Company Overview

StatePoint Media, Inc. provides a unique marketing channel specially built to provide clients with guaranteed and favorable newspaper coverage across the U.S. The company's proprietary editorial service allows clients to cost-effectively reach a mass consumer audience with a controlled message, helping them generate brand awareness, attract fundraising, build membership and drive sales.

StatePoint Media differentiates itself in three critical areas:

Service - The only newspaper wire service specially built for consumer brands, non-profits and professional trade associations.

Value - The lowest priced feature story service guaranteed.

Results - Guaranteed and confirmed coverage in newspapers across the U.S.

The company has offices in New York City and Madison, Wisconsin.

Senior Management

StatePoint Media was co-founded by Robert Silverman and Roger Maes. The two have over 30 years of combined experience in the media industry. Silverman oversees the editorial side of the business, while Maes is primarily responsible for sales and marketing. Both share in shaping the strategy and products of the company.

Silverman previously spent several years at NBC, most recently as Vice President of NBC Internet, Inc., and is a former journalist for Variety, Inside Media, Interactive Age, New York, National Journal and others. He has served such clients as The Foreign Ministry of Japan, Western Union, NotifyMe Networks (now AT&T) and EnvoyWorldWide. His writing has appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers and books and he has provided analysis and commentary to CBS News, CNN, The New York Times Syndicate, Reuters, and others.

Maes is a former Vice President of NBC Internet, Inc. and Docent, Inc. He has successfully developed and managed high-impact corporate communications campaigns for Commerce One, Edify, Jupiter Communications, Mattel Media, Philips Media, Tribune Co. and others. His experience includes time spent in media, communications and advertising at such firms as A. Eicoff & Co., an Ogilvy & Mather Company; The Horn Group; and Bender Helper Impact.

Editorial Team

StatePoint Media’s editorial group is composed of a team of seasoned writers and journalists assigned to stories based on their expertise on particular topics. The company’s award-winning writers have had their work published in such industry leading newspapers and magazines as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Times of London, Woman's World, TV Guide, Saveur, Food Arts, Newsday, Tribune News Service and in many other media outlets.