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"""distutils.command.install

Implements the Distutils 'install' command."""

import sys
import os

from distutils import log
from distutils.core import Command
from distutils.debug import DEBUG
from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_vars
from distutils.errors import DistutilsPlatformError
from distutils.file_util import write_file
from distutils.util import convert_path, subst_vars, change_root
from distutils.util import get_platform
from distutils.errors import DistutilsOptionError

from site import USER_BASE
from site import USER_SITE
HAS_USER_SITE = True

WINDOWS_SCHEME = {
    'purelib': '$base/Lib/site-packages',
    'platlib': '$base/Lib/site-packages',
    'headers': '$base/Include/$dist_name',
    'scripts': '$base/Scripts',
    'data'   : '$base',
}

INSTALL_SCHEMES = {
    'unix_prefix': {
        'purelib': '$base/lib/python$py_version_short/site-packages',
        'platlib': '$platbase/lib64/python$py_version_short/site-packages',
        'headers': '$base/include/python$py_version_short$abiflags/$dist_name',
        'scripts': '$base/bin',
        'data'   : '$base',
        },
    'unix_home': {
        'purelib': '$base/lib/python',
        'platlib': '$base/lib64/python',
        'headers': '$base/include/python/$dist_name',
        'scripts': '$base/bin',
        'data'   : '$base',
        },
    'nt': WINDOWS_SCHEME,
    }

# user site schemes
if HAS_USER_SITE:
    INSTALL_SCHEMES['nt_user'] = {
        'purelib': '$usersite',
        'platlib': '$usersite',
        'headers': '$userbase/Python$py_version_nodot/Include/$dist_name',
        'scripts': '$userbase/Python$py_version_nodot/Scripts',
        'data'   : '$userbase',
        }

    INSTALL_SCHEMES['unix_user'] = {
        'purelib': '$usersite',
        'platlib': '$usersite',
        'headers':
            '$userbase/include/python$py_version_short$abiflags/$dist_name',
        'scripts': '$userbase/bin',
        'data'   : '$userbase',
        }

# The keys to an installation scheme; if any new types of files are to be
# installed, be sure to add an entry to every installation scheme above,
# and to SCHEME_KEYS here.
SCHEME_KEYS = ('purelib', 'platlib', 'headers', 'scripts', 'data')


class install(Command):

    description = "install everything from build directory"

    user_options = [
        # Select installation scheme and set base director(y|ies)
        ('prefix=', None,
         "installation prefix"),
        ('exec-prefix=', None,
         "(Unix only) prefix for platform-specific files"),
        ('home=', None,
         "(Unix only) home directory to install under"),

        # Or, just set the base director(y|ies)
        ('install-base=', None,
         "base installation directory (instead of --prefix or --home)"),
        ('install-platbase=', None,
         "base installation directory for platform-specific files " +
         "(instead of --exec-prefix or --home)"),
        ('root=', None,
         "install everything relative to this alternate root directory"),

        # Or, explicitly set the installation scheme
        ('install-purelib=', None,
         "installation directory for pure Python module distributions"),
        ('install-platlib=', None,
         "installation directory for non-pure module distributions"),
        ('install-lib=', None,
         "installation directory for all module distributions " +
         "(overrides --install-purelib and --install-platlib)"),

        ('install-headers=', None,
         "installation directory for C/C++ headers"),
        ('install-scripts=', None,
         "installation directory for Python scripts"),
        ('install-data=', None,
         "installation directory for data files"),

        # Byte-compilation options -- see install_lib.py for details, as
        # these are duplicated from there (but only install_lib does
        # anything with them).
        ('compile', 'c', "compile .py to .pyc [default]"),
        ('no-compile', None, "don't compile .py files"),
        ('optimize=', 'O',
         "also compile with optimization: -O1 for \"python -O\", "
         "-O2 for \"python -OO\", and -O0 to disable [default: -O0]"),

        # Miscellaneous control options
        ('force', 'f',
         "force installation (overwrite any existing files)"),
        ('skip-build', None,
         "skip rebuilding everything (for testing/debugging)"),

        # Where to install documentation (eventually!)
        #('doc-format=', None, "format of documentation to generate"),
        #('install-man=', None, "directory for Unix man pages"),
        #('install-html=', None, "directory for HTML documentation"),
        #('install-info=', None, "directory for GNU info files"),

