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Meryl Streep, Josh Brolin, Kyra Sedgwick, Maggie Gyllenhall and Uma Thurman Set as Presenters at The 17th Annual Gotham Awards

Tony Award®-Winning Actress
and Playwright Sarah Jones to Host

http://gotham.ifp.org

New York, NY— Meryl Streep, Josh Brolin, Kyra Sedgwick, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Uma Thurman have been set as presenters at the 17th Annual Gotham Awards taking place at Brooklyn’s Steiner Studios on November 27th, organizers announced today.

Organizers also announced that Tony Award®-winning actress and playwright Sarah Jones will host the awards ceremony. Her critically-acclaimed show, Bridge & Tunnel, captured the 2006 Tony Award® for Best Theatrical Event.

Produced by IFP, the nation’s largest membership organization of independent filmmakers, The Gotham Awards are the leading awards for independent film.
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Garrison Keillor to Receive First-Ever Moth Award, Honoring The Art of The Raconteur, at 10th Anniversary "Moth Ball" Gala on November 12th

Acclaimed Storytelling Organization to Honor Legendary Storyteller

www.themoth.org

New York — The Moth, the nonprofit organization that sparked a national storytelling revival, announced today that it will bestow its first-ever Moth Award, Honoring the Art of the Raconteur, on America's consummate storyteller: Garrison Keillor.

The legendary writer, radio host, and monologist will accept his award at its 10th Anniversary Moth Ball Gala. Hosted by humorist Andy Borowitz and actor Gabriel Byrne, the event will be held on Monday, November 12, 2007, at New York hotspot Capitale.

Garrison Keillor is the creator and host of the wildly successful radio variety show A Prairie Home Companion. In the show's highlight, "News from Lake Wobegon," Keillor spins weekly yarns centered around a mythical Midwestern town that has claimed a prominent place on America's pop-cultural map.
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Dealnews Shares Holiday Shopping's Biggest Secret: Black Friday Begins on Thanksgiving

Priced-Checked and Verified, dealnews.com’s Black Friday Guide Gives Smart Shoppers a Jump Start on Black Friday Deals

www.dealnews.com/blackfriday

New York, NY — Most call it Thanksgiving. dealnews calls it "Black Thursday".

That's because dealnews says many leading stores will kick off their Black Friday sales on Thanksgiving Day, allowing savvy shoppers to get a jump-start on the season’s best deals from the comfort of the family computer before their dinner guests even arrive.

To help shoppers find the best deals, dealnews will publish its annual Black Friday Guide, the Internet’s only comprehensive round-up of price-checked and verified Black Friday deals, specials, and promotions. The guide will launch on Monday, November 19th.

Named one of the best services of 2006 by PC World, dealnews is the Web’s most trusted guide to the best deals on consumer electronics, computers, gadgets, men’s apparel, and more.
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SpaFinder’s First-Ever "Spa Experience" Attracts Thousands to Grand Central Terminal

Consumer Spa Event Proves to be Powerful New Marketing Tool for Spa Industry

New York, NY — Signaling an evolution in spa marketing, SpaFinder’s first-ever "The Spa Experience" attracted thousands of commuters and shoppers to Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall between October 31st and November 3rd, 2007.

Presented by SpaFinder, the global spa resource, the inaugural, four-day event showcased beauty and spa treatments, luxury travel, and product demonstrations from more than 50 of the world’s leading spas and spa beauty companies.

In light of the event’s success, SpaFinder CEO Pete Ellis confirmed The Spa Experience will return to Grand Central in the fall of 2008. Ellis also confirmed the expansion of SpaFinder’s signature "Aspen Spa Day" consumer expo into a 2-day event next summer (Aug. 9-10) and that it is considering other cities for 2009, such as San Francisco, Chicago, and Dallas.
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Majority of Internet Leaders at First-Ever WebbyConnect Summit Predict TV Convergence Within Five Years

More than 150 Internet Leaders, including keynoters Michael Eisner, Arianna Huffington, and Vinton Cerf, Debate Future of Internet and Emerging Media at WebbyConnect

www.webbyawards.com/webbyconnect

New York, NY— 62 percent of attendees at the first-ever WebbyConnect summit predict that convergence — especially the merging of TVs and PCs — will occur within the next five years, with 31 percent of those saying it will happen by 2009, Webby Awards organizers announced today.

