Turn your dormant microfilm archives into a highly profitable revenue stream —
even if your newsroom has zero bandwidth for new operational tasks.
Monetize over a century of Champaign-Urbana history. Give your readers premium, restored “time capsules” of their favorite local sports glories and unforgettable life events, all while MMC handles 100% of the labor.
Protect Your Legacy. Profit from Your History.
“The News-Gazette has spent over a century acting as the vital voice and the ‘first draft of history’ for Champaign-Urbana. As someone who has had the privilege of contributing sports columns to your pages for 30 years, I know firsthand how fiercely loyal your readership is.
But right now, your greatest asset—your archives of local history, civic events, and hometown heroes—is locked away in hard-to-monetize microfilm. Your readers want to preserve these specific memories, but the poor image quality holds them back. By partnering with Moments Made Clear, you can seamlessly connect your readers to their past without adding a single task to your staff’s workflow. It is a natural extension of the value you already provide, transformed into a zero-risk profit center for the paper.”
– Mike Pearson
Why Global Newsrooms Are Leaving Money on the Table
Vintage local sports photos and community milestones are proven, massive drivers of reader engagement and print sales. However, physical archives often suffer from microfilm moiré distortion and fading that automated photo restoration apps simply cannot fix.
Major news organizations avoid offering retail restorations because it falls entirely outside their operational model. Running an in-house restoration lab means taking on heavy technical overhead, hiring specialized labor, and dealing with retail customer service.
You don’t have to do any of that. As your trusted partner, MMC acts as your invisible, premium restoration studio. You simply promote the service to your readers, include a link to a News-Gazette-branded landing page on the Moments Made Clear website, and we handle the heavy lifting. You get the credit, the reader engagement, and the commission.
Premium Quality That Protects Your Brand Reputation
Our US-based artists manually eliminate halftone dots and synthesize missing, era-appropriate details.
Unlike cheap AI filters that produce historically inaccurate or plastic-looking artifacts, we use human judgment to reconstruct your archives with artisanal care.
You confidently offer a high-end, premium service that honors your newspaper's award-winning standards, ensuring your readers receive breathtaking family art while protecting your brand's legacy.
A Zero-Risk, Zero-Overhead Profit Center
Earn a consistent 15% to 20% commission*on every transaction. At a conservative estimate of just 40 orders a month, you generate a completely passive $10,000 a year.
Tier 1: Standard Archival Repair (Reader Price: $50 – $75)
You Earn: $10 to $15 per image.
They Get: Removal of halftone dots, scratch repair, and a sharpened, restored black-and-white image.
Tier 2: The Masterpiece (Reader Price: $95 – $150+)
You Earn: $19 to $30+ per image.
They Get: Heavy damage reconstruction, era-appropriate detail synthesis, full natural colorization, and reconstruction of text.
*At 1–4 orders per week, commission is 15%. 5 or more orders per week: 20% commission.
Ready to unlock the News-Gazette “Morgue”?
Increase reader loyalty, celebrate a century of civic service, and build a lucrative new revenue stream—without adding overhead.
Contact Mike Pearson
513-330-2068
pearsonmlpp1@roadrunner.com