Alberta Publisher to Launch a Media in Alberta Website

On June 1, 2010, Albertans will have a new resource to assist them in delivering media and communications in Alberta. RiverCity Productions, an Edmonton-based company, is now in the final testing phase for mediainalberta.ca, an online portal to all things media related in Alberta.  

When the site is completed, visitors will be able to search the Alberta media database by basic filters such as by city, by owner, etc. Subscribers to the service will be able to drill down to specific records in the database and to specific editors and, as they wish, distribute their news releases directly to the editors, announcers, producers, reporters and marketing managers included in the database.

Having worked in the media for more than thirty years in Alberta, I know how important it is to have an up-to-date media directory. Some people prefer a printed version, some people prefer online. With this new website and the print version which will both be on sale on June 3, 2010, anyone wishing to get the news out to the media in Alberta will have a choice," says Marilyn Jones, publisher of RiverCity Productions, mediamag.ca, the first online magazine published in Alberta, and the publisher and editor of the print and online Alberta media directory.

I've spent the last three years figuring out how to publish and maintain my media list online so that it is easier for me to offer media distribution services for Full Service Subscribers to mediainalberta.ca, as well as offering the community a cost-affordable self-service solution for getting their news out.

Currently, the online media directory includes more than 850 journalists working in Alberta at more than 495 media outlets. Each record includes the phone, fax and email addresses for news editors, show hosts and producers at 121 radio stations, editors and reporters at 204 weekly newspapers, editors at 128 magazines, assignment editors at 26 television stations and section editors and marketing managers at the 20 daily newspapers published in Alberta. 

Print and Online 2010 Alberta Media Directory on Sale June 3, 2010

Subscriptions to mediainalberta.ca and the 2010 Alberta Media Directory in print will be on sale on June 3, 2010. Also, on June 3, artists and nonprofit community organizations in Alberta, along clients of of RiverCity Productions and subscribers to mediainalberta.ca, will be invited to build an online newsroom at newsrooms.ca at no charge during a live workshop in St. Albert. For more information on these publications and services and to register for this event call (780) 695-5675.

See where things are at so far at www.mediainalberta.ca. Check out the sample listings from each of the four sections: radio stations in Alberta, television stations in Alberta, magazines in Alberta and newspapers in Alberta.

Print version: $150 [pdf]

Online version: Self Serve subscriptions start at $300. Full Service subscriptions start at $800.

Until mediainalberta.ca is completed and subscriptions are on sale, you can see more information about our corporate and social media training and media release distribution services at mediamag.ca and more information on our enewsletter and web publishing services at rivercityproductions.ca or give us a call at 780-695-5675.