Keith Curtin

Keith F. Curtin (born 1975) is an American Advertising Professional & Publisher. As of 2006 he is Founding Publisher of urban vanguard Hip Hop Weekly magazine.Dawn Judd, "Keeping Up with Urban Culture", "JWU" (Johnson & Wales University alumni magazine), Issue VII 2007, p. 13–14.]

Background

At Johnson & Wales University (Providence, Rhode Island, United States), Curtin majored in Marketing and graduated with the class of 1999.

After graduation, Curtin was hired by The Phoenix Media Communications Group in Boston, Massachusetts, United States as a National Sales Executive. During his five year tenure with PMCG, Curtin sold national advertising for over 100 alternative newsweeklies like Village Voice, Boston Phoenix, LA Weekly, Chicago New City and many more. Curtin was also involved in selling advertising and sponsorships for The Boston Marathon, Boston Celtics & Boston Bruins magazines.

After 5 years he returned to New York City, and began working for"The Source" , hip hop magazine as National Accounts Director.

In early 2006, The Source was taken over by Black Enterprise and Curtin was tapped by legendary hip hop publisher Dave Mays (Original Founder of The Source) to serve as Publisher and help establish Hip Hop Weekly at its founding. Under Curtin's direction, Hip Hop Weekly broke new ground as the world’s first bi-weekly entertainment news & celebrity lifestyle publication for the culture of hip hop and was named one of the hottest 15 magazine launches of 2006 by minonline.com and mrmagazine.com .

Curtin is currently working on a new book aimed at enterpreneurs and urban marketers: "An Insider's Guide to Urban Nirvana". Planned for 2008, the how-to guide dispels myths and offers career do's and don'ts for young professionals looking to succeed in today's fast-growing urban media culture.

In 2007, Curtin and his mother, longtime PR pro Leigh Curtin and owner of Curtin Communications, formed a specialty media consortium serving both marketing and publicity needs of clients.

Cited for her diverse work in marketing communications, Ms. Curtin has been listed in Who's Who in American Women, and Who's Who in America for three consecutive years. Her agency, Curtin Communications, was formed in 1993, and has served such clients as Pepsi, Avon, Reader's Digest, NBC, ACNielson, and Clinique.

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