Announcing Releases

Upcoming Announcement Planning

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Release Announcements (Informal)

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Press Releases (Formal)

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Guides to writing Press releases:

• CBS News
• The Gaurdian
• Huffington Post

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Places to Announce

In general, for linux community receives a general informal announcement. However, for formal press channels we use the more formal 3rd-person press release.

Open Source Community (Receive Informal PR)

• [email protected] [0.45 sent]
• [email protected] - must join the list to send (rejon is on)
• SVG.org: [email protected] [0.45 sent]
• svgfaq.org - [email protected]
• svgfoundation.org - michael (at) svgfoundation.org
• cairo list - [email protected] [0.45 sent]
• gnome-list - [email protected] [0.45 sent]
• Scribus List (mrdocs) - [email protected] [0.45 sent]
• osnews.com - http://osnews.com/submit.php [0.45 sent]
• LWN Submission Guide
• W3C SVG Implementations [0.45 sent]
• [email protected] [0.45 sent]
• [email protected] [0.45 sent]
• http://slashdot.org/submit.pl [0.45 sent]
• mozilla svg project
• submit if you have an account: http://svg.org/submitstory/Diary
• http://www.desktoplinux.com/ - http://www.desktoplinux.com/cgi-bin/news_post.cgi
• http://www.svg-cafe.com/ - join and post to news section
• Freshmeat
• gnome footnotes
• scale-a-vector - [email protected]
• http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php/Inkscape

• Art sites
  • clipart-list - [email protected]
  • DeviantART

• kde sites
  • http://dot.kde.org
  • http://kde-look.org
  • http://kde-artists.org

PR: [email protected]

Social Sites

• http://digg.com/
• http://del.icio.us/
• http://technorati.com/wtf
• BLOG IT!!!!

Formal PR Contacts

• prleap - another free pr service
• prbuzz - another free pr service
• openpr - another free pr service
• SBWire offers free press release services to open source projects with the SBWire for Non-Profits program
• nettime-ann - http://www.nettime.org/
• See Kansas City infoZine: http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/5080/
• arts sites? <-- continue looking these up!!!
• news site
• need more magazines
• need more press outlets

Magazines (Get formal PR)

• I've requested where to send PR and how to get our software reviewed from these magazines.

• http://linuxformat.co.uk/ - [email protected]
  • PR: login and submit news via top of page link
• http://linux-magazine.com/ - [email protected] [email protected]
  • PR: [email protected]
  • Product Reviews: coming soon
• http://linuxjournal.com/ - [email protected]
  • PR: [email protected]
  • Product Reviews: Heather Mead, [email protected], http://www.linuxjournal.com/xstatic/advertising/prodreviews
• http://linuxmagazine.com/ - [email protected]
  • PR: ???
  • Product Reviews:
• http://linuxuser.co.uk - http://linuxuser.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=40
  • PR: [email protected]
  • Product Reviews: [email protected]
• http://www.tuxmagazine.com/ - [email protected]
  • PR: ???
  • Product Reviews: http://www.tuxmagazine.com/xstatic/advertising/prodreviews
• http://www.linuxworld.com/ - [email protected] [email protected]

• http://cmykmag.com/
• http://www.computerarts.co.uk/
  • http://www.computerarts.co.uk/contacts
  • PR & Product Reviews: [email protected]
  • Gallery and Exposure: [email protected]
• http://www.layersmagazine.com/

• http://graphicdesign.about.com
• http://graphicssoft.about.com
• http://desktoppublishing.about.com

Other Updates

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkscape Update the 'Features', 'Interface and usability', & 'Versions', also check the other languages and maybe ask for an update on the respective talk page