        ('record=', None,
         "filename in which to record list of installed files"),
        ]

    boolean_options = ['compile', 'force', 'skip-build']

    if HAS_USER_SITE:
        user_options.append(('user', None,
                             "install in user site-package '%s'" % USER_SITE))
        boolean_options.append('user')

    negative_opt = {'no-compile' : 'compile'}


    def initialize_options(self):
        """Initializes options."""
        # High-level options: these select both an installation base
        # and scheme.
        self.prefix = None
        self.exec_prefix = None
        self.home = None
        self.user = 0

        # These select only the installation base; it's up to the user to
        # specify the installation scheme (currently, that means supplying
        # the --install-{platlib,purelib,scripts,data} options).
        self.install_base = None
        self.install_platbase = None
        self.root = None

        # These options are the actual installation directories; if not
        # supplied by the user, they are filled in using the installation
        # scheme implied by prefix/exec-prefix/home and the contents of
        # that installation scheme.
        self.install_purelib = None     # for pure module distributions
        self.install_platlib = None     # non-pure (dists w/ extensions)
        self.install_headers = None     # for C/C++ headers
        self.install_lib = None         # set to either purelib or platlib
        self.install_scripts = None
        self.install_data = None
        self.install_userbase = USER_BASE
        self.install_usersite = USER_SITE

        self.compile = None
        self.optimize = None

        # These two are for putting non-packagized distributions into their
        # own directory and creating a .pth file if it makes sense.
        # 'extra_path' comes from the setup file; 'install_path_file' can
        # be turned off if it makes no sense to install a .pth file.  (But
        # better to install it uselessly than to guess wrong and not
        # install it when it's necessary and would be used!)  Currently,
        # 'install_path_file' is always true unless some outsider meddles
        # with it.
        self.extra_path = None
        self.install_path_file = 1

        # 'force' forces installation, even if target files are not
        # out-of-date.  'skip_build' skips running the "build" command,
        # handy if you know it's not necessary.  'warn_dir' (which is *not*
        # a user option, it's just there so the bdist_* commands can turn
        # it off) determines whether we warn about installing to a
        # directory not in sys.path.
        self.force = 0
        self.skip_build = 0
        self.warn_dir = 1

        # These are only here as a conduit from the 'build' command to the
        # 'install_*' commands that do the real work.  ('build_base' isn't
        # actually used anywhere, but it might be useful in future.)  They
        # are not user options, because if the user told the install
        # command where the build directory is, that wouldn't affect the
        # build command.
        self.build_base = None
        self.build_lib = None

        # Not defined yet because we don't know anything about
        # documentation yet.
        #self.install_man = None
        #self.install_html = None
        #self.install_info = None

        self.record = None


    # -- Option finalizing methods -------------------------------------
    # (This is rather more involved than for most commands,
    # because this is where the policy for installing third-
    # party Python modules on various platforms given a wide
    # array of user input is decided.  Yes, it's quite complex!)

    def finalize_options(self):
        """Finalizes options."""
        # This method (and its pliant slaves, like 'finalize_unix()',
        # 'finalize_other()', and 'select_scheme()') is where the default
        # installation directories for modules, extension modules, and
        # anything else we care to install from a Python module
        # distribution.  Thus, this code makes a pretty important policy
        # statement about how third-party stuff is added to a Python
        # installation!  Note that the actual work of installation is done
        # by the relatively simple 'install_*' commands; they just take
        # their orders from the installation directory options determined
        # here.

        # Check for errors/inconsistencies in the options; first, stuff
        # that's wrong on any platform.

        if ((self.prefix or self.exec_prefix or self.home) and
            (self.install_base or self.install_platbase)):
            raise DistutilsOptionError(
                   "must supply either prefix/exec-prefix/home or " +
                   "install-base/install-platbase -- not both")

        if self.home and (self.prefix or self.exec_prefix):
            raise DistutilsOptionError(
                  "must supply either home or prefix/exec-prefix -- not both")

        if self.user and (self.prefix or self.exec_prefix or self.home or
                self.install_base or self.install_platbase):
            raise DistutilsOptionError("can't combine user with prefix, "
                                       "exec_prefix/home, or install_(plat)base")

