"And we're going to try to get you guys in the press to write our story".
China had the authoritarian advantage of being able to bulldoze historic neighborhoods, relocate large numbers of people by fiat and order a state press to write happy stories.
Jeff is very, very good at creating intense media interest, and then shaping a narrative for the press to write their stories around".
It has become a cliche in the Francophone press to write of Haïdara's ability to fill a stadium with worshippers.
"Now he will have a lecture tour and is negotiating with a big press to write a book about his specialty -- the truth".
In what we now know was his final political intervention, Fraser was invited by Melbourne University press to write a book on Australian foreign policy, Dangerous Allies.
Already, Michael Phelps has signed a contract with Free Press to write his second memoir (perhaps his first wasn't revealing enough, in spite of the cover), and the Guardian has reported a few other deals with athletes.
Its function: for tech companies to display the new gadgets they've been working on - and to beg the press to write about them.
And of course it's a very interesting thing for the press to write about… so I'm sure you'll have more and more of these stories.
