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This Presentation is Brought to You By. Who is this Character?. Who is this Character? his Bona fides?. No paychecks No salary No unemployment checks No regular or steady income no boss. 1996 to 2007. ASNE, RTNDA, NAA, E&P, Folio, RTND, NAB, Folio Comdex Publishing program chairman
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Who is this Character? Who is this Character? his Bona fides?
No paychecks No salary No unemployment checks No regular or steady income no boss 1996 to 2007
ASNE, RTNDA, NAA, E&P, Folio, RTND, NAB, Folio Comdex Publishing program chairman Seybold Publishing Strategies Conference Beyond the Printed Word (WAN, Ifra, FIPP) 5th Generation Newspaperman 3 Dailies as reporter Man. editor, G.M., & Publisher 15 Years as UPI andReuters News Executive News Corp. Director of New Media Professor&Senior consultanton New Media Syracuse University
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Partnership You Might Jointly Control Everything You Might Jointly Risk Everything All Expenses are Jointly Personal All Profits are Personally Taxable
Corporation Corporate Governance of the Company Limited Liability Corporate Expenses Corporate Taxes, not Personal Taxes
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