Covers, analyzes, comments on and defines the culture, lifestyle, fashion and personalities that drive New York City. It was founded in April 1968 and is published by New York Media Holdings, LLC, a division of Wasserstein & Co. 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.

WBEZ-FM is a non-commercial station owned by Chicago Public Media Inc. The format of the station is talk and news. WBEZ-FM broadcasts to the Chicago area at 91.5 FM. WBEZ-FM's slogan is "Chicago Public Media." The target audience of the station is adults, ages 18 to 64. While the station does not sell advertising spots, corporate sponsorship and underwriting opportunities are available. For information on corporate sponsorships, call (312) 832-3338. For information on underwriting, call (312) 832-3407. Send press releases to the news department via fax or mail. The station has a metro desk, education desk, newscast desk, and all pitches should be directed in this fashion to the appropriate niche, or beat. Segments that sound like reports on the air come from these desks, whereas conversations and interviews are coming from shows, and their respective hosts and producers. The station offers a digital Podcast.

Devoted largely to reporting and analyzing national and international affairs, politics, education, business, health, science, technology and social trends. Timely, informative and compelling features focus on money medicine, culture, home, investing, education, travel and other valuable topics to help readers live and work smarter. The magazine went to an online-only format in January 2011.Media Alert: November 22, 2010U.S. News & World Report is going digital in 2011 but will continue to produce newsstand-only special topic issues, such as its college, hospital and personal finance guides. Any questions can be directed to Editor, Brian Kelly at bkelly@usnews.comMedia Alert: May 5, 2010U.S. News & World Report has recently launched Best Funds, a new mutual fund research portal featuring the proprietary U.S. News Mutual Fund Score. Best Funds aggregates fund reviews and ratings from around the web to help find the best fund for investors. Kirk Shinkle is the primary contact for the report and can be reached on +1 (202) 955 2096 and mutualfunds@usnews.com. You can also follow Best Funds on Twitter at www.twitter.com/usnews_funds

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.

Discusses arts and entertainment topics. Includes posts on breaking culture news about music, movies, theatre and celebrities. Additionally offers television show recaps. The fundamentals of working with bloggers are the same as with traditional journalists at traditional media outlets: respect their schedules; take time to read their material to learn their interests; and only contact them if/when they want to be contacted. You will also find that if a blogger is a journalist for another outlet(s), Cision tracks their contact preferences there as well.