        # Next, stuff that's wrong (or dubious) only on certain platforms.
        if os.name != "posix":
            if self.exec_prefix:
                self.warn("exec-prefix option ignored on this platform")
                self.exec_prefix = None

        # Now the interesting logic -- so interesting that we farm it out
        # to other methods.  The goal of these methods is to set the final
        # values for the install_{lib,scripts,data,...}  options, using as
        # input a heady brew of prefix, exec_prefix, home, install_base,
        # install_platbase, user-supplied versions of
        # install_{purelib,platlib,lib,scripts,data,...}, and the
        # INSTALL_SCHEME dictionary above.  Phew!

        self.dump_dirs("pre-finalize_{unix,other}")

        if os.name == 'posix':
            self.finalize_unix()
        else:
            self.finalize_other()

        self.dump_dirs("post-finalize_{unix,other}()")

        # Expand configuration variables, tilde, etc. in self.install_base
        # and self.install_platbase -- that way, we can use $base or
        # $platbase in the other installation directories and not worry
        # about needing recursive variable expansion (shudder).

        py_version = sys.version.split()[0]
        (prefix, exec_prefix) = get_config_vars('prefix', 'exec_prefix')
        try:
            abiflags = sys.abiflags
        except AttributeError:
            # sys.abiflags may not be defined on all platforms.
            abiflags = ''
        self.config_vars = {'dist_name': self.distribution.get_name(),
                            'dist_version': self.distribution.get_version(),
                            'dist_fullname': self.distribution.get_fullname(),
                            'py_version': py_version,
                            'py_version_short': py_version[0:3],
                            'py_version_nodot': py_version[0] + py_version[2],
                            'sys_prefix': prefix,
                            'prefix': prefix,
                            'sys_exec_prefix': exec_prefix,
                            'exec_prefix': exec_prefix,
                            'abiflags': abiflags,
                           }

        if HAS_USER_SITE:
            self.config_vars['userbase'] = self.install_userbase
            self.config_vars['usersite'] = self.install_usersite

        self.expand_basedirs()

        self.dump_dirs("post-expand_basedirs()")

        # Now define config vars for the base directories so we can expand
        # everything else.
        self.config_vars['base'] = self.install_base
        self.config_vars['platbase'] = self.install_platbase

        if DEBUG:
            from pprint import pprint
            print("config vars:")
            pprint(self.config_vars)

        # Expand "~" and configuration variables in the installation
        # directories.
        self.expand_dirs()

        self.dump_dirs("post-expand_dirs()")

        # Create directories in the home dir:
        if self.user:
            self.create_home_path()

        # Pick the actual directory to install all modules to: either
        # install_purelib or install_platlib, depending on whether this
        # module distribution is pure or not.  Of course, if the user
        # already specified install_lib, use their selection.
        if self.install_lib is None:
            if self.distribution.ext_modules: # has extensions: non-pure
                self.install_lib = self.install_platlib
            else:
                self.install_lib = self.install_purelib


        # Convert directories from Unix /-separated syntax to the local
        # convention.
        self.convert_paths('lib', 'purelib', 'platlib',
                           'scripts', 'data', 'headers',
                           'userbase', 'usersite')

        # Well, we're not actually fully completely finalized yet: we still
        # have to deal with 'extra_path', which is the hack for allowing
        # non-packagized module distributions (hello, Numerical Python!) to
        # get their own directories.
        self.handle_extra_path()
        self.install_libbase = self.install_lib # needed for .pth file
        self.install_lib = os.path.join(self.install_lib, self.extra_dirs)

        # If a new root directory was supplied, make all the installation
        # dirs relative to it.
        if self.root is not None:
            self.change_roots('libbase', 'lib', 'purelib', 'platlib',
                              'scripts', 'data', 'headers')

        self.dump_dirs("after prepending root")

        # Find out the build directories, ie. where to install from.
        self.set_undefined_options('build',
                                   ('build_base', 'build_base'),
                                   ('build_lib', 'build_lib'))

