uncompromising.

Media platforms fail or publishing

specific reasons.

Most agencies build websites, few understand newsroom complexity, editorial velocity, subscriptions, and media-scale architecture. The difference becomes visible when something goes wrong.

We've delivered for News Corp in Australia and the UK, built 14 masthead apps for Australia's largest independent publisher, and built reader engagement products for some of Australia's best-known magazine titles. That's the experience base that makes media delivery actually work.

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We understand publishing cadences

Newsroom delivery timelines, editorial workflow integrations, and the performance requirements of platforms that can't go down when news is breaking. We've delivered at that standard.

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We've built portfolio architectures

14 masthead apps for one publisher one architecture, 14 brand identities. We know how to build for portfolio scale without losing what makes each title distinctive.

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Brand identity is a design constraint, not a deliverable

Each media title has its own voice and visual language. We treat that as a constraint that shapes every component decision not as styling applied at the end of the build.

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Named leads who stay on the project

Engineering Manager, Business Analyst, and Account Manager assigned from Discovery and staying throughout. Media projects move fast consistent people matter.

From breaking news to fashion — across the publishing spectrum.

National news, regional mastheads, reader engagement, and lifestyle magazines. Four different briefs, the same discipline of building platforms that work at publishing scale.
NewsCorp

News Corp-Global media company · Australian & UK news websites

News Corp is one of the world's largest media companies operating news brands across Australia, the UK, and the US. Delivering websites for News Corp isn't a standard web project. EB Pearls delivered news websites for News Corp in both Australia and the UK, two distinct markets and the integration complexity that comes with connecting to a global CMS, ad stack, and subscription infrastructure.

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Australian Community Media- 160+ publications · 4.3M monthly readers

Australian Community Media operates 160+ publications; we built 14 scalable masthead apps within one unified, efficient delivery platform. EB Pearls built 14 separate masthead apps on a microservices architecture giving each title the flexibility to evolve independently. The result, in the words of ACM's Head of IT, is "a future-ready platform that supports both our content strategy and long-term growth."

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Grazia-International fashion & lifestyle magazine · Australian digital relaunch

Grazia is one of the world's most recognisable fashion and lifestyle magazine brands launched in Italy in 1938 and now published in over 20 countries. The Australian edition needed a digital presence that matched the brand's international stature and visual identity. EB Pearls built Grazia Australia's website and digital presence capturing the editorial richness and fashion-forward visual identity that defines the Grazia brand globally.

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The digital products media companies actually need

Media companies often receive generic solutions that fail in production under editorial pressure, breaking news spikes, and audience expectations.

Everything below is something we've built before — for publishers who operate at real scale, under real editorial pressure, with real audiences who notice when the platform doesn't hold up.

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News Websites & Editorial Platforms

High-performance news websites built for the editorial velocity of a live newsroom CMS integration, ad stack connectivity, subscription mechanics, and the architecture to handle breaking news traffic without degrading.

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Masthead & Publication Apps

iOS and Android apps for newspapers and magazines built for portfolio publishers who need multiple title identities on shared infrastructure, and for individual titles who need a mobile experience that matches their brand.

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Reader Engagement Platforms

Puzzle apps, loyalty programs, community tools, and reader-submitted content platforms digital products that extend the audience relationship beyond the publication and create daily engagement with the brand.

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Subscription & Paywall Infrastructure

Subscription flows, metered paywall mechanics, and reader revenue infrastructure built to convert browsers to subscribers without friction, and to retain them without the experiences that drive churn.

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Magazine & Lifestyle Digital Presences

Digital platforms for magazine and lifestyle brands where editorial identity and visual richness need to translate to screen with the same precision that the print team applies to every layout decision.

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Media Technology Integration

CMS, paywall, ad server, analytics, email, and push notification integrations connecting the publishing technology stack into a platform that works as a whole rather than as disconnected systems.

Our system for building media platforms that hold up under publishing pressure

Media platforms fail in specific ways under traffic spikes, during CMS migrations, when the ad stack changes, or when editorial workflows discover that the platform wasn't built with them in mind. Built to Last™ is how we prevent those failures.
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Editorial & Performance Ready

  • Architecture built for breaking news traffic — not average load
  • CMS integration designed for editorial workflows under deadline
  • Page performance that holds up when every second costs readers
  • Content delivery designed for the speed newsrooms require
  • Caching strategies that balance freshness with performance
  • Monitoring that finds degradation before editorial does
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Integration Ready

  • CMS integrations mapped and tested before build starts
  • Ad stack connected without compromising page performance
  • Paywall mechanics that convert without creating friction
  • Analytics platform integration for the data publishers actually need
  • Push and email notification infrastructure at audience scale
  • Third-party integrations versioned so updates don't break production
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Scale & Brand Ready

  • Portfolio architecture for multiple mastheads on shared infrastructure
  • Brand identity treated as a design constraint, not a style guide
  • Traffic spike architecture for election nights, major sporting events
  • Multi-device consistency from desktop to mobile without degradation
  • Reader data handling to Australian privacy standard
  • Post-launch support that understands publishing's continuous cycle

A process built for publishing complexity

Media projects involve editorial workflows, publishing technology stacks, brand governance, and audience expectations that need to be mapped before building anything. Our process is designed for that reality.
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Discovery

We map your editorial workflows, technology stack, brand requirements, audience behaviour, and integration landscape before quoting. Fixed price. Documents yours regardless of what happens next.
Tech stack & editorial workflows mapped at this stage, not mid-build.
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Design

Brand identity as a design constraint from the first wireframe. UX designed for readers and editorial teams simultaneously. Performance architecture designed for your traffic patterns including the spikes.
Brand-led design. Spike architecture designed before build starts.
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Build

Two-week sprints with full visibility. CMS, paywall, and ad stack integrations tested against real content. Performance tested under peak traffic scenarios. ISO 27001 process throughout.
Integrations tested live. Performance tested under spike conditions. Full IP ownership on delivery.
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Launch & Ongoing

Media platforms don't stand still editorial requirements change, technology stacks evolve, audience behaviour shifts. Post-launch support structured in from day one, with the response times that publishing requires.
SLA-backed support at publishing pace. Most clients stay for years.

