Tuesday 9th March

About Viva

We supply exclusive celebrity news and interviews to major media outlets worldwide. As well as entertainment content we also represent over 20 professional writers and journalists covering a variety of entertainment fields - from films and fashion to diet and beauty. We also have staff reporters in Los Angeles, New York and London - who are on permanent standby.

EDITORS
Despite our relative youth as a company, we have already established ourselves as a major supplier of entertainment content to world media. We have provided countless covers, features and news items for magazines, newspapers and periodicals in every continent - and our list of clients is growing.

Viva's core service comprises exclusive news and interviews directly from the writer to the client. But we offer much more than this as a fully fledged reporting service with stringers available for commission.

Whether you require the latest news from New York Fashion Week, an interview with Brad Pitt at the Cannes Film Festival or the latest beauty treatment story from Hollywood - call us or get in touch. Keep watching the site for the latest upcoming news too!

WEBSITES
For websites we can offer bespoke packages of news and interviews, please just get in touch or give us a ring to find out how we may help you. It's useful to remember that we can give you exclusive items that have not appeared anywhere and thereby increase your profile and news 'currency'.

WRITERS
For entertainment journalists and writers who may be reading this - please contact us or register if you would like to discuss the possibility of representation - we are always looking for new talent to promote. Why us? Because we pay upfront in the month you sell. No waiting, no hassle.

PRS
We are currently pursuing relationships with film and personal publicists who are looking to access mainstream media worldwide. We can act as a convenient and economic conduit for them and cover a huge swathe of the market in a way that an individual reporter could not. We offer bespoke permutations that comprise newspapers and magazines in most countries. Please contact us for more details about how we can help.

Richard Rees
Editor
Brighton 2008

THE TEAM

RICHARD REES - Editor

Richard Rees has been one of the UK's top press agents for the last ten years. Since that time he has brokered thousands of news stories, interviews and features to most of the world's entertainment magazines and national newspapers.

Richard has particular expertise in the UK market and was one of the first agents to actively represent and syndicate American entertainment journalists to the British Press.

As well as agency work he has also written for publications as diverse as the Literary Review and GQ Magazine. An avid film buff he is also represented by ICM in Hollywood for his screenwriting.

HOLLY DAWSON - Associate Editor

After graduating from the London School of Economics, Holly cut her teeth on B2B journalism as a writer and then editor of several leading international journals. As a freelancer, she has written for a wide variety of magazines and had a number of covers. She has enjoyed work as a music journalist and obituarist, as well as contributing to literary publications.

During a year spent doing aid work in South Africa, Holly taught creative writing to young gang members and has been involved in creative theraputic work with many different vulnerable groups in the UK and overseas. In her spare time she volunteers as a copywriter and publicist for numerous charities and campaigns, and is busy implementing Brighton's 'Get Into Reading' scheme. She has been with Viva Press since 2007.

EMMA BUSSEY - New York Bureau Chief

Emma’s showbiz news career began in 1998 when she freelanced for the entertainment news networks WENN and IRN. She quickly became a regular on the London celebrity party circuit and attended countless film premieres whilst interviewing some of the world's biggest stars. In 2000 Emma began writing for the nationals. Here she succeeded in securing a whole host of front-page exclusives and showbiz scoops, firmly establishing herself in this field. 2002 saw Emma branch out into the magazine arena where she worked closely with a number of top women’s glossies and showbiz weeklies whilst becoming a contributor to New Woman magazine. As well as her editorial work, Emma is busy completing on her third book. More recently she also contributed to a documentary film, which examines the world of celebrity.

Suzanne Ely - LA Bureau Chief

Suzanne has been published extensively as a celebrity and entertainment journalist since the mid 1990’s, after graduating with a master’s degree in journalism from New York University. Suzanne worked as a reporter for the National Enquirer, an editor and bureau chief at Star Magazine and for the past six years, has been working as a freelance journalist covering celebrity news for U.S. as well as U.K. based publications. Suzanne has also written extensively about music, film and pop culture for publications such as USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, TimeOUT, Redbook, Flaunt and Esquire. In addition, Suzanne also teaches undergraduate journalism at Santa Monica College and The New School University.

REBECCA HOWARD - Beauty & Style Editor

Rebecca Howard has been a health & beauty journalist for the last seven years, working for Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and Glamour magazine. In 2005 she left women’s glossies and worked for The Daily Mail as Deputy Editor of the Lifestyle pages.
Since January 2006 she has been a freelance writer contributing to Grazia, The Independent, The Daily Mail and The Wall St Journal’s Style Journal, as well as other luxury title including BA’s Business Life magazine. She also has a weekly fashion column in the purple top, London Lite.
As well as editorial work, she also regularly appears on television for GMTV and Living TV and can currently be seen on the Channel 4 series How to Look Good Naked.