New York Magazine covers, analyzes, comments on, and defines the culture, lifestyle, fashion and personalities that drive New York City. It was founded in April 1968 by the editor Clay Felker and the graphic designer Milton Glaser, and was among the first "lifestyle magazines" meant to appeal to both male and female audiences. Geared for an audience that is generally college-educated working professionals, its readership includes both area residents and visitors interested in keeping in touch with local lifestyles. Created to report on and interpret recent events in the New York metropolitan area, it contains news about the city as well as reporting and criticism about restaurants, the arts and entertainment, shopping and services in New York. The publication is comprised of reader letters, opinions, news, features and interviews. Editorial content is broken down as follows: The Intelligencer section features New York people, places and happenings. It includes three subsections; a quick survey of the city’s most important events is included in It Happened This Week; Party Lines is a photo page; and the Competition, which challenges readers to solve New York-specific problems such as designing a new bridge or remaking an urban health club. The Features section showcases the big stories about people, politics, business, the media, food, fashion, crime, culture, real estate, medical issues, parenting, and quality of life issues. The Strategist section is dedicated to inspiring New Yorkers to live well by providing advice in the following subsections: The Best Bet, Mating, The Look Book, Storefront, Market Research, Food, The Everything Guide, Economy of One, Map, Body, Real Estate and Travel. The Culture Pages section gives the low-down on entertainment with subsections on Movies, Theater, Music, Art, Books and TV. The Agenda section at the back of each issue provides succinct listings for things to do. Subsections include Movies, Broadway & Off-Broadway, Art Museums, Galleries, Photography, Special Events, Music & Dance, Nightlife, Readings, Lectures & Panels, Restaurants, Kids and The Word. The final page is reserved for the Artifact section, highlighting current ideas, trends or interesting information reflecting city life. The magazine's website, nymag.com features several off-shoot digital publications including The Cut, Vulture, and Science of Us.

Established in 1967 by Jann Wenner (who still serves as publisher) and music critic Ralph J. Gleason. Geared toward young adults interested in news of popular music, entertainment and the arts, current news events, politics and American culture. Aims "to get our readers the news about who's made it, who's hot and who's on the leading edge." Provides reviews of new music, concerts and movies, technological innovations in audio and video, and interviews with artists, musicians and other pop culture figures. Includes fashion trends and lifestyle pieces, as well as commentary on political, social and legislative issues.

BBC Radio 3 airs classical music, jazz, world music, arts and drama for a nationwide audience, available on 90.2-92.4 FM, Sky TV Channels, DAB and Online.

Founded by Joseph Pulitzer in 1878, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is a daily four-color broadsheet newspaper that covers regional, national, and international news. The platform of the publication, according to Pulitzer, is that it "will always fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, always fight demagogues of all parties, never belong to any party, always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain devoted to the public welfare, never be satisfied with merely printing news, always be drastically independent, never be afraid to attack wrong, whether by predatory plutocracy or predatory poverty." The metro-news section offers comprehensive local and regional news serving St. Charles County, Illinois and metro St. Louis. The front page features a digest summarizing the main news of the day. The Explore section focuses on consumer-oriented travel trends and tips. Other topics covered in the publication include music, travel, theater, arts, food, and books. The publication's staff does not accept unsolicited e-mail attachments due to virus dangers. All calendar and event items should be submitted through http://events.stltoday.com/listings. The outlet offers RSS (Really Simple Syndication). Media Alert | October 2, 2008 The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has combined the Health & Fit and Let’s Eat sections and launched a new section: Eat, Drink, Live. This new section is published on Wednesdays. Deputy Managing Editor Christine Bertelson will oversee the section. Christine can be reached on +1 (314) 340 8348 and cbertelson@post-dispatch.com. Also on the staff of the new section are Food Editor Judith Evans who can be reached on +1 (314) 340 8235 and jevans@post-dispatch.com and Features Reporter Cynthia Billhartz, overseeing health, who can be reached on +1 (314) 340 8114 and cbillhartz@post-dispatch.com

BBC Radio 1 (97-99FM) is a national radio station with a focus on modern popular music and chart hits. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, hip hop and indie. Radio 1 covers festivals, interviews artists, and reaches a national audience of younger listeners (target audience 15-29).