Organizations interested in joining the URL Media network must be interested in working with BIPOC owned (if for profit), or BIPOC led (if not for profit) media. We have an inclusive and thorough review process which includes meetings with interested partners for relationship building and sending a questionnaire to learn more about organizations’ audiences, their business models and how URL can support their greatness needs. Factors to be considered in a determination include whether an organization has established community trust, has a demonstrated history of outreach and engagement to BIPOC communities, the size of the organization’s audience, and the quality of its content.

Each partner is required to assign point people for regular communication with URL and other partners on editorial, advertising and general administration.

We hold mandatory, monthly meetings with all our partners on the call. Topics and discussions vary from collaboration opportunities, resource and knowledge sharing, and training. We also may schedule meetings with individual partners as necessary to discuss opportunities for advertising campaigns, special reporting projects or inclusion in grants.

No, we are a non-exclusive network.

Our editorial team rounds up top stories from our partners by monitoring feeds of partner content published to their websites and third-party platforms. We then select content to publish in our newsletters, amplify on social media, and curate for the url-media.com website.

URL also has specific Slack channels for social media, editorial partnerships and newsletter content where our partners can drop content that they would like to be featured on URL channels.

Yes, URL clearly attributes publishers in all uses of partner content.

Under the terms of the network partner agreement that are valid from the date of execution to the end of the calendar year, partners grant URL a worldwide non-exclusive, non- transferable, free-of-charge license to reproduce, distribute, transmit, modify, and publicly display certain pieces of content created by Partner. URL may also sublicense partner content to other partners in the network.

We do have programmatic capabilities, should a deal require those executions. However, we prioritize direct advertising campaigns for URL Media and our partners.

Once a deal has closed and URL’s ad team has confirmed the requirements with the client, we will notify all included campaign partners via URL communication channels to share the campaign requirements and client expectations. We will request media plan information from them and send it to the client for approval. Once approved and the contract w/ client is signed, we will create and send Insertion Orders to partners for review and execution prior to the launch of the campaign.

Payment terms will be stated on each insertion order sent out for the campaigns.

At present, we don’t derive revenue from any outside links that we promote on our site; if this changes in the future, we’ll notify any and all partners affected by the change.

We provide customized proposals based on the needs of the partner and partners within the URL network receive discounted rates for recruitment services. We offer an introductory 30-minute free consultation to determine the best next steps. And we also bundle packages for entry to mid level position searches to make it cost efficient.

Yes, we have a slack channel where partners can post open jobs that they would like to have included in URL’s bi-weekly career newsletter. We provide free advertising for open jobs as a benefit to our partners.

Yes, URL has previously provided funding to partners. We will inform partners of any grant proposal that might include their organization as a named recipient prior to applying for funding.