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.

Chicago Sun-Times is a daily newspaper offering news from international to local community news, sports, features, editorials, arts & entertainment, business and weather for the Chicago metro area. One of the 10 largest daily newspapers in the United States, the Chicago Sun-Times has won eight Pulitzer Prizes and has been home to such renowned journalists as political commentator Robert Novak, film critic Roger Ebert and sports writer Rick Telander. The newspaper is available throughout the city of Chicago, Illinois and its suburbs. The staff honors news embargoes on a case-by-case basis. The publication does not offer reader service cards.

KTLA-TV is The CW affiliate for the Los Angeles market and broadcasts locally on channel 5. It is available as a superstation via satellite and cable providers in select cities within the southwestern United States and Canada. KTLA-TV debuted in 1947, becoming the first commercial station in California and eighth in the United States. It was initially affiliated with the Dumont Network, and then Paramount Television Network, before becoming independently operated in 1955. KTLA became one of the original affiliates of The WB in 1995, and later changed to The CW when The WB and UPN merged in 2006.

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.

The Kansas City Star is a 80+ page daily, broadsheet newspaper that was founded in 1880 covering local, regional, national and international news. The Star produces a wide range of content, from investigative journalism and government accountability journalism to wall-to-wall coverage from its sports team.