        # Punt on doc directories for now -- after all, we're punting on
        # documentation completely!

    def dump_dirs(self, msg):
        """Dumps the list of user options."""
        if not DEBUG:
            return
        from distutils.fancy_getopt import longopt_xlate
        log.debug(msg + ":")
        for opt in self.user_options:
            opt_name = opt[0]
            if opt_name[-1] == "=":
                opt_name = opt_name[0:-1]
            if opt_name in self.negative_opt:
                opt_name = self.negative_opt[opt_name]
                opt_name = opt_name.translate(longopt_xlate)
                val = not getattr(self, opt_name)
            else:
                opt_name = opt_name.translate(longopt_xlate)
                val = getattr(self, opt_name)
            log.debug("  %s: %s" % (opt_name, val))

    def finalize_unix(self):
        """Finalizes options for posix platforms."""
        if self.install_base is not None or self.install_platbase is not None:
            if ((self.install_lib is None and
                 self.install_purelib is None and
                 self.install_platlib is None) or
                self.install_headers is None or
                self.install_scripts is None or
                self.install_data is None):
                raise DistutilsOptionError(
                      "install-base or install-platbase supplied, but "
                      "installation scheme is incomplete")
            return

        if self.user:
            if self.install_userbase is None:
                raise DistutilsPlatformError(
                    "User base directory is not specified")
            self.install_base = self.install_platbase = self.install_userbase
            self.select_scheme("unix_user")
        elif self.home is not None:
            self.install_base = self.install_platbase = self.home
            self.select_scheme("unix_home")
        else:
            if self.prefix is None:
                if self.exec_prefix is not None:
                    raise DistutilsOptionError(
                          "must not supply exec-prefix without prefix")

                self.prefix = os.path.normpath(sys.prefix)
                self.exec_prefix = os.path.normpath(sys.exec_prefix)

            else:
                if self.exec_prefix is None:
                    self.exec_prefix = self.prefix

            self.install_base = self.prefix
            self.install_platbase = self.exec_prefix
            self.select_scheme("unix_prefix")

    def finalize_other(self):
        """Finalizes options for non-posix platforms"""
        if self.user:
            if self.install_userbase is None:
                raise DistutilsPlatformError(
                    "User base directory is not specified")
            self.install_base = self.install_platbase = self.install_userbase
            self.select_scheme(os.name + "_user")
        elif self.home is not None:
            self.install_base = self.install_platbase = self.home
            self.select_scheme("unix_home")
        else:
            if self.prefix is None:
                self.prefix = os.path.normpath(sys.prefix)

            self.install_base = self.install_platbase = self.prefix
            try:
                self.select_scheme(os.name)
            except KeyError:
                raise DistutilsPlatformError(
                      "I don't know how to install stuff on '%s'" % os.name)

    def select_scheme(self, name):
        """Sets the install directories by applying the install schemes."""
        # it's the caller's problem if they supply a bad name!
        scheme = INSTALL_SCHEMES[name]
        for key in SCHEME_KEYS:
            attrname = 'install_' + key
            if getattr(self, attrname) is None:
                setattr(self, attrname, scheme[key])

    def _expand_attrs(self, attrs):
        for attr in attrs:
            val = getattr(self, attr)
            if val is not None:
                if os.name == 'posix' or os.name == 'nt':
                    val = os.path.expanduser(val)
                val = subst_vars(val, self.config_vars)
                setattr(self, attr, val)

    def expand_basedirs(self):
        """Calls `os.path.expanduser` on install_base, install_platbase and
        root."""
        self._expand_attrs(['install_base', 'install_platbase', 'root'])

    def expand_dirs(self):
        """Calls `os.path.expanduser` on install dirs."""
        self._expand_attrs(['install_purelib', 'install_platlib',
                            'install_lib', 'install_headers',
                            'install_scripts', 'install_data',])

    def convert_paths(self, *names):
        """Call `convert_path` over `names`."""
        for name in names:
            attr = "install_" + name
            setattr(self, attr, convert_path(getattr(self, attr)))

    def handle_extra_path(self):
        """Set `path_file` and `extra_dirs` using `extra_path`."""
        if self.extra_path is None:
            self.extra_path = self.distribution.extra_path

        if self.extra_path is not None:
            if isinstance(self.extra_path, str):
                self.extra_path = self.extra_path.split(',')

            if len(self.extra_path) == 1:
                path_file = extra_dirs = self.extra_path[0]
            elif len(self.extra_path) == 2:
                path_file, extra_dirs = self.extra_path
            else:
                raise DistutilsOptionError(
                      "'extra_path' option must be a list, tuple, or "
                      "comma-separated string with 1 or 2 elements")

