Randy McMullen
Arts & Entertainment Editor·The Mercury News
San Francisco, United States, North America
- Accepts pitches
Covers: Arts · East Bay Times · East Bay Times A And ERecently activeReviewed Aug 2026
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Randy McMullen works as an arts & entertainment editor at The Mercury News and is publicly associated with arts, east bay times and east bay times a and e, working into North America. Artists and publicists reach out when a release genuinely lands in that lane.
Formats
Mercury News · Newspaper
Market
North America · San Francisco
Pitching
Accepts pitches
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- Short. Put the hook in the first two lines.
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- Generic introductions and oversized attachments.
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What does Randy McMullen cover?
Coverage
- Arts
- East Bay Times
- East Bay Times A And E
- Entertainment
Market
- San Francisco
- United States
- North America
Signals
- Accepts pitches
- Professional contact available
- Recently active
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About
Who is Randy McMullen?
Randy McMullen is a San Francisco-based arts & entertainment editor associated with The Mercury News. Their published work centres on Arts, East Bay Times and East Bay Times A And E. Coverage runs through Mercury News and Newspaper. The audience sits primarily in North America. Arts & Entertainment Editor · The Mercury News. Randy McMullen works as a arts & entertainment editor with The Mercury News, based in San Francisco. Randy McMullen is arts & entertainment editor at The Mercury News, based in San Francisco. Virtual Publicist does not yet have enough specific music-coverage evidence to place this profile in a genre or opportunity Collection. The topics that recur across their output are Arts, East Bay Times, East Bay Times A And E, Entertainment and San Francisco, which is what makes them relevant to artists working in those areas. That work appears through Mercury News and Newspaper, so material should be prepared in a form those formats can actually use. Reach concentrates on North America, which matters when timing a release or a tour announcement. Role: Arts & Entertainment Editor. Works at: The Mercury News. Based in: San Francisco, United States, North America. Campaign types: Press Feature. Lead with the story, not a generic introduction.Keep the email short and say in the first two lines why the subject fits Randy's mercury news coverage and the North America market. Attach nothing on the first email — link the music and one page of context. Everything on this page comes from public professional sources and is re-checked when the record changes; no private details are published.
- Role
- Arts & Entertainment Editor
- Works at
- The Mercury News
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States, North America
- Campaign types
- Press Feature
- Territories
- North America, United States
- Languages
- English
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About Randy McMullen
Randy McMullen works as arts & entertainment editor and covers Arts, East Bay Times, East Bay Times A And E and Entertainment. Pitches that sit clearly inside that coverage are the ones worth sending.
Randy McMullen is based in San Francisco, United States, North America. Location matters for timing, local angles and which releases are realistically relevant.
A professional contact route for Randy is stored in Virtual Publicist and available to members. Contact details are never published openly on this page.
Lead with the story, not a generic introduction.Keep the email short and say in the first two lines why the subject fits Randy's mercury news coverage and the North America market. Attach nothing on the first email — link the music and one page of context.
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