The Wall Street Journal is considered the most widely-read periodical in the nation's business and investment community. Information in the paper is also distributed to many Dow Jones outlets, including news service and specialized financial and commodity reports. The lead time for feature and news coverage is one day to one week. The lead time for The Wall Street Journal Reports is three to five months, although stories are often developed during the two or three months immediately preceding the issue. The lead time for Marketplace and Enterprise is two months. Deadlines are at 5:30pm ET for in-depth business and Marketplace stories and 3pm ET for shorter stories.

New York Post is a tabloid-format newspaper aimed at the general public in the New York City area. The publication covers local and regional news, business, sports, entertainment, celebrities, fashion and travel.

San Francisco Chronicle is the largest newspaper in northern California and the second largest in the Western United States. It is a regional, daily newspaper with circulation that stretches from the Oregon border to Santa Barbara and includes Silicon Valley. Reporters will agree to an informal verbal non-disclosure if they are confident that either they have the exclusive or that no one else will be reporting the story before they do.

WRAL-TV is the local NBC affiliate for the greater Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina area. The station broadcasts locally on channel 5 and is a sister-station to Raleigh's Fox affiliate, WRAZ-TV. WRAL-TV hit the airwaves in 1956 as an NBC affiliate and switched to ABC affiliation in 1962. The station swapped networks again in 1985, this time with CBS, before returning to NBC in 2016.

Mercury News is a daily newspaper covering Silicon Valley, CA, including Santa Clara County, Southern Alameda County, Southern San Mateo County and Scotts Valley. The paper is read by a large number of high-tech professionals in the area. It serves its readership by presenting a variety of local business news, including many computer company stories and interviews. Coverage also includes news, business, consumer and technology. Consumer coverage includes lifestyles, health, food, fashion, arts & entertainment and travel. In 2016, the San Mateo Times merged with San Jose Mercury News to become Mercury News.The paper's mission is: "We are passionate about serving readers in Silicon Valley and its global electronic community, reporting and writing accurately and fairly, shining a light on injustice and defending the public's right to know. We will reflect the changing demographics of the community in both coverage and hiring, recognizing that diversity is a core component of accuracy. Two stories are central to our mission: the impact of technology and the changing demographic landscape of America. These two stories create powerful connections between our community and others, both domestic and international." It was founded in 1851 as the San Jose Weekly Visitor.** Does not accept freelance book reviews. Most of the reviews are drawn from wire services with a handful every year from staff writers