Orange County, CA – FrontGate Media and the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) announced today that an official archive of all ECPA related news and information will be hosted exclusively by FrontGate Media. The FrontGate Media team will be updating the archive weekly with industry press releases as they are featured in ECPA’s Rush to Press and submitted by ECPA member companies. The company has also donated server space for the archive, which provides an ongoing history of ECPA member news releases. The archive can be found at http://www.FrontGateMedia.com/ECPAnews. “Christian publishing news now has an ‘online backlist‘ with one of the foremost media companies,” states ECPA President/CEO Mark Kuyper. “It’s another way that ECPA builds partnerships with other companies in order to bring more awareness to our members and their products. Online searching is a primary tool for information, and now ECPA member news will be more visible and permanent on the web.” “ECPA is one of the best associations I’ve ever been involved with. I’m excited to be able to contribute something to further ECPA’s goals and support their very passionate and integrity-driven team,” states Scott A. Shuford, President of FrontGate Media. About ECPA The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) is an international non-profit trade organization, comprised of nearly 150 member companies worldwide, representing a combined revenue of nearly $2 billion. Founded in 1974, ECPA is dedicated to serving the Christian publishing industry by equipping its members so they can more effectively make the Christian message widely known by building industry awareness and enhancing access to markets, education, expertise, information and peers. For more information about ECPA and their programs, visit www.ecpa.org or contact them at 480-966-3998 or info@ecpa.org. About FrontGate Media FrontGate Media is the largest pop-culture media group & marketing service reaching the faith and family values audience which represents $4.6 billion worth of Christian products purchased by consumers annually according to a recent article in USA Today. The firm will celebrate its 10th Anniversary in 2011. FrontGate Media is an ECPA member, led by founder and president Scott A. Shuford who has been featured in Adweek and other publications, and as a featured speaker or panelist at pop-culture events including the recent 41st annual Comic-Con International, the NAMM Show, the Christian Musician Summits, and the Biola Media Conference. Shuford also writes a regular column for Worship Musician magazine. The FrontGate Media group reaches 15 million email subscribers, 25 million monthly page views, and 600,000+ at annual events. The media group is #1 in reach to several consumer demographics in the faith and family values audience including entertainment fans, music fans, church musicians and worship leaders, youth leaders and youth group kids, and political conservatives. The media group includes The Washington Times, Youth Specialties, iTickets.com, gmc, HearItFirst.com, the Creation Festivals, HollywoodJesus, Human Events, enewsletters from Newt Gingrich & Ann Coulter, RedState, National Review Online, WorshipMusic.com, ChristianGuitar.org, and more. The firm serves as both conduit and coach for brands and companies desiring to reach any and every demographic of faith-based consumers through promotional campaigns within its media group. FrontGate also provides social media services, public relations, merchandise development and mobile giving services. The company has been repeatedly honored by World Vision as their #1 emedia partner, and plays a key role in the success of movie studios, non-profit organizations, publishers and authors, record labels and artists and more seeking “creative & emerging media” outlets.
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