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Effective Date: January 1, 2026
Last Updated: January 1, 2026

Welcome to HLMmedia.com. These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the HLMmedia website, content, features, communications, and services.

By visiting, accessing, browsing, or otherwise using HLMmedia.com, you agree to these Terms of Use and acknowledge our Privacy Policy and Disclaimer. If you don’t agree with these terms, please don’t use the website.

1. About HLMmedia

HLMmedia is a marketing and media publication covering emerging and established musicians, artists, producers, executives, actors, tastemakers, entertainment news, interviews, culture, brands, and premium products.

Our coverage may include:

News and original editorial content
Interviews and profiles
Curated features
Music, product, and entertainment coverage
Promotional features
Sponsored interviews and posts
Branded content
Advertising
Content creation and marketing partnerships

Some content may be produced through a paid, sponsored, gifted, promotional, or collaborative relationship. HLMmedia will use labels such as “Paid Feature,” “Sponsored Interview,” “Promotional Feature,” “Sponsored,” or similar wording when appropriate.

2. Eligibility

You may use HLMmedia.com only if you can legally agree to these Terms of Use.

Individuals under 18 may browse the website but shouldn’t purchase services, submit contractual materials, or enter into an agreement with HLMmedia without the involvement and authorization of a parent, legal guardian, manager, or other adult legally authorized to act on their behalf.

The website isn’t directed to children under 13.

3. Editorial Independence and Discretion

HLMmedia retains editorial and creative control over all content published on the website unless a separate written agreement expressly states otherwise.

HLMmedia may, at its discretion:

Accept or reject a pitch, submission, interview, or feature
Determine whether a subject is appropriate for the publication
Select headlines, images, captions, excerpts, and formatting
Edit material for length, clarity, grammar, style, accuracy, or legal concerns
Schedule, postpone, update, correct, archive, unpublish, or remove content
Determine where and how content appears on the website
Promote content through social media or other channels
Decline requested language, claims, links, images, or creative direction
End communication regarding a submission or proposed feature

Submitting materials, participating in an interview, or contacting HLMmedia doesn’t guarantee coverage, publication, placement, promotion, approval, or a response.

A featured individual or organization doesn’t have the right to control HLMmedia’s independent editorial opinions or require the removal of accurate, lawful, newsworthy, or editorially relevant content.

4. Paid Interviews and Promotional Services

HLMmedia may offer paid interviews, promotional features, sponsored content, advertising, content creation, branded partnerships, and related marketing services.

All payments for HLMmedia services must be made directly to HLMmedia through an approved payment method.

HLMmedia writers, contributors, editors, contractors, and interviewers are compensated by HLMmedia. They aren’t authorized to collect separate payments directly from artists, publicists, managers, brands, interview subjects, or other organizations for HLMmedia services.

Anyone who receives a payment request that appears inconsistent with this policy should contact HLMmedia at hlm.submissions@gmail.com before making payment.

Payment covers only the services and deliverables stated in the applicable written agreement, invoice, order confirmation, or proposal.

Unless expressly stated in a separate written agreement, payment doesn’t guarantee:

A favorable review or opinion
Approval of every proposed statement or claim
A particular headline or article format
A particular publication date
Homepage placement
Permanent publication
A minimum number of readers, views, clicks, impressions, or engagements
Search-engine ranking
Social-media reach
Music streams, ticket sales, followers, customers, leads, or revenue
Media attention, industry recognition, career advancement, or other results

Specific payment, refund, revision, cancellation, rescheduling, publication, and usage-rights terms will be stated in the applicable written agreement.

If a separate written agreement conflicts with these Terms of Use, the separate agreement will control only with respect to the subject matter it specifically addresses.

5. Sponsored and Promotional Content

HLMmedia may receive money, products, services, travel, access, or other benefits in connection with certain content.

Paid or materially supported content may be identified using wording such as:

Paid Feature
Sponsored Interview
Promotional Feature
Sponsored
Presented by
In Partnership With
Brand Partner

A commercial relationship doesn’t give a sponsor access to HLMmedia reader information or unrelated client information.

Sponsored participation also doesn’t grant ownership of HLMmedia’s website, audience, brand, editorial systems, or content unless a written agreement specifically states otherwise.

HLMmedia intends for paid and sponsored content to be identified clearly where appropriate. The FTC advises publishers and advertisers to make native advertising disclosures clear and prominent from the perspective of a reasonable reader.

6. Submissions

HLMmedia may accept submissions from artists, musicians, publicists, managers, record labels, brands, companies, writers, photographers, and other individuals or organizations.

