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Why You Should Give Before You Get

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It’s why long before you ever want press coverage you need to spend time actually helping journalists, respecting their profession, taking their calls (not having your PR department screen them) and knowing what interests them. When you want press, it will come. It becomes easier to ask when you need help or money.

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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

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But succinctly this press places a marker in the ground for your company. When thinking about how to get press coverage you have to realize that any quality journalist looking to write a story has to have an “angle” to write something. But with fragmentation of the press people just miss stuff. Why does that matter?

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How To Network With Really Busy People

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Prior to the digital age, high-profile people deployed brute force to screen out unsolicited, inbound communications. Sam trusted his Assistant to set his calendar and screen out irrelevant encounters. Review the company''s press releases, the recipient''s LinkedIn profile, etc. Old School Charm. Congratulations.

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Netflix employees stage a trans solidarity walkout, pose list of demands

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I want to say that we are deeply committed to inclusion on screen and behind the camera and in our workplace,” Sarandos told the Hollywood Reporter. But Sarandos doubled down on his defense of the special, writing an internal email that “content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm.” brb walking out.

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MySpace Debuts New Timberlake Design

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The new interface includes full screen graphics, modern styling, right left scrolling, Pinterest-style tagging and conversations, as well as other slick UI updates. The new MySpace has been fighting a somewhat uphill battle to gain back relevancy and overcome the negative bias of the technology press to the brand. READ MORE>>.

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Future of TV: The Quick Version

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If you press on the link to the company you’ll see a very cool, short video that describes the company). It takes screen writers, sound people, lighting, editing, costumes, direction, post-production and acting. The first two companies to realize this en mass were Machinima & Maker Studios (where I am an investor.

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A Seriously Great Story and Why We Funded Them

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Andrew & Petri posited that a modern media company would build lovable characters that span video games, online digital media, lovable plush physical toys and then ultimately find its way to the big screen. They also had much experience before that.

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