If you sell a product that helps people stay fit, submit it to Fitness magazine, one of the major magazines concentrating on exercise, health and nutrition information. But don’t expect the editors to simply pick up the glowing pros from your news release. All products are tested, says Jennifer Matarazzo, associate editor of Fitness. She also says it’s important… Read More
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OverTime magazine wants products for gift guide
OverTime (OT) Magazine, the leading business and lifestyle guide for professional athletes, is looking for product pitches for its annual “Holiday Hot List,” which reveals what athletes will be giving and receiving this holiday season. The gifts on the OT Holiday Hot List range from the affordable, to the elite and customizable, and include 10-12… Read More
Pop Star! magazine wants gift items for girls 10-16
If you’re trying to get your product or service in front of girls age 10-16, try pitching to the monthly POP STAR! magazine, with a circulation of 250,000. The Gift List, a subscription-based service that provides contact info for print and broadcast media outlets that are planning gift sections or features, says POP STAR! is slooking for story… Read More
Horticulture magazine wants product info for holiday gift guide
Do you sell the perfect pair of gardening gloves? Or hand-made herb markers that any gardener would be proud to display among the basil and oregano? How about furniture with a garden theme? Or outdoor or patio products with panache? If so, the bimonthly Horticulture magazine (circ. 209,889) wants to know about it for their holiday gift guide to be… Read More
Celebrity, CEO and classic homes news wanted by real estate columnist
Mark Nash, a real estate author and columnist, is writing a syndicated feature titled “Celebrity, CEO & Classic Homes.” He is asking PR professionals and publicists to forward news about these kinds of properties, a project description, and 6 high-resolution photos, to him at Mark.Nash@cbExchange.com Read the articles he has written for Realty Times here.
Freelancer wants leads on Eurpoean cities for kids
One of the “Seven Sisters” women’s magazines, circulation 3.8 million, has asked freelancer Leah Ingram to write a roundup of eight fun European cities to travel to with your kids (toddlers to teens). This is based on a trip she’s planned for her family to visit Edinburgh, Paris and London the last week of July.… Read More
‘Today’ looking for great grandmas, foodies, cheap dates
The “Today” show will be honoring outstanding grandmothers this May and wants you to nominate your favorite grandma. It also wants to hear from Publicity Hounds who live in or near Chicago, Seattle or West Palm Beach and love food. This is for an upcoming series with Giada De Laurentiis, author of “Everyday Italian” and… Read More
MarketBeat in Wall Street Journal a great landing spot for a CEO or business blogger
If you’re dying to get your boss into the Wall Street Journal, add David A. Gaffen, who writes the WSJ’s online news column MarketBeat, to your media list. Getting Quoted, which tracks who the media are citing as sources, says Gaffen quoted 87 different sources, some of them multiple times, in the first 10 days after it was launched on Feb.… Read More
New publicity leads for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day gifts
The Gift List has just posted 75 new “short leads” for Publicity Hounds who want to promote products that would make great gifts for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and graduation. Several of those have deadlines this week. Getting your product mentioned in these guides is often far easier than convincing an editor to feature it in any other… Read More
OverTime magazine needs organizing experts
OverTime Magazine, the business and lifestyle guide for professional athletes, needs sources to write or contribute to a story tentatively titled “Thirteen Ways to Simplify Your Life in 2007.” Think of this as a “Don’t Stress the Small Stuff” for athletes. “We’re looking for writers, authors, experts in mental health, and especially people who work… Read More