Press Releases, Announcements for ProHipHop & Hip Hop Press

Here's the basic info on getting coverage at ProHipHop and your press release run at Hip Hop Press.

ProHipHop and Hip Hop Press cover hip hop business and relevant music industry and general business news. For the most part, we don't cover R&B or black business news per se, unless it's highly relevant to hip hop. My decisions may seem idiosyncratic at times but I do the best I can, so please don't take it personally.

Please send all news items and press releases to:
hiphoppress(at)netweed(dot)com

Please send personal correspondence, business schemes, links to online coverage, gossip and the like to:
clyde(at)prohiphop(dot)com

If you're not sure, choose one address and send your message there. I'll let you know if I prefer you use the other address.

Please don't send duplicates to both addresses. Seriously.

I have some other suggestions based on actual press releases I've received recently:

A press release has a title, a few paragraphs of text and contact information. It's a classic format that's quite distinct from a letter or a paragraph with some links. If you don't want contact information intended for the press published in an online venue, you should still include a website and email address at the very least.

A press release isn't an ad for your services, it's a timely announcement of a newsworthy event.

If you're doing a follow-up release for an event with some additional information, give it a new title and feature the new information. That's essential because, otherwise, it just looks like you're fishing for extra publicity.

I look forward to getting your press releases and watching you become the superstar that you know you are. Seriously, watching people blow up is a blast and I'm happy to be a part of that in my own small way.