Stibo DX is part of the Stibo Group, a foundation-owned corporate group founded in 1794 in Århus, Denmark. In 1979 Stibo acquired Atlanta-based Computer Composition Inc., better known as CCI, which produced systems for automating print news creation (NewsDesk and NewsGate), which was later renamed to Stibo DX.

Various other acquisitions ensued. Norwegian CMS Escenic, founded in 1999, was first acquired by Vizrt (Norway) in 2008, and then sold on to Stibo in 2013. This led to the development of CUE, which was launched in 2016. DC-X DAM was acquired in 2019 and is now being integrated as CUE DAM. Stibo DX’s headquarters remain in Århus, and the company also has offices in Atlanta (U.S.), Hamburg (Germany), Oslo (Norway), and Dhaka (Bangladesh).

Stibo DX’s CUE is now a set of products, including the CMS (CUE Content Store), digital asset management (CUE DAM), and print production (CUE Print). Add-ons include CUE Live (for liveblogging), CUE Digital (for e-papers), and CUE Video.

CUE Content Store’s “Storylines” interface for editing content is modern and fairly sophisticated, and uses a componentized model (where every paragraph is a block, and blocks can also be inserted with other content, such as images, videos, or tweets). CUE DAM has an extensive search for images, which can also extend across news wires (though CUE DAM is not required for the use of images, and another DAM may be deployed instead). CUE’s core strength is creating multiple variants of content, repurposing across multiple publications, or creating variants for print. Print previews can be checked from within the browser. CUE is entirely headless, so customers will have to build their own front-ends.

This CMS is best suited to publishers that still hold a large revenue stream from print, ideally already license a Stibo platform, and are looking for a digital CMS that potentially enables unified workflows.

CUE is subscription-based or based on a license and support fee structure. Stibo DX hasn’t indicated pricing and says licensing is custom per project. While Stibo DX now focuses on the SaaS offering, most customers seem to still run the software on-premises. For 2023, Stibo DX intends to launch a planning module with list, GANTT, and calendar views.

Stibo Group has undergone many changes over the past decade. While the printing business is with Stibo Complete, the emphasis currently seems to be with Stibo Systems, another separate subsidiary, which produces MDM (Master Data Management) solutions. CCI Europe was renamed to Stibo DX in 2020 and still seems to have to somewhat find its footing; traditional print media revenues may be dwindling, perhaps explaining why Stibo DX is beginning to find customers outside the media vertical.