Free download · May 2026
The Music PR Newsjacking Playbook
The framework, the templates, and the stories that broke big in 2026. The same four-signal scoring NewsJack uses to score 200+ stories every morning, distilled into something you can read in fifteen minutes and use the same day.
What's inside
The four-signal scoring framework
Relevance, urgency, viral potential, first-mover advantage. With weights, quick tests for each, and the formula NewsJack runs.
Eight case studies that worked
Real morning briefings from Jan-May 2026 with the angles that performed. Spotify royalty floor, Resident Advisor cuts, BBC Sounds personalisation, Wrapped 2026 announcement.
Five platform-specific templates
Label news, artist exit, platform change, regulatory or industry-data, viral moment. Drop placeholders, keep structure.
The twelve RSS sources we monitor
Plus a Notion template you can copy in an afternoon. The mechanic isn't the moat — the scoring is.
When newsjacking doesn't work
Three failure modes to avoid. The honest part most playbooks skip.
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Two free files. The PDF prints clean (9 pages, around 18,000 words). The markdown reads in any text editor.
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