Shooting Star Media, Inc.
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Shooting Star Media, Inc. is a media company focused on the world of athletics ( by that, we mean track & field, road racing, cross country running, marathon running and race walking). We publish six magazines plus one contract publishing project, six websites, several catalogs and over a dozen special meet publications or programs per year. We were formed in 1994, ( before that, we published American Athletics, under the name, Pike Creek Press, Inc.). Besides editing, designing, printing and mailing our projects, we also manage a mailing list of coaches, trainers, athletic directors,key players (155,501 CASS certified) that are updated on a weekly basis. Our lists are broken down in 300 plus demographic categories in order for you to reach your targeted market needs.

Shooting Star Media, Inc. is involved in hundreds of events around the U.S., from the Wisconsin Track Coaches Clinic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to the K-Bell Classic In San Jose, California to the USA Outdoor Championships, wherever they may be. Shooting Star Media, Inc. is a proud media sponsor of USA Track & Field, the governing body of our sport and we work with 39 state coaching associations. Our publications, whether they are national, association-based, or regional, are keen observers of the sport culture. At Shooting Star Media, Inc., we try to give you, our readers and our marketers a better understanding of our sport. We celebrate our sports successes and we offer suggestions on how to meet our sports' challenges.

Shooting Star Media, Inc. is also a proud member of the Running Network, LLC, an organization that represents the national advertising sales interest of 34 regional and national specialty running magazines and their associated websites (www.runningnetwork.com). Shooting Star Media, Inc. also works with Host Communications, representing track & field ads for their NCAA Cross Country, Indoor Track and Outdoor Track & Field programs, both regional and national. In 2008, Shooting Star Media, Inc. will also be representing Athletics Weekly, the preeminent European athletics publication, based in England. This site should give you a good feel for our company, our publications and our focus. If you would like any of our rate cards or editorial program, and/or samples of our various programs or catalogs, please email larry.eder@gmail.com or call Group Publisher Larry Eder on his mobile at 608.239.3785.

Our ability and knowledge on how to best utilize the print, electronic, web and direct marketing platforms in this business will not only make your advertising more efficient, but save you money in the process. Our readers want your information and are looking for products to make them better at their favorite sport. Our readers read our publications, newsletters and websites because our our credibility, which is something that comes the old fashion way in this sport-you earn it.

For advertising inquiries, please contact atflistings@gmail.com, or call Adam Johnson-Eder at 608.957.2159, Manager of Special Projects.

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