Americans United Flag Across America: Media Contacts

From: Todd Wissing

Coordinators:

For your convenience, I have organized the list by the states covered by a particular publisher. Many, by the way, also own local television and radio stations as well as magazines. Hit these with press releases every two days.

North Carolina, Texas and California
Freedom Communications
F. 949-555-5555
Email: Mike_Lednovich@link.freedom.com (he will probably respond first time with a more direct link for news, but he is the gate in. You can also go through ocregister@link.freedom.com, but that is direct to only one of their 37 newspapers, tv, interactive media and 19 magazines)

Alabama, La., Ca., MI and 23 other states (USA Weekend as well), 21 local tv and cable
Gannett Co. Inc.
gcishare@info.gannett.com

Georgia
Gray Communications Systems
newspapers and 13 affiliate tv stations
tjstultz@aol.com

Texas
Hartman Newspapers
J. William Hartman Fax 281-555-5555

MI and Texas
Hearst Newspapers (One of the largest media companies in the country, they are matching employees' donations to the relief effort)
HearstNewspapers@hearst.com
HearstBroadcasting@hearst.com
HearstInteractiveMedia@hearst.com

North Carolina, S.C., Georgia and Calif.
Knight Ridder (owns 32 daily and over 23 weeklies, also publishes online). You may wish to go in through their S.C. newspaper, The State, for it is the largest in S.C. (no comment).
state@TheState.com

California and Louisiana
Liberty Group Publishing
Fax 847-555-5555

Fort Worth/Dallas Texas
Lionheart Newspapers (Owns 60 Community Newspapers and 2 dailies. Started by two former ABC/Capital News execs). You could just go in through editor, but connor is one of the execs and as a former newspaperman, he will probably redirect and if he likes, Flag Run, see to it that you get full coverage.
rconnor@lionheartnewspapers.com

N.C., S.C. and Calilfornia
MClatchy Co. (Owns 11 dailies and 13 community newspapers) Looking ahead to S.C., you can tag into them via
editor@islandpacket.com
or fax to
916-555-5555

California
McNaughton Newspapers
editor@davis.com

Virginia and N.C.
Media General
rpendergast@media-general.com

N.M. and California
Media News Group
Fax 303-555-5555

N.C. and S.C.
Mid-South Management Co.
msmprint@aol.com

Georgia
Morris Communications Corp.
hoffman@groupz.net

GA, MI, N.C.
Paxton Media
F. 502-555-5555

Alabama
Scripps Howard Newspapers
F. 513-555-5555

Ala. and Texas
Southern Newspapers
info@sninews.com Some central newspapers

Arizona
Phoenix-Arizona Republic
pam.johnson@pni.com

California
Dessert Sun
dessertsunonline@earthlink.net


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Updated: 11 October 2002
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