HearItFirst Insider

HearItFirst Announces New Streaming Web Show:  The HearItFirst Insider 

Nashville, TN – HearItFirst.com announces the launch of their new streaming web show, THE HEARITFIRST INSIDER.  The site continues to expand its position as the online destination for all things Christian entertainment – music, movies and books – where fans learn the latest Christian entertainment news and watch, hear or read exclusive content.

Watch the HearItFirst Insider at http://www.HearItFirst.com/Insider.  Tune into the HearItFirst Insider to find out what’s coming up each month on HearItFirst.com, see exclusive interviews with artists, find out the latest in the social media world, and watch reviews of upcoming releases. The shows feature the best in Christian music and will be expanding to include authors, films and more in the future. Show segments are hosted by the HearItFirst team including Jamie Young, Ryan Mitchell, and Phil Cobucci. New episodes are available at the beginning of each month.

Since the first show in February, the HearItFirst Insider has featured guests Jimmy Needham, Jaci Velasquez, Adam Cappa, Dave Barnes, Montell Jordan, and the 2012 GMA Dove Award winning New Artist of the Year Jamie Grace along with reviews of Thousand Foot Krutch’s (TFK) independent release “The End Is Where We Begin,” and Britt Nicole’s third release “Gold” among others.

Coming in May, viewers will see outtakes from HearItFirst’s exclusive backstage coverage of the 43rd Annual GMA Dove Awards featuring Tedashi, an exclusive interview with former Petra frontman John Schlitt, a review of Switchfoot’s upcoming remix album “Vice Reverses,” and much more.

The monthly show expands on the entertainment site’s stellar live, streaming events and an ever-growing archive of more than 3,400 exclusive videos featuring interviews with entertainment icons and live music performances.  In recent years, fans have been able to watch intimate acoustic live streams (Brandon Heath, Jonny Diaz, Laura Story, Bebo Norman and Hawk Nelson) as well as major events such as Winter Jam, The United Tour with Steven Curtis Chapman and Michael W. Smith; The Make A Difference Tour with Third Day, TobyMac, Michael W. Smith and Max Lucado, in addition to CD release shows from artists including Casting Crowns and Kari Jobe.

HEAR IT ALL AT HEARITFIRST.COM
Filled with rich content covering the entire Christian entertainment industry, HearItFirst constantly provides fresh, new videos and features from fan favorites such as recording artists TobyMac, Third Day, Casting Crowns, Jeremy Camp, Laura Story, leading authors like Max Lucado and author / screenwriter Donald Miller (“Blue Like Jazz”). HearItFirst also produces a weekly newsletter with more than 170,000 subscribers, who receive at least one free mp3 a week, plus chapter downloads and other exclusive features. With over 3400 videos in their archives, HearItFirst produces more than 100 interviews each year – everyone from Amy Grant, Steven Curtis Chapman, Michael W. Smith, TobyMac, John Schlitt (Petra), Montell Jordan, and Michael Omartian in his studio. HearItFirst is a member of the FrontGate Media, the largest culture-engaged Christian media group.

About FrontGate Media
FrontGate Media (http://FrontGateMedia.com) is the largest internet & event media group and marketing service reaching the culture-engaged faith and family values audience which represents $4.6 billion worth of Christian products purchased by consumers annually according to “USA Today.” The firm has been named the Best Faith-based Website by the Web Marketing Association in the Internet Advertising Competition, and celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2011. The FrontGate Media group creates relationship and reach for organizations and companies to engage their more than 15 million email subscribers, 25 million monthly page views, and 600,000+ attendees at annual events. The media group is #1 in reach to several consumer and leadership demographics in the faith and family values audience including event attendees, entertainment fans, music fans, church musicians and worship leaders, and political conservatives. FrontGate plays a key role in the success of movie studios, non-profit organizations, publishers and authors, record labels and artists and more seeking to engage the Christian audience.

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 For more information on HearItFirst or FrontGate Media, please contact:

Lori Lenz – FrontGate Media
714-553-5181
Lori@FrontGateMedia.com