The survey was taken at WebbyConnect, a three day event held from October 3—5 in Laguna Beach. The summit brought together past Webby winners, Academy members, and leaders in technology, advertising, entertainment, design, and politics, to explore the future of the Internet and emerging media.

Arianna Huffington, Michael Eisner, and Vinton Cerf delivered keynotes, while panelists included del.icio.us founder Joshua Schachter, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake, and executives from Google, MySpace, YouTube, Comedy Central, MTV Networks, and Heavy Networks.
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"The reaction from the press has been unlike any I've received since [In Search of Excellence] in 1982."

- MKPR client Tom Peters, business guru and bestselling author of Re-imagine! Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age

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We are proud to represent:

Ars Nova

dealnews.com

The Gotham Awards

HIV is Still a Big Deal

Ironweed Films

Live Out Loud

loveandrespect.us

MyPhotoAlbum.com

The Moth

Prime Access Inc.

Queer Lounge

Sherman's Travel Magazine / ShermansTravel.com

Spa Finder

UCLA Live

The Webby Awards

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dealnews

dealnews dominates Black Friday

MKPR developed a comprehensive strategy aimed at positioning dealnews as the leading source for intelligence on Black Friday sales and deals. Founder Dan de Grandpre appeared on Fox & Friends, Good Morning America Now, and CW11 Morning News, to discuss his insider shopping tips and participated in a satellite TV tour and morning drive radio tour in more than 20 markets around the country. dealnews has also been featured prominently in coverage leading up to Black Friday, including Wall Street Journal, AP, USA Today, Forbes.com, and Newsday

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Gotham Awards Celebrate Year’s Best Indie Films

The kick-off to the film awards season, The Gotham Awards will take place for the first time ever at Brooklyn’s Steiner Studios. MKPR has secured major coverage for this year’s awards including AP, International Herald Tribune, New York Daily News, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, and Yahoo! Movies. Tune back in November 28th for coverage of the actual awards.

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Media Flock to Spa Experience at Grand Central

More than 75 reporters attended an exclusive media preview for SpaFinder’s Spa Experience, a free, four-day event at Grand Central featuring 50 spas from around the world. Coverage included USA Today, ABC News 20/20, BusinessWeek Weekend TV, Good Day New York, CW11 Morning News, Bloomberg on the Weekend, WCBS-TV, New York Post, Daily News, Woman’s World, and AARP The Magazine, the world’s largest circulation magazine, and Budget Fashionista.

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The Moth Turns 10 at Moth Ball

Fresh off the heels of promoting The Moth’s first-ever National Story Tour, MKPR managed publicity for The Moth’s 10th Anniversary Moth Ball Gala. A highlight of the coverage was a full-page story in Time Out New York featuring an oral history by past storytellers including authors Malcolm Gladwell and Gay Talese. For more coverage of The Moth Ball, see InStyle, Gawker, and Jossip.

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MKPR in PR Week

MKPR president Patrick Kowalczyk was recently featured in PR Week in an article on the best media strategies for reaching gay and lesbian consumers. MKPR has worked with many of the nation's leading gay brands and organizations including The Advocate, PlanetOut, and Prime Access, an advertising and marketing agency specializing in targeting gay and lesbian consumers.

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Bowie, YouTube Founders
Shine
at Webbys

For the 10th year in a row, MKPR managed publicity for The Webby Awards, which were held in New York City on June 5, 2007. Coverage spanned from CNN, AP Television, NPR, and ABC News to New York Magazine, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Gawker. Watch the TV coverage and read what media outlets around the world are saying.

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Kowalczyk named
President of MKPR

MKPR enters an exciting new chapter in its 14-year history with the appointment of Patrick Kowalczyk as the firm's new president. Patrick succeeds founder Michael Kaminer, who will be pursuing new opportunities after 18 successful years in public relations and marketing. Read more here.