Submissions may include:

Music
Streaming links
Videos
Photographs
Artwork
Logos
Biographies
Press releases
Story pitches
Interview responses
Product information
Event information
Quotes
Audio recordings
Social-media links
Other editorial or promotional materials

Submissions may be sent to hlm.submissions@gmail.com or through another communication method authorized by HLMmedia.

By submitting materials, you represent and warrant that:

You are authorized to submit them.
The information you provide is accurate to the best of your knowledge.
The submission doesn’t violate another person’s copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, confidentiality, contractual, or other legal rights.
The submission doesn’t contain unlawful, fraudulent, knowingly false, threatening, defamatory, or malicious material.
You have obtained any permissions, licenses, releases, or approvals needed for HLMmedia to use the submitted materials as contemplated by the submission.
You aren’t submitting private or confidential information that HLMmedia hasn’t agreed in writing to protect.

HLMmedia isn’t required to review, respond to, return, preserve, publish, or delete a submission except as required by applicable law or a separate written agreement.

Please retain your own copies. HLMmedia isn’t responsible for lost, corrupted, deleted, or inaccessible submission materials.

7. Permission to Use Submitted Materials

You retain any copyright ownership you legally hold in materials you submit.

However, when you voluntarily provide materials for consideration, an interview, an approved feature, or a promotional project, you grant HLMmedia a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to review, store, reproduce, edit, format, display, publish, distribute, excerpt, archive, and promote those materials in connection with:

Evaluating the submission
Producing the applicable article, interview, video, or feature
Publishing the content on HLMmedia.com
Promoting the content through HLMmedia’s social-media and distribution channels
Creating reasonable excerpts, previews, thumbnails, or promotional materials
Maintaining HLMmedia’s editorial archive

This license doesn’t transfer your underlying ownership to HLMmedia.

Any broader licensing, advertising, syndication, commercial reuse, exclusivity, or ownership rights may be addressed in a separate written agreement.

You may contact HLMmedia before submitting materials if you require different usage terms. HLMmedia isn’t bound by proposed restrictions unless it expressly accepts them in writing.

8. Interviews, Quotes, and Recordings

HLMmedia may conduct interviews through email, telephone, video conference, written questionnaire, recorded audio, recorded video, or in-person conversation.

Interview participants should assume that information shared for an interview may be considered for publication unless the parties agree otherwise before the information is provided.

By voluntarily participating in an authorized interview, you permit HLMmedia to:

Record the interview when notice or consent is provided as appropriate
Transcribe the interview
Quote or summarize your statements
Edit statements for clarity, grammar, style, accuracy, and length without intentionally changing their meaning
Publish excerpts from the interview
Use your professional name, approved biography, likeness, voice, title, and submitted promotional assets in connection with the feature
Promote the resulting content through HLMmedia’s channels
Retain the interview and related materials for editorial, legal, historical, and archival purposes

Participants are responsible for avoiding the unauthorized disclosure of confidential, private, proprietary, defamatory, embargoed, or legally restricted information.

Unless HLMmedia agrees otherwise in writing, participation doesn’t give an interview subject final approval over the headline, editing, layout, excerpts, publication timing, or finished content.

HLMmedia may consider reasonable factual corrections but isn’t required to accept requested opinions, promotional claims, preferred wording, or creative changes.

9. User Conduct

You agree not to use HLMmedia.com to:

Violate any applicable law or regulation
Infringe copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, contractual, or other rights
Copy, scrape, republish, reproduce, or commercially exploit HLMmedia content without authorization
Impersonate HLMmedia, an HLMmedia representative, or another person
Falsely claim that a payment request, partnership, interview, or feature is authorized by HLMmedia
Introduce viruses, malicious code, automated attacks, or harmful technology
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website, server, analytics, accounts, or administrative systems
Interfere with the website’s operation or security
Collect information about other visitors without authorization
Use bots, crawlers, scrapers, or automated tools in a way that burdens, damages, or commercially exploits the website
Submit knowingly false, fraudulent, defamatory, threatening, abusive, obscene, or unlawful material
Use HLMmedia’s name, trademarks, branding, content, or reputation to mislead others
Suggest an endorsement, partnership, employment relationship, or affiliation that HLMmedia hasn’t authorized
Circumvent restrictions intended to protect the website or its content

HLMmedia may restrict access, block users, preserve relevant records, or take other reasonable action in response to suspected misuse.

10. HLMmedia Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, HLMmedia or its licensors own the rights in the website and its original content, including:

Articles
Interviews
Headlines
Editorial text
Videos
Graphics
Logos
Branding
Page designs
Original photographs
Audio
Compilations
Databases
Social-media promotional materials
Selection, arrangement, and presentation of content

These materials are protected by copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws.

You may access HLMmedia content for personal, informational, and noncommercial use.