            # convert to local form in case Unix notation used (as it
            # should be in setup scripts)
            extra_dirs = convert_path(extra_dirs)
        else:
            path_file = None
            extra_dirs = ''

        # XXX should we warn if path_file and not extra_dirs? (in which
        # case the path file would be harmless but pointless)
        self.path_file = path_file
        self.extra_dirs = extra_dirs

    def change_roots(self, *names):
        """Change the install directories pointed by name using root."""
        for name in names:
            attr = "install_" + name
            setattr(self, attr, change_root(self.root, getattr(self, attr)))

    def create_home_path(self):
        """Create directories under ~."""
        if not self.user:
            return
        home = convert_path(os.path.expanduser("~"))
        for name, path in self.config_vars.items():
            if path.startswith(home) and not os.path.isdir(path):
                self.debug_print("os.makedirs('%s', 0o700)" % path)
                os.makedirs(path, 0o700)

    # -- Command execution methods -------------------------------------

    def run(self):
        """Runs the command."""
        # Obviously have to build before we can install
        if not self.skip_build:
            self.run_command('build')
            # If we built for any other platform, we can't install.
            build_plat = self.distribution.get_command_obj('build').plat_name
            # check warn_dir - it is a clue that the 'install' is happening
            # internally, and not to sys.path, so we don't check the platform
            # matches what we are running.
            if self.warn_dir and build_plat != get_platform():
                raise DistutilsPlatformError("Can't install when "
                                             "cross-compiling")

        # Run all sub-commands (at least those that need to be run)
        for cmd_name in self.get_sub_commands():
            self.run_command(cmd_name)

        if self.path_file:
            self.create_path_file()

        # write list of installed files, if requested.
        if self.record:
            outputs = self.get_outputs()
            if self.root:               # strip any package prefix
                root_len = len(self.root)
                for counter in range(len(outputs)):
                    outputs[counter] = outputs[counter][root_len:]
            self.execute(write_file,
                         (self.record, outputs),
                         "writing list of installed files to '%s'" %
                         self.record)

        sys_path = map(os.path.normpath, sys.path)
        sys_path = map(os.path.normcase, sys_path)
        install_lib = os.path.normcase(os.path.normpath(self.install_lib))
        if (self.warn_dir and
            not (self.path_file and self.install_path_file) and
            install_lib not in sys_path):
            log.debug(("modules installed to '%s', which is not in "
                       "Python's module search path (sys.path) -- "
                       "you'll have to change the search path yourself"),
                       self.install_lib)

    def create_path_file(self):
        """Creates the .pth file"""
        filename = os.path.join(self.install_libbase,
                                self.path_file + ".pth")
        if self.install_path_file:
            self.execute(write_file,
                         (filename, [self.extra_dirs]),
                         "creating %s" % filename)
        else:
            self.warn("path file '%s' not created" % filename)


    # -- Reporting methods ---------------------------------------------

    def get_outputs(self):
        """Assembles the outputs of all the sub-commands."""
        outputs = []
        for cmd_name in self.get_sub_commands():
            cmd = self.get_finalized_command(cmd_name)
            # Add the contents of cmd.get_outputs(), ensuring
            # that outputs doesn't contain duplicate entries
            for filename in cmd.get_outputs():
                if filename not in outputs:
                    outputs.append(filename)

        if self.path_file and self.install_path_file:
            outputs.append(os.path.join(self.install_libbase,
                                        self.path_file + ".pth"))

        return outputs

    def get_inputs(self):
        """Returns the inputs of all the sub-commands"""
        # XXX gee, this looks familiar ;-(
        inputs = []
        for cmd_name in self.get_sub_commands():
            cmd = self.get_finalized_command(cmd_name)
            inputs.extend(cmd.get_inputs())

        return inputs

    # -- Predicates for sub-command list -------------------------------

    def has_lib(self):
        """Returns true if the current distribution has any Python
        modules to install."""
        return (self.distribution.has_pure_modules() or
                self.distribution.has_ext_modules())

    def has_headers(self):
        """Returns true if the current distribution has any headers to
        install."""
        return self.distribution.has_headers()

    def has_scripts(self):
        """Returns true if the current distribution has any scripts to.
        install."""
        return self.distribution.has_scripts()

    def has_data(self):
        """Returns true if the current distribution has any data to.
        install."""
        return self.distribution.has_data_files()

