New York Magazine covers, analyzes, comments on, and defines the culture, lifestyle, fashion and personalities that drive New York City. It was founded in April 1968 by the editor Clay Felker and the graphic designer Milton Glaser, and was among the first "lifestyle magazines" meant to appeal to both male and female audiences. Geared for an audience that is generally college-educated working professionals, its readership includes both area residents and visitors interested in keeping in touch with local lifestyles. Created to report on and interpret recent events in the New York metropolitan area, it contains news about the city as well as reporting and criticism about restaurants, the arts and entertainment, shopping and services in New York. The publication is comprised of reader letters, opinions, news, features and interviews. Editorial content is broken down as follows: The Intelligencer section features New York people, places and happenings. It includes three subsections; a quick survey of the city’s most important events is included in It Happened This Week; Party Lines is a photo page; and the Competition, which challenges readers to solve New York-specific problems such as designing a new bridge or remaking an urban health club. The Features section showcases the big stories about people, politics, business, the media, food, fashion, crime, culture, real estate, medical issues, parenting, and quality of life issues. The Strategist section is dedicated to inspiring New Yorkers to live well by providing advice in the following subsections: The Best Bet, Mating, The Look Book, Storefront, Market Research, Food, The Everything Guide, Economy of One, Map, Body, Real Estate and Travel. The Culture Pages section gives the low-down on entertainment with subsections on Movies, Theater, Music, Art, Books and TV. The Agenda section at the back of each issue provides succinct listings for things to do. Subsections include Movies, Broadway & Off-Broadway, Art Museums, Galleries, Photography, Special Events, Music & Dance, Nightlife, Readings, Lectures & Panels, Restaurants, Kids and The Word. The final page is reserved for the Artifact section, highlighting current ideas, trends or interesting information reflecting city life. The magazine's website, nymag.com features several off-shoot digital publications including The Cut, Vulture, and Science of Us.

KABC-TV is the ABC affiliate for the Los Angeles market. KABC-TV broadcasts locally on channel 7. ABC7 Los Angeles began operation in 1949 under the call letters KECA-TV. The station obtained the KABC-TV call letters in 1954.

Founded by Joseph Pulitzer in 1878, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is a daily four-color broadsheet newspaper that covers regional, national, and international news. The platform of the publication, according to Pulitzer, is that it "will always fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, always fight demagogues of all parties, never belong to any party, always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain devoted to the public welfare, never be satisfied with merely printing news, always be drastically independent, never be afraid to attack wrong, whether by predatory plutocracy or predatory poverty." The metro-news section offers comprehensive local and regional news serving St. Charles County, Illinois and metro St. Louis. The front page features a digest summarizing the main news of the day. The Explore section focuses on consumer-oriented travel trends and tips. Other topics covered in the publication include music, travel, theater, arts, food, and books. The publication's staff does not accept unsolicited e-mail attachments due to virus dangers. All calendar and event items should be submitted through http://events.stltoday.com/listings. The outlet offers RSS (Really Simple Syndication). Media Alert | October 2, 2008 The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has combined the Health & Fit and Let’s Eat sections and launched a new section: Eat, Drink, Live. This new section is published on Wednesdays. Deputy Managing Editor Christine Bertelson will oversee the section. Christine can be reached on +1 (314) 340 8348 and cbertelson@post-dispatch.com. Also on the staff of the new section are Food Editor Judith Evans who can be reached on +1 (314) 340 8235 and jevans@post-dispatch.com and Features Reporter Cynthia Billhartz, overseeing health, who can be reached on +1 (314) 340 8114 and cbillhartz@post-dispatch.com

WNBC-TV is the local NBC affiliate in New York. News coverage includes hard news, human interest, consumer interest, technology and medical interest stories. The station debuted as WNBT-TV on July 1, 1941, and in 1954 the call letters changed to WRCA-TV. In 1948 the station combined its operations with WNBC Radio, becoming the NBC flagship station. In 1960 the call letters changed to WNBC-TV. PR professionals should send submissions by fax to the assignment desk. The assignment desk can be contacted via phone, fax or mail. In fall 2006, WNBC-TV began airing programming from NYC TV, New York City's official television station. WNBC-TV broadcasts five NYC TV series, while its digital broadcast channel, WNBC 4.4, airs two NYC TV programs. The city receives approximately four minutes of commercial time per hour to air advertisements, different portions of which are used to run public service announcements, promote NYC TV programming and are sold to sponsors.

Established in 1905 and edited for the global entertainment industry. Provides entertainment decision-makers with breaking news, reviews and domestic and global box office information, as well as in-depth analysis and interpretation. Covers all aspects of film, television, theater, video, music, and new media. Also profiles major companies and personalities in the industry. Well-known for the creation and colorful use of industry insider slang in its writing, such as "legit" for live theater and "bird" for satellite. Regular sections include First Look, Film, Crix' Picks, International Box Office, Box Office Report, Tech, TV, Nielsen Scorecard, Reviews, TV Reviews, Legit, Legit Grosses and V Page. For television-related pitches, contact TV@variety.com.