We can get your press release out to California newspapers including College campuses quickly and inexpensively!
Why use the California Press Release Service?
We offer you a means to get your press release out to California newspapers including College campuses quickly and inexpensively!
A press release is the standard means of conveying the basic who, what, where, why and when of your story to the outside world via the news media. Press releases are a great promotional tool to establish a business presence in the marketplace and can hit a home run when accompanied by a current ad campaign. Whether your business is sponsoring a major event, announcing major campaigns, contest winners, launching a new product or hosting a grand opening get the word across the state through California Press Release Service.
Once you are armed with a properly written release, getting press is only a matter of timing, right? Wrong. It is critical for the release to land in the hands of the right people. California Press Release Service connects you with current contacts at 500 daily, weekly and college newspapers.
The California Press Release Service distributes your press releases electronically to 500 California newspaper editors in the state. We maintain an accurate, up-to-date email list of California editors to ensure that your press release is delivered where it needs to go.
Email your news release to elizabeth@cnpa.com
Member newspapers know the press release has been distributed by their association. CNPA has better newspaper contacts than any of our competitors. The newspaper information is taken from our regularly updated membership database.
RATES
Deadline: Monday noon PST
$100 Statewide one page press release up to 400 words
$175 Statewide two page press release up to 600 words
$25 per photo attachment
$125 Expedited one page press release up to 400 words
$200 Expedited two page press release up to 600 words
Order online 24/7 click here or to download a faxable order form click here.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why use the California Press Release Service?
It is a fast, convenient, economical way to deliver your news to 500 daily, weekly and college newspapers all over California. Newspapers are more likely to read press releases sent out by their association.
What format can I send you the press release in?
The acceptable formats are pdf and text or RTF (rich text format).
What are your deadlines?
Our deadline every week is Monday noon PST. However, if you have a press release that needs to go out ASAP, we can send it out at expedited rates.
How soon will you send my press release out?
If we receive your press release on deadline, we will send it out within 24 hours. If you want to specify a particular date or time you must order several days in advance.
How do you send press releases?
Press releases will be sent via e-mail to a database of newspaper editors that we maintain. They will also be posted on our website, www.CaliforniaPressReleaseService.com
Does your contact list include all the newspapers in California?
No, it does however include about 90% of the daily, weekly and college newspapers in California.
What do you guarantee?
Our guarantee only covers distribution of the press release to newspaper contacts in our database.
What makes the California Press Release Service different from your competitors?
We have better contacts in California than any of our competitors. The newspaper contacts are taken from our regularly updated newspaper and college membership database.
How quickly does the media use my press release?
Daily and weekly newspapers may use it within a few days or a couple of weeks. Often the time to see your release in print is based upon two key factors: One - how newsworthy is your event? Two - Is there something else happening in the news that your press release fits in with?
I have additional questions?
Please direct any additional questions you may have to Maria Rodrigues (916) 288-6010 or Elizabeth Graziadei (916) 288-6019.
Press Release Tips
INCREASE THE PROBABILITY OF GETTING THE INK YOU WANT
Here is what newspaper editors are looking for in a press release:
Local angle – the information has to have relevance to the region and its readers
Write a headline – summarize your press release with an appropriate headline
Write in a newsy style – the lead, or first paragraph, should contain information that is newsworthy and catch the editor’s attention – something that is topical, conversational, relevant or of human interest. The rest of the press release should contain essential information (who, what, when, where, why) in short, easy-to-comprehend sentences.
One page – in almost all situations, you should be able to state your message in one page or approximately under 600 words. Be concise. Avoid cliches and excessive description. Keep it simple.
List a contact – your information may raise questions in the editor’s mind, or the editor may want a new quote to personalize the press release. List contact(s), title, daytime phone number (include toll-free number if available) and best time to contact them – ensure these people are willing and able to talk to the media.
Be sure of your facts. A reporter, columnist or editorial writer must be able to depend on you for accurate information.
Clear date – state clearly when the press release may be used, such as “for immediate release” or “for release at 10 a.m. PST June 12”
No advertising – a self-serving press release will be thrown out by newspapers.
When not to issue a press release? Ask yourself "is it truly newsworthy?"
Have a friend read the release to be sure it is interesting, understandable and free of typographical errors and misspellings.
Go easy on quotes.
