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New Documentary Explores Subconscious Manipulation by Corporations and Others

by Rebekah Wilce — August 18, 2011 - 5:54pm
  • Topics: Advertising, Video News Releases, Corporations, Media, Propaganda, Public Relations, U.S. Government

    • It's our responsibility as journalists to let the public know who is paid by what corporation, or if they're representing the government. Otherwise, it's unforgivable. The media is our lens on the world. And it is absolutely critical we trust the media. Because, ultimately, when people are terrorized, when people are targeted, when people are marginalized, that does not make any of us safer.

    - Amy Goodman, interview in "Programming the Nation?" documentary

    Shareholders Approve Takeover of Medialink Worldwide

    by Bob Burton — September 28, 2009 - 6:17am

    Medialink Worldwide -- the largest producer of video news releases and audio news releases -- has announced that shareholders approved a proposal to merge with TNM Group, a subsidiary of The NewsMarket.

    Main Source: 
    Medialink Worldwide, Media release, September 25, 2009

    End of the Road for Medialink

    by Bob Burton — July 2, 2009 - 6:43am

    Medialink Worldwide -- the largest producer of video news releases and audio news releases -- has announced that it has reached an agreement to be taken over by The NewsMarket.

    Main Source: 
    Medialink Media Release, July 1, 2009

    Don't Worry About Larry

    by Bob Burton — May 5, 2009 - 4:35pm
  • Topics: Video News Releases, Economy, Fake TV News

    • Medialink Worldwide, the largest producer of video news releases and audio news releases, may be crashing and burning with the market downturn but the company's President, CEO and Chairman, Larry M

    Fake News Not Quite Dead Yet

    by Diane Farsetta — April 28, 2009 - 10:36am

    Despite the financial woes of the public relations firm Medialink Worldwide, which specializes in audio news releases and video news releases, PR Week claims that fake news is recession-proof.

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    PR Week, April 20, 2009

    Nasdaq Sets Deadline for Medialink Delisting

    by Bob Burton — April 27, 2009 - 5:14am

    Medialink Worldwide, the largest producer of fake news products such as video news releases (VNRs) and audio news releases (ANRs), reported that on April 20 it was notified by the Nasdaq Stock Market that shareholder equity in the company at the end of December

    Main Source: 
    Medialink Worldwide Media Release, April 24, 2009

    Fake Drug News Online, Without Risk Information

    by Diane Farsetta — December 5, 2008 - 10:58am

    A consumer group filed a complaint against the medical device company Medtronic, because an online video promoting one of the company's products "did not make consumers aware of the risks, warnings, precautions or side effects" associated with the product. The video, which was posted to the YouTube website, was produced for Medtronic by the broadcast PR firm VNR-1 Communications.

    Main Source: 
    Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minnesota), December 3, 2008
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