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Press Release Guidelines

R.Biz Wants Your News!

Send press releases to Rbizeditor@richmond.com or use the upload form below.

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If your press release meets our editorial criteria, we will condense it to a headline and one-two paragraphs. Please provide a URL where you post the press release online so we can link to the full text.

R.Biz evaluates each press release by the following editorial criteria:

What We Like...

  • Hard news based on real business events.
  • News about companies with a significant business presence in the Richmond metropolitan region.
  • News that has a significant impact on business activity in Richmond.
  • Stories that illuminate important market trends.
  • Stories that illuminate emerging market trends.
  • Stories that highlight unusual innovation or creativity.
  • Stories that fall into one the following subject categories:
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Finance
    • Markets
    • Expansions & Relocations
    • Contracts & Partnerships
    • R&D
    • People
    • Trends
    • "Other" is a catch-all where we place lawsuits, labor news, layoffs and other stories.

What We Don’t Like...

  • News that has nothing to do with Richmond.
  • News that has nothing to do with business, finance or the economy.
  • Press releases that are indecipherable to anyone but an expert in your field. No jargon please.
  • Press releases that announce obscure or incremental tweaks to existing products or services.
  • Press releases that are thinly veiled marketing promotions.
  • Accollades.
  • Employee appointments and promotions under the senior executive level.
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