USA Today is a national, general interest newspaper covering consumer-driven and general interest topics. There are many trend stories and profiles, as well as news from around the world. Coverage also includes business, technology, entertainment, travel, movie and book reviews, television, food, fashion, health and sports. The paper is broken down into the sections News, Money, Sports, Life, Travel, Tech and Weather. It also makes heavy use of color and graphics. Lead times vary for departments and reporters. The ad rates in their media kit are based on modular sizes. Editors and reporters honor non-disclosure agreements on a case-by-case basis. They also publish an e-Edition copy of the print publication and a Saturday-Sunday e-edition called USA Today EXTRA. It was founded in 1982. As of fall 2010, the paper underwent a staff and content restructuring with a push towards developing content towards platforms other than print, such as mobile device applications and other digital formats. Newly-designed content rings consist of the sections Your Life, Travel, Breaking News, Investigative, National, Washington/Economy, World, Environment/Science, Aviation, Personal Finance, Autos, Entertainment, and Tech. The Your Life section provides information on health and well-being and runs Monday through Thursday, featuring a different theme each day: Mondays focus on "thrive" issues and cover preventive health and fitness and also include inspirational and motivational features; Tuesdays feature "care" topics including parenting, care-giving, volunteering and philanthropy; Wednesdays highlight "nourish" issues such as diet and nutrition; and Thursdays focus on "shine" topics such as beauty, grooming, self confidence, life management and personal achievement. Other Information:USA Today DOES review books, contact the Bookshelf Editor.Awards:2015 - Online Media Awards, Best Campaigning/Investigative Journalism: Fugitives Next Door (winner)2014 - Online Media Awards, Best Specialist Site for Journalism: Behind the Bloodshed: The Untold Story of America's Mass Killings (winner)2013 - Online Media Awards, Best Campaigning / Investigative Journalism: for Ghost Factories (nominated)The outlet offers RSS (Really Simple Syndication).

The Boston Globe focuses on news for the general public in the New England area as well as state, national and international news. Other coverage areas include business, healthcare, technology, features, lifestyle, arts and sports. There is also an emphasis on regional and suburban coverage. Lead times vary depending on the department. The staff won a 2003 Pulitzer prize for public service. The paper does not publish a Holiday Gift Guide. Regular sections and features include:- Main News- Metro- Entertainment and Lifestyle- Sports- Opinion & Editorial- Business & Money- Money & Markets** Accepts book reviews, contact the Books EditorThe outlet offers RSS (Really Simple Syndication).

Philadelphia Inquirer is a broadsheet newspaper written for residents in the Philadelphia area. It covers local, national and international news, as well as local zoned coverage of the suburbs and surrounding regions, business, technology, features, entertainment and sports. The paper won a 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism. The black and white advertising rate is a combination rate for this paper and the Philadelphia Daily News. Calendar listings are handled through a third party company, Event Source. The outlet offers RSS (Really Simple Syndication).

NBCNews.com provides breaking news and business stories throughout the day, in addition to in-depth features and reporting on a wide range of current events, news, and public affairs topics. Topics on the site are divided into the following sections: News, which includes international news, United States news, politics, environment, crime and punishment, education, and special coverage; Business, which includes general business news, stock markets, small business, automotive news, e-commerce, telecommunications, local news and personal finance; Sports, which includes all major sports; Health, which includes the latest health news, men's health, women's health, wellness, fitness, nutrition, cutting edge research and medical ethics; Tech/Science, which includes games, gadgets, software bugs, space, hackers and viruses, technology policy and Internet portals; Entertainment, which includes coverage of television, books, art, music, travel and entertainment news; Travel, which includes family, home, leisure travel, budget travel, and business travel; TV News, which offers news on various television shows, such as Nightly News, Dateline, Meet the Press and Hardball with Chris Matthews; Opinions, which features columnists from MSNBC as well as Slate.com; and Weather. The site also offers a digital stream of NBC Nightly News which includes the same version seen on local stations with additional breaking news updates. Past shows are also archived on the site.The outlet offers a digital Podcast.

CNBC offers in-depth and breaking news coverage, focusing on politics, business, finance and entertainment. Programming includes live ongoing coverage of daily stock market activity, breaking business news, and in-depth interviews with top business analysts and executives. The network also features an extensive array of talk-based entertainment programming featuring prominent celebrity guests and business leaders.PR professionals should be aware that CNBC typically covers only publicly-traded companies worth over 500 million dollars, the exception being a smaller company that is somehow directly related to a major national or international news story. Send press releases to the CNBC assignment desk or to the producer of the appropriate CNBC program. Due to the volume of information received, non-breaking news pitches are rarely taken over the phone. In May 2006, NBC News made segments of CNBC specials available for downloading on iTunes.The network has 9,500,000 monthly viewers in US and Canada.Media Alert: June 17, 2010CNBC is now broadcasting live from Bahrain, a new editorial hub in the Middle East. The hub will coordinate and produce business and financial newsgathering from the Middle East, with a studio and production facility linked to CNBC’s global network. Editorial enquiries can be directed to Yousef Gamal El-Din, the Anchor in the Bahrain studio. He can be reached at yousef.gamalel-din@cnbc.comMedia Alert: December 9, 2009The winners of the 7th Annual Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting were announced this week in a luncheon at Fordham University in New York City. In addition, the Lifetime Achievement Award in Business & Financial Reporting was presented to Paul Kangas, Anchor and Financial Commentator for PBS’ Nightly Business Report, and Linda O’Bryon, the founder of NBR and now Chief Content Officer of Northern California Public Broadcasting.Media Alert: December 8, 2008CNBC has placed its nighttime program The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, which launched in 2004, on hiatus. The show, which has focused on entrepreneurial strategies and stories of success in business, has not been cancelled. Terry Murphy is the program’s Executive Producer. She can continue to be reached on +1 (201) 735 2639.