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How to Pitch: The Source

Your tip sheet, straight from the editors

By Matthew L. Nestel – April 17, 2003

Circulation: 500,000
Frequency: Monthly
Special Issues: Summer Music, Power 30, International, Reggae, Sex Issue—plus others

Background: What began 15 years ago as two Harvard students' photocopied newsletter has grown into the leading authority on hip-hop music, culture, and politics. The Source, still owned by founders David Mays and Raymond Scott (the latter better—or at least also—known as the Boston-based rapper Benzino), is now a monthly force to be reckoned with, a respected and admired news source and a powerful player in the contentious hip-hop world. (It's currently fighting ...

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