Press Release Distribution List
Newspapers listed by city
Adelanto, The Adelanto Bulletin
Agoura Hills, Moorpark Acorn
Alameda, Alameda Sun
Alpine,The Alpine Sun
Alturas, The Modoc County Record
American Canyon, American Canyon Eagle
Arcata, North Coast Journal
Arroyo Grande, Times-Press-Recorder
Artesia, Los Cerritos Community News
Atascadero, Atascadero News
Auburn, Auburn Journal
Auburn, The Sentinel
Avenal, The Avenal Progress
Bakersfield, The Bakersfield Californian
Banning, The Record Gazette
Barstow, Desert Dispatch
Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills Weekly
Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Grizzly
Bishop, Inyo Register
Blythe, Palo Verde Valley Times
Brentwood, The Brentwood Press
Burney, The Intermountain News
California City, The Mojave Desert News
Calistoga, Calistoga Tribune
Calistoga, The Weekly Calistogan
Camarillo, The Camarillo Acorn
Camarillo, Ventura County Star
Cambria, The Cambrian
Campbell, Campbell Express
Castro Valley, Castro Valley Forum
Chico, Chico Enterprise-Record
Chico, Chico News & Review
Chino, Chino/Chino Hills Champion
Chula Vista, The Star-News
Claremont, Claremont Courier
Clearlake, Clear Lake Observer American
Cloverdale, The Cloverdale Reveille
Clovis, The Clovis Independent
Coalinga, Coalinga Record
Coronado, Coronado Eagle & Journal
Costa Mesa, Daily Pilot
Covina, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Crescent City, The Daily Triplicate
Crestline, The Alpenhorn News
Culver City, Blue Pacific News
Cypress, Event News
Danville, Danville Weekly
Davis, The Davis Enterprise
Del Mar, Del Mar Times
Dinuba, Dinuba Sentinel
Dixon, Dixon's Independent Voice
Dos Palos, The Dos Palos Sun
El Cajon, The East County Californian
El Centro, Imperial Valley Press
Elk Grove, Elk Grove Citizen
Escondido, North County Times-Escondido/Poway
Eureka, The Eureka Reporter
Eureka, Times-Standard
Exeter, The Foothills Sun-Gazette
Fairfield, Daily Republic
Fall River Mills, Mountain Echo
Fallbrook, North County Times-Fallbrook
Fallbrook, The Fallbrook Village News
Ferndale, The Ferndale Enterprise
Folsom, The Folsom Telegraph
Fontana, Fontana Herald News
Forestville, West County Gazette
Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg Advocate-News
Fort Jones, Pioneer Press
Frazier Park, The Mountain Enterprise
Fremont, The Argus
Fresno, The Business Journal
Fresno, The Fresno Bee
Fresno, Vida en el Valle
Galt, Galt Herald
Gardena, Gardena Valley News
Gilroy, Dispatch
Glendale, Glendale News-Press
Goleta, Valley Voice
Grass Valley, The Union
Gridley, The Gridley Herald
Grover Beach, The Coast News
Gualala, Independent Coast Observer
Gustine, Gustine Press-Standard
Half Moon Bay, Half Moon Bay Review
Hanford, The Hanford Sentinel
Healdsburg, The Healdsburg Tribune
Hemet, The Valley Chronicle
Hesperia, Hesperia Resorter
Highland, Highland Community News
Hollister, Free Lance
Holtville, Holtville Tribune
Hughson, Hughson Chronicle
Idyllwild, Idyllwild Town Crier
Incline Village, North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
Inglewood, California Crusader News
Irvine, Irvine World News
Jackson, Amador Ledger-Dispatch
Julian, Julian News
Kerman, The Kerman News
King City, King City Rustler
La Cañada, La Cañada Outlook
La Cañada Flintridge, La Cañada Valley Sun
La Jolla, La Jolla Light
Lake Arrowhead, Mountain News
Lake Isabella, Kern Valley Sun
Lakeport, Lake County Record-Bee
Las Vegas, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas, Las Vegas Sun
Lincoln, Lincoln News Messenger
Livermore, The Independent
Lodi, Lodi News-Sentinel
Long Beach, Grunion Gazette
Long Beach, Press-Telegram
Los Altos, Los Altos Town Crier
Los Angeles, Boulevard Sentinel
Los Angeles, L.A. Watts Times
Los Angeles, Los Angeles Daily Journal
Los Angeles, Los Angeles Downtown News
Los Angeles, Los Angeles Garment & Citizen
Los Angeles, Los Angeles Sentinel
Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, Metropolitan News-Enterprise
Los Angeles, Wave Newspapers Group
Los Banos, Los Banos Enterprise
