[1][2] The newspaper was the result of the merger of two previously non-communist newspapers, Naye tsayt of the Fareynikte party and the Folkstsaytung of the Bund party.

[5] Between the 9th (April 1920) and 10th (March 1921) Party Congresses, 268 issues of Komfon were published.

[1] Komfon organized live newspaper readings with musical concerts.

[5] For a period, Komfon carried the supplement Di royte arme ('The Red Army'), which was the organ of the Jewish Military Section (an entity working to recruit Jews to regular units of the Red Army).

[6] Komfon was one of two main Soviet Yiddish publications at the time (the other being the Moscow-based Der Emes).