Along with that has come a growing middle class, a more aggressive media, and a more assertive judiciary.
Credit the BSA for an aggressive media campaign and a few high-profile legal battles against companies found to have pirated software on employee's machines.
There was a slight downturn in 2008 and 2009, attributed in part to a growing public campaign against bottled water and in part to the severe recession, but sales have resumed their upward climb as companies cut the price of bottles and launched an even more aggressive media and advertising blitz.
Twelve months later, aggressive criticism in local media and a poor showing at the Africa Cup of Nations ended the German's short tenure.
The Brigham Young University assistant professor has authored dozens of studies that examