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5 Scariest Halloween Campaigns of the Past Decade

Critical Mention

MGM films staged a telekinetic surprise. In 2013, to promote “Carrie,” a remake of the original 1976 version, its distribution company MGM Films created a Halloween surprise for customers who were taking a coffee break at a local coffee shop in New York. This video quickly went viral and has more than 40 million views on YouTube.

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15 Top Magazines in the US to Pitch in 2025

Prowly

. #14 Variety Visits per month: 67M Influence score: 89 Contributing journalists: 100 Variety is Hollywoods heartbeat, delivering insider scoops on entertainment, TV, film, and theater. A must-read for industry insiders and entertainment buffs, its where showbiz gets serious and seriously fun. #15

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How The Los Angeles Times Decides Which Stories Have Star Power

Cision

Film editor Marc Bernardin says there are so many more options to get readers to stories that hadn’t been there before. We’re all dreaming of the way to make something go viral, even though there is no actual way to engineer virility,” says Marc. Here’s a glimpse at a few questions asked at Cision Connects with the Los Angeles Times.

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Lessons in Brand Cross-Promotions from ‘Barbenheimer’

PRSay

The two films — one a bright, uplifting tale of a doll come to life, the other a dark drama about “the father of the atomic bomb” — were both released on July 21, which led moviegoers to coin the term “ Barbenheimer.” In the case of “Barbenheimer,” the overt irony of their unlikely pairing helped fuel the success of both films.

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Reactive PR Opportunities in Brand Mentions

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

When Stewart retired as host, Arby’s even tweeted him a job application and made a hilarious farewell viral video. While not a direct attack on Tide’s products, the viral video trend of teenagers filming themselves eating Tide Pods in 2017-2018 led to many emergency room reports – and the risk of injury or worse.

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How Stone Temple Kills it with B2B Marketing Videos

Flack's Revenge

Finally, our videographer Jon films each episode, does post-production editing and adds captions. Each video starts with a script (we used to do them off-the-cuff, but found scripting made them tighter and better), usually prepared a couple of weeks before filming. We are currently about three months ahead on episodes ready to publish.

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Why Video is Vital in 2023

The Proactive Report

The sci-fi films that predicted video conferencing and the ability to live stream news from anywhere in the world is what we experience as a daily reality. One of his videos went viral on TikTok and that led to over 100,000 new followers within a week and then radio stations far and wide picked it up. What are people watching?

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