Heard from clients who've been through it

What stood out straight away was how clear they were on cost. We got a realistic estimate early, understood what was included, and there were no hidden extras later. As part of our research process, we received a few vague quotes from other agencies. When comparing these to EB Pearls’ transparent costing, it was a no-brainer.

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Shimneet Chand

Digital Transformation Lead, Vodafone

The company saved $200,000–$400,000 using EB Pearls. The team's QA services also helped the firm resolve issues by being responsive to requests and highly involved in project management. Their resources had the right technical skills; their leasing service model gave the client great flexibility.
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Product Manager, Coposit

I came in with the idea, but had no technical background. Their team explained things clearly, gave honest advice, and helped me understand what was worth investing in first. I was expecting it to be an intimidating process, but I never felt overwhelmed or talked down to.

Laura Smith, Newscorp
Laura Smith

Lead Account Manager, Newscorp Australia

The website that EBPearls developed for Gondwana Link does everything we asked for. It is very easy to use in the backend and the design is fresh and clean which is what we wanted. EBPearls build customised ‘modules' and they all work well and are very intuitive to use. I needed very little training to be able to use the back end.

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Amanda Keesing

Director, Gondwana link

EB Pearls created a unique and special website and web design agency, perfect for our customers. We loved the team’s efficiency in creating us great user experience and a seamless website design plan, with beautiful on-brand illustrations. The team were patient, professional and always there to guide us and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them and work with them again in the future.
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Julia Kish

Manager, Intellihub

They make sure to understand the purpose and goals of our mobile app, identifying the target audience, and defining our desired outcomes. They also identify and document the functional and non-functional requirements of the mobile app, such as features, functionalities, user interface, performance, security, and integration with other systems.
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Lindsay Dawicki

Throughout the app development process, the development team works closely with us and also ensure that the app meets our needs and aligns with our business goals. They also manage effective communication, collaboration, and project management. The app is essential and was also delivered on time, within budget. We were extremely satisfied with their work.
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Questions healthcare buyers always eventually ask

We'd rather answer these here than have them surface after a commitment has been made.

In almost every case, yes — and we recommend it. Replacing a CMS that editorial teams have years of workflow investment in creates adoption risk that far outweighs any platform benefit. We map your CMS integration requirements in Discovery and design the new platform to connect to what's already there. The build is integration-first rather than replacement-first unless Discovery reveals a compelling reason to change.

Auto-scaling infrastructure on AWS or equivalent means you're not paying for peak capacity on quiet days — but you have it when you need it. CDN configuration, caching strategies, and database read replica design are the specific decisions that determine whether a platform holds up during a major news event. These are architecture decisions made in Discovery and Design — not configuration added after a performance incident.

Full IP ownership on delivery. Every line of code, every design asset, every integration. No proprietary dependencies. No lock-in. Written into the contract from the start.

Portfolio architecture is a different discipline from single-product development. We build a shared infrastructure layer that handles the common components — content delivery, subscription mechanics, analytics, push notifications — and a brand layer above it that gives each title its own identity. The 14 ACM masthead apps were built this way: one architecture, 14 distinct experiences. Updates to shared components propagate across the portfolio; brand customisations stay per-title.

Paywall mechanics are a product design problem before they're a technology problem. Metered access, registration walls, hard paywalls, and hybrid models each convert differently for different audience types. We map your reader revenue strategy in Discovery and design the subscription flow as a core product component — not a third-party widget added at the end. The difference in conversion rate between a well-designed and a poorly-designed registration flow is significant and measurable.

30–45 minutes. No deck, no pitch. We ask about your platform, your technology stack, your editorial environment, and your timeline. You ask us whatever you want. By the end, you'll know whether we're the right fit. If we're not, we'll tell you that too.

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Building a media platform and want to get it right?

The first call is free and there's no pitch deck. We'll ask about your platform, your technology stack, your editorial environment, and your timeline — and give you honest answers about whether we're the right fit. If we're not, we'll tell you that too.
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What to expect

  1. 1 Share a few details
    Complete the form with your contact details and what you need help with.
  2. 2 Book your free discovery call
    Once you submit the form, choose a time that suits you for your discovery call.
  3. 3 Privacy comes first
    Sign an optional NDA to ensure the highest privacy level and protection of your idea.
  4. 4 Discovery call
    We’ll discuss your goals, the support you need and answer your questions. If we’re a good fit, we’ll outline the next steps.

What to expect

  1. 1 Share a few details
    Complete the form with your contact details and what you need help with.
  2. 2 Book your free discovery call
    Once you submit the form, choose a time that suits you for your discovery call.
  3. 3 Privacy comes first
    Sign an optional NDA to ensure the highest privacy level and protection of your idea.
  4. 4 Discovery call
    We’ll discuss your goals, the support you need and answer your questions. If we’re a good fit, we’ll outline the next steps.