All About Jazz / Jazz Near You Improvements: January 2019

We document the improvements we make to both All About Jazz and Jazz Near You and when improvements come fast, we'll post an announcement to let our readers, members, a fund drive supporters know what's happening. In addition to publishing gobs of glorious content, we were heads down retooling the platform: both in appearance and functionality. The list below details the work completed since the beginning of the month:

• Press release distribution service upgrade (explained here);
• Improved searching: Search Album Reviews by musician, year released, star rating, record label, language; search news by source;
• Style adjustments across both websites improving the appearance on all devices;
• Vertical presentation of articles in the Related Article and Recent News boxes;
• Associated Management Agency with their clients (Examples: International Music Network and Mike Chadwick Management);
• Phase 1 relaunch of MY AAJ (for sustaining members only);
• More hosts and (daily) programs in our radio section including Leo Sidran's The Third Story;
• Added a second level of verification to the sign up process for improved security;
• Improved the calendar and birthday widgets;
• Improved appearance of spotlight ads;
• Improved internal communication via website private message;
• Created aspen.jazznearyou.com. and vail.jazznearyou.com.

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