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How important is press?

10/19/2004

New York Magazine contacted me a week or two ago to try and bait me into some front page battle with the idea that I was upset that Nick Denton was getting a bunch of press. I told them that press didn’t matter to meheck, I got more press in the dot com era then any one person should get in a lifetime! Besides I told them, what really mattered was not the press, but who was #1 in our categories. At this point in my life I’ll take the love from the readers over the love from the press. They killed the story it seemsI guess I’m getting soft and didn’t say anything agressive enough for them to run with it. Oh well.

Anyway, more press today for my boy Nick. Big ups to to Nick for finally realizing his dream of becoming a pornographerat least according to New Yorker. What next? A porno based on NY’s media elite??!?!

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Hello, my name is Jason. Welcome to my blog on the interwebs. You can reach me on twitter @jason and by email at jason@calacanis.com. My Skype is jasoncalacanis, and my mobile phone is 310-456-4900.

I only pick up numbers I recognize, and in terms of emailing me, the best strategy is to write short, blunt and to the point requests. I can quickly respond to short messages, and many times I simply don't have the time to read five page pitches. In terms of taking meetings, I only do that after reviewing an actual product (not a business plan). So, the best time to ping me is when you have mockups or an alpha site. I don't read business plans, and I've never written one.

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