Everything you need to launch a working News & Media Platform — prioritized by impact, sequenced by complexity. Built for Independent publishers, media companies, and niche newsletter-to-web operators who want to ship fast and own everything.
Not all features are equal. This checklist separates what you must launch with from what can wait — so you ship faster without cutting corners that matter.
Launch blockers — build these first
Article drafting, editor review, scheduling, and publish workflow with role-based access
Article structured data (NewsArticle schema), AMP support, open graph, and sitemap
Metered paywall (N free articles/month) or hard paywall per article or section
One-click newsletter from published articles with subscriber management
High value — ship in week 2
Threaded comments with moderation queue and subscriber-only discussion
Post-launch polish and extras
This checklist follows the 80/20 rule: the "Must Have" features deliver 80% of the user value with 20% of the total effort. Every item in the must-have column was chosen because it:
Solves the core problem Independent publishers, media companies, and niche newsletter-to-web operators face every day
Creates a complete user loop from onboarding to core action to outcome
Enables you to charge for the product or validate willingness to pay
Gives you meaningful metrics to improve with in v2
Can be shipped in 1–2 weeks with LaraCopilot
"The goal is not to build a perfect product. The goal is to build the minimum product that proves your assumption and earns your first users."
For a News & Media Platform, that means shipping authentication, the core data model, one complete user workflow, and a way to collect feedback. Everything else is version 2. LaraCopilot makes this fast.
Use these ready-made prompts to build each must-have feature. Paste them directly into LaraCopilot and get production-ready code.
Build me a news/media platform with multi-author editorial workflow, article SEO pages with schema markup, Stripe subscription paywall, newsletter digest emails, reader comments, and an analytics dashboard
Feature: Feature
Add feature to my news & media platform. Include full CRUD, form validation, policy-based authorization, and a responsive Tailwind UI.
Feature: Feature
Add feature to my news & media platform. Include full CRUD, form validation, policy-based authorization, and a responsive Tailwind UI.
Feature: Feature
Add feature to my news & media platform. Include full CRUD, form validation, policy-based authorization, and a responsive Tailwind UI.
Feature: Feature
Add feature to my news & media platform. Include full CRUD, form validation, policy-based authorization, and a responsive Tailwind UI.
Here's how to sequence your News & Media Platform build across 1–2 weeks using LaraCopilot. Follow this order and you'll have a shippable product every step of the way.
This checklist tells you what to build. LaraCopilot builds it. Paste any prompt above and get production-ready Laravel code — not a prototype, not a mockup. Real code you own.
Free to start. 100% code ownership. Launch in 1–2 weeks.