You may share links to publicly available HLMmedia pages and quote limited excerpts for legitimate commentary, criticism, reporting, or other lawful purposes when appropriate attribution and a link to the original content are provided.

Without written permission, you may not:

Republish an entire HLMmedia article
Copy or reproduce HLMmedia videos, interviews, graphics, or photographs
Remove copyright, credit, or attribution information
Sell, license, syndicate, translate, or commercially distribute HLMmedia content
Create misleading edited versions of HLMmedia content
Use HLMmedia content to train, populate, or support a commercial database, publication, service, or automated content product
Use the HLMmedia name or branding in a way that suggests authorization or endorsement

Permission requests may be sent to hlm.submissions@gmail.com.

11. Copyright Complaints

HLMmedia respects intellectual-property rights.

A copyright owner or authorized representative who believes content on HLMmedia.com infringes a protected work may contact hlm.submissions@gmail.com and provide:

The claimant’s name and contact information
Identification of the copyrighted work
Identification and location of the allegedly infringing material
A statement explaining why the use isn’t authorized
A statement that the information supplied is accurate
Confirmation that the sender is the copyright owner or authorized to act for the owner
A physical or electronic signature

HLMmedia may request additional information before acting on a complaint.

HLMmedia may remove, disable, preserve, or restore material when reasonably appropriate, but receipt of a complaint doesn’t constitute an admission of infringement or wrongdoing.

This section provides a general copyright-reporting process. It doesn’t represent that HLMmedia has completed registration of a designated DMCA agent.

Formal eligibility for certain protections under Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act can involve publicly listing a designated agent and registering that agent with the U.S. Copyright Office. The Copyright Office describes both steps as part of the designation process.

12. Trademarks

HLMmedia’s name, logo, slogans, visual identity, and related branding may be trademarks or protected source identifiers belonging to HLMmedia.

Nothing on the website grants permission to use HLMmedia branding without prior written approval.

Names, logos, products, and trademarks belonging to artists, labels, companies, platforms, or other third parties remain the property of their respective owners.

References to third-party marks are made for identification, commentary, reporting, editorial, or promotional purposes and don’t necessarily imply endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation.

13. Third-Party Content and Statements

HLMmedia may publish statements, opinions, claims, submissions, quotes, or materials provided by:

Interview subjects
Artists
Writers
Contributors
Publicists
Record labels
Managers
Brands
Executives
Advertisers
Sponsors
Other third parties

The views expressed by these individuals and organizations are their own and don’t necessarily represent the views of HLMmedia.

HLMmedia may review or edit third-party material but doesn’t guarantee that every statement is accurate, complete, lawful, current, or free from error.

The person or organization providing material remains responsible for its claims, representations, permissions, and conduct.

14. Product and Service Coverage

HLMmedia may cover, feature, review, discuss, or link to products, services, music, artists, events, companies, venues, travel experiences, or entertainment offerings.

Coverage doesn’t automatically constitute an endorsement, warranty, or recommendation.

Descriptions, availability, features, prices, event details, release dates, and third-party terms may change without notice.

Before making a purchase, attending an event, signing an agreement, or relying on a third-party claim, you should independently evaluate the information and review the provider’s current terms.

HLMmedia isn’t a party to transactions between readers and third-party businesses unless expressly stated otherwise.

15. External Links and Embedded Content

HLMmedia.com may link to or embed content from third-party websites and platforms, including:

YouTube
Vimeo
Spotify
Apple Music
SoundCloud
Instagram
Facebook
TikTok
X
LinkedIn
Retailers
Ticketing platforms
Streaming services
Artist and company websites

HLMmedia doesn’t control and isn’t responsible for the content, security, availability, accessibility, pricing, products, services, data practices, or conduct of third-party websites.

A link, embed, reference, or appearance on HLMmedia doesn’t necessarily indicate endorsement or approval.

Your use of third-party websites and platforms is governed by their own terms and privacy practices.

16. No Professional Advice

HLMmedia content is provided for general informational, editorial, cultural, promotional, and entertainment purposes.

Nothing published on HLMmedia.com constitutes legal, financial, medical, investment, tax, employment, career-management, or other professional advice.

You should consult an appropriately qualified professional before making decisions that require specialized advice.

17. Website Availability

HLMmedia doesn’t guarantee that the website or any particular content will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or compatible with every device or browser.

HLMmedia may:

Modify or redesign the website
Suspend website access
Remove or archive content
Change hosting providers
Limit features
Correct technical problems
Discontinue part or all of the website

HLMmedia isn’t responsible for losses caused by ordinary outages, maintenance, hosting failures, third-party services, internet disruptions, cyberattacks, or events outside its reasonable control.

18. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, HLMmedia.com and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

HLMmedia makes no express or implied warranties regarding:

Accuracy
Completeness
Reliability
Availability
Timeliness
Merchantability
Fitness for a particular purpose
Noninfringement
Security
Results obtained from using the website
Continued availability of any article or feature

HLMmedia doesn’t warrant that the website will be free from viruses, errors, interruptions, harmful components, or unauthorized access.

Some jurisdictions don’t allow the exclusion of certain implied warranties, so portions of this section may not apply to every user.

19. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, HLMmedia and its owners, officers, employees, writers, editors, contributors, contractors, agents, and affiliates won’t be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or relating to:

Access to or use of HLMmedia.com
Inability to access or use the website
Reliance on website content
Errors, omissions, or outdated information
Third-party products, services, statements, events, or websites
Loss of data, revenue, opportunities, reputation, or profits
Website interruptions or security incidents
Unauthorized conduct by third parties
Removal, postponement, correction, or nonpublication of content

Where liability can’t legally be excluded, HLMmedia’s total liability relating to use of the public website will be limited to the greater of the amount you paid directly to HLMmedia for the specific service giving rise to the claim or $100.

This limitation doesn’t alter any specific remedy expressly provided in a separate written agreement.

Some jurisdictions don’t permit certain limitations of liability, so portions of this section may not apply to every user.

20. Indemnification

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless HLMmedia and its owners, officers, employees, writers, editors, contributors, contractors, agents, and affiliates from claims, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, penalties, costs, and reasonable legal fees arising from or relating to:

Your violation of these Terms of Use
Materials you submit or provide
Claims or statements you ask HLMmedia to publish
Your infringement of another party’s rights
Your unauthorized use of HLMmedia content or branding
Your misuse of the website
Fraudulent or unlawful conduct
Your failure to obtain required permissions, licenses, or releases
A dispute concerning materials or information supplied by you

HLMmedia may assume control of the defense of a claim subject to indemnification. You agree to provide reasonable cooperation in that defense.

21. Corrections, Removal Requests, and Complaints

Requests concerning factual corrections, content concerns, privacy issues, payment requests, or claimed rights violations may be sent to hlm.submissions@gmail.com.

Please identify:

The article or material involved
The specific statement or content at issue
The reason for the request
Supporting documentation when applicable
Your relationship to the subject matter
Your contact information

HLMmedia may review reasonable factual corrections but isn’t obligated to remove or alter content solely because a person dislikes the coverage, changes their opinion, ends a relationship, or no longer wants accurate and lawfully published information to remain available.

Removal from HLMmedia.com doesn’t guarantee removal from search engines, screenshots, social-media posts, caches, quotations, web archives, or third-party websites.

22. Privacy

Your use of HLMmedia.com is also governed by the HLMmedia Privacy Policy.

The Privacy Policy explains how HLMmedia may collect, use, retain, and share information associated with website visits, submissions, interviews, business relationships, and authorized paid services.

23. Disclaimer

Your use of HLMmedia.com is also subject to the HLMmedia Disclaimer.

The Disclaimer explains HLMmedia’s approach to paid features, sponsored content, promotional relationships, editorial control, third-party statements, and payments.

24. Changes to These Terms

HLMmedia may modify these Terms of Use when the website, services, technology, business model, or legal obligations change.

Updated terms will be posted on this page with a revised effective or last-updated date.

Changes will apply prospectively from the date they are posted unless otherwise required by law.

Your continued use of HLMmedia.com after updated terms are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised terms to the extent permitted by law.

25. Governing Law and Venue

These Terms of Use and disputes relating to the public use of HLMmedia.com will be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Unless a separate written agreement provides otherwise or applicable law requires another forum, legal proceedings relating to these Terms of Use will be brought in a state or federal court with appropriate jurisdiction in Georgia.

You and HLMmedia consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

26. Severability

If a provision of these Terms of Use is held to be unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable, that provision will be interpreted or limited to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will continue in effect.

27. No Waiver

HLMmedia’s failure to enforce a provision of these Terms of Use doesn’t waive its right to enforce that provision or another provision later.

28. Assignment

You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms of Use without HLMmedia’s written permission.

HLMmedia may assign or transfer its rights and obligations in connection with a restructuring, transfer of operations, merger, sale, or other legitimate business transaction.

29. Entire Agreement

These Terms of Use, together with the Privacy Policy, Disclaimer, and any separate written agreement applicable to a particular service, constitute the agreement between you and HLMmedia concerning the subject matter they address.

A separate signed agreement, approved proposal, invoice, or service agreement may include additional terms governing a paid feature, partnership, assignment, or service.

30. Contact HLMmedia

Questions, complaints, permission requests, copyright concerns, or reports of unauthorized payment requests may be directed to:

HLMmedia
Email: hlm.submissions@gmail.com
Website: HLMmedia.com