    # 'sub_commands': a list of commands this command might have to run to
    # get its work done.  See cmd.py for more info.
    sub_commands = [('install_lib',     has_lib),
                    ('install_headers', has_headers),
                    ('install_scripts', has_scripts),
                    ('install_data',    has_data),
                    ('install_egg_info', lambda self:True),
                   ]

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ITAY HOD

Itay Hod, MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2018.

Because he works alone, with only an iPhone, he was able to embed himself with a homeless family.

Here’s the story he produced in a one-day turn.

KIET DO

Kiet Do, an MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2021.

Here is a story he produced, all on his own, with only an iPhone and in a one-day turn.

TAYLOR SCHAUB

Taylor Schaub, an MMJ with Spectrum News 1 in LA, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2023.

Here is a story he turned in only one day, using only an iPhone. It was the first video story he ever did and it was nominated for an Emmy.

THE BOOTCAMP

How do we convert stations and whole networks to working in this way?

Since 1988, we have run intensive 5-Day Video Storytelling Bootcamps

We have done these all over the world.

These are hands-on bootcamps, and participants learn an entirely new way of creating TV news stories.

-We shoot at a 3:1 ratio or lower, so turnaround times are fast.

-We go directly from camera to timelilne and edit – no written scripts.  We work in the medium of pictures and sound.

-We are entirely character-driven.

-We are driven by pictures and real events.

-We are focused almost entirely on ’the viewer experience’.

Since 1988, more than 70,000 journalists around the world have taken our bootcamps, either in person on virtualy.

Case Studies

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CBS News

We have started to work with CBS News, bringing our ideas of character-driven storytelling to one of the most successful and biggest networks in the United States. Since beginning to work with them ratings have climbed and more importantly, audience engagement is through the ceiling.

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New York Times Television

We started New York Times Television in 1990 and it was the first paper to be brought into the world of TV. It quickly became one of the most successful non-fiction production companies in the United States. The series and documentaries we produced won many awards including multiple Emmys.

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The BBC

We have been working with the BBC since the year 2000 helping to convert their national news network to our visual storytelling technique. Most recently we have trained teams from their sports, documentaries, and comedy divisions to make character-driven stories using only smartphones.

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Spectrum News

For the past five years we have worked with Spectrum News to introduce and train their journalists on visual, character driven storytelling using smartphones helping to create a different kind of local news for their network of 24-Hour News Stations across the United States.

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The United Nations

In 2006, we were approached by the United Nations. Rather than rely on news outlets, it would be much easier to train the field operatives to produce their own stories. We spent two years working with the UN, training more than 100 of their staff in bootcamps in Geneva and Nairobi.

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The Newark Star-Ledger

We trained 50 print reporters at the paper to shoot and tell their own stories, in conjunction with their print work. We built a TV newsroom in their existing print newsroom – you could not ask for a better set and they began to live stream their stories in conjunction with their print work.

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Mcgraw Hill

We spent two years with McGraw Hill, training more than 150 of their staffers, making them completely video literate. McGraw/Hill media properties we transit included Business Week, Aviation Week, (what was the name of the architecture magazine), and JD Power and Associates.

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Voice of America

In 1990, we were approached by The Voice of America, the official broadcasting agency for the United States Government. When we met with VOA, they were only a short wave radio broadcaster, but working with them, we took them into television, launching VOA-TV.

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Oyster Yachts

British based Oyster Yachts makes some of the finest yachts in the world. Like every other company, they had to find a way to feed the never-ending video demands of social media – sites like Instagram and TikTok. We trained the Oyster staff to tell their own stories, using only iPhones.

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Scottish Environmental Protection Agency

We were approached by SEPA, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency because they had to continually find a way to ‘feed the media beast’. The result was that SEPA was able to tell their own stories, whenever they wanted, and at almost no additional cost.

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Michael on Media

Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.

He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.

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