Lucerne Valley, The Leader
Madera, Madera Tribune
Malibu, The Malibu Times
Mammoth Lakes, The Mammoth Times
Manhattan Beach, The Beach Reporter
Manteca, Manteca Bulletin
Manteca, The Sun Post
Marina del Rey, The Argonaut
Mariposa, Mariposa Gazette
Marysville, Appeal-Democrat
Menlo Park, The Almanac
Merced, Merced Sun-Star
Milpitas, Milpitas Post
Modesto, The Modesto Bee
Monterey, The Monterey County Herald
Morgan Hill, Morgan Hill Times
Morro Bay, The Bay News
Mount Shasta, Mount Shasta Herald
Mountain View, Mountain View Voice
Napa, The Napa Valley Register
National City, La Prensa San Diego
Needles, Needles Desert Star
Novato, Marin Independent Journal
Novato, Novato Advance
Oakdale, The Oakdale Leader
Oakhurst, Sierra Star
Oakland, The Oakland Tribune
Ojai, Ojai Valley News
Ontario, City News
Oroville, Oroville Mercury-Register
Pacific Palisades, Palisadian-Post
Palm Springs, The Desert Sun
Palmdale, Antelope Valley Press
Palo Alto, Palo Alto Daily News
Palo Alto, Palo Alto Weekly
Paradise, Paradise Post
Paramount, The Paramount Journal
Pasadena, Pasadena Weekly
Pasadena, Star-News
Paso Robles, Paso Robles Press & Gazette
Petaluma, Petaluma Argus-Courier
Placerville, Mountain Democrat
Pleasanton, Pleasanton Weekly
Pleasanton, The Valley Times
Point Reyes Station, Point Reyes Light
Porterville, Porterville Recorder
Portola, Portola Reporter
Poway, Poway News Chieftain
Quincy, Feather River Bulletin
Ramona, Ramona Sentinel
Rancho Cordova, The Grapevine Independent
Red Bluff, Red Bluff Daily News
Redding, Record Searchlight
Redlands, Redlands Daily Facts
Redway, The Independent-Garberville
Reedley, Reedley Exponent
Reno, Reno Gazette-Journal
Richmond, West County Times
Ridgecrest, The Daily Independent
Ripon, Ripon Record
Riverside, Black Voice News
Riverside, The Press-Enterprise
Rocklin, Placer Herald
Rohnert Park, The Community Voice
Rolling Hills Estate, Palos Verdes Peninsula News
Roseville, The Press-Tribune
Sacramento, Sacramento News & Review
Sacramento, Senior Spectrum
Sacramento, The Sacramento Bee
Salinas, The Salinas Californian
San Andreas, Calaveras Enterprise
San Bernardino, The Business Press
San Bernardino, The Sun
San Clemente, San Clemente Times
San Diego, Beach & Bay Press
San Diego, Metropolitan Magazine
San Diego, San Diego Voice & Viewpoint
San Diego, The Daily Transcript
San Diego, The Peninsula Beacon
San Diego, The San Diego Union-Tribune
San Francisco, Catholic San Francisco
San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Guardian
San Francisco, San Francisco Business Times
San Francisco, San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco, SF Weekly
San Francisco, The Examiner
San Francisco, The Recorder
San Francisco, The Sun Reporter
San Jose, Almaden Resident
San Jose, Almaden Times Weekly
San Jose, Los Gatos Weekly-Times
San Jose, Metro-Silicon Valley
San Jose, San Jose Mercury News
San Leandro, San Leandro Times
San Luis Obispo, Central Coast Sun Bulletin
San Luis Obispo, The Tribune
San Marcos, North County Times-San Marcos
San Marino, San Marino Tribune
San Mateo, San Mateo County Times
San Mateo, San Mateo Daily Journal
San Rafael, Pacific Sun
Sanger, Sanger Herald
Santa Ana, The Orange County Register
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Independent
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara News-Press
Santa Clarita, The Santa Clarita Signal
Santa Cruz, Good Times
Santa Cruz, Metro-Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Sentinel
Santa Maria, Santa Maria Sun
Santa Maria, Santa Maria Times
Santa Monica, Santa Monica Daily Press
Santa Rosa, North Bay Bohemian
Santa Rosa, The Press Democrat
Seal Beach, Leisure World Golden Rain News
Seal Beach, Seal Beach-Rossmoor-Los Alamitos-Huntington Harbor Sun
Seaside, Monterey County Weekly
Selma, The Selma Enterprise
Shingletown, The Ridge Rider News
Sonoma, The Sonoma Index-Tribune
Sonoma, The Sonoma Valley Sun
Sonora, The Union Democrat
South Lake Tahoe, Tahoe Daily Tribune
Springville, Southern Sierra Messenger
St. Helena, St. Helena Star
Stockton, The Record
Studio City, Studio City Sun
Susanville, Lassen County Times
Tahoe City, Tahoe World
Tehachapi, Tehachapi News
Temecula, North County Times-The Californian
Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks Acorn
Tiburon, The Ark
Toluca Lake, The Tolucan Times
Torrance, Daily Breeze
Tracy, Tracy Press
Truckee, Sierra Sun
Tulare, Tulare Advance-Register
Twentynine Palms, The Desert Trail
Ukiah, Ukiah Daily Journal
Vacaville, The Reporter
Vallejo, Times-Herald
Ventura, Ventura County Reporter
Victorville, Daily Press
Visalia, Visalia Times-Delta
Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Sun
Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Times
Watsonville, Watsonville Register-Pajaronian
West Sacramento, News-Ledger
Whittier, The Daily News
Willits, The Willits News
Willows, Sacramento Valley Mirror
Wilton, River Valley Times
Winters, The Winters Express
Woodland, The Daily Democrat
Woodland Hills, Daily News
Yreka, Siskiyou Daily News
Yucaipa, Yucaipa News Mirror
Yucca Valley, Hi-Desert Star
Colleges listed by College name
American River College, Sacramento
American River Current
Antelope Valley College
Examiner
Bakersfield College
The Renegade Rip
Butte College
The Roadrunner
Cal Poly-Pomona
The Poly Post
California Baptist University
The Banner
California Lutheran University
The Echo
California Polytechnic State University
Mustang Daily
Cerritos College
Talon Marks
Chabot College
Chabot Spectator
Chaffey College
The Breeze
Chapman University
The Panther
Citrus College
Clarion
City College of San Francisco
The Guardsman
College of San Mateo
The San Matean
College of The Canyons
The Canyon Call
College of The Desert
The Chaparral
College of The Sequoias
The Campus
Contra Costa College
The Advocate
Cosumnes River College
Cosumnes Connection
CSU Bakersfield
The Runner
CSU Chico
The Orion
CSU EAST BAY
The Pioneer
CSU Fresno
The Collegian
CSU Fullerton
Daily Titan
CSU Long Beach
Daily Forty-Niner
CSU Northridge
Daily Sundial
CSU Sacramento
The State Hornet
Cuesta College
The Cuestonian
Cypress College
The Cypress Chronicle
Diablo Valley College
The Inquirer
East Los Angeles College
Campus News
El Camino College
The Union
Gavilan Community College
The Rambler
Golden West College
The Western Sun
Humboldt State University
The Lumberjack
Laney College
Laney Tower
Las Positas College
The Express
Long Beach City College
Viking
Los Angeles Harbor College
Harbor Tides
Los Angeles Pierce College
Roundup
Los Medanos College
The Experience
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles Loyolan
Mills College
The Mills College Weekly
Modesto Junior College
Pirates' Log
Moorpark College
The Reporter
Ohlone College
The Monitor
Orange Coast College
Coast Report
Palomar Community College
The Telescope
Pasadena City College
CC Courier
Riverside City College
Viewpoints
Sacramento City College
The Express
Saddleback College
Lariat
San Bernardino Valley College
The Arrowhead
San Diego City College
City Times
San Diego Mesa College
The Mesa Press
San Diego State University
The Daily Aztec
San Francisco State University
Golden Gate [X]Press
San Joaquin Delta College
The Impact
San Jose City College
The Times
San Jose State University
Spartan Daily
Santa Ana College
el Don
Santa Barbara City College
The Channels
Santa Clara University
The Santa Clara
Santa Monica College
Corsair
Santa Rosa Junior College
The Oak Leaf
Shasta College
The Lance
Skyline College
The Skyline View
Solano College
The Tempest
Sonoma State University
Sonoma State Star
Southwestern College
The Sun
Stanford University
The Stanford Daily
UC Berkeley
The Daily Californian
UC Davis
The California Aggie
UC Riverside
The Highlander
UC San Diego
UCSD Guardian
UC San Francisco
Synapse
UC Santa Barbara
Daily Nexus
UC Santa Cruz
City on a Hill Press
UCLA
The Daily Bruin
University of La Verne
Campus Times
University of Redlands
The Bulldog Weekly
Victor Valley College
Ram Page
Westmont College
The Horizon
Whittier College
Quaker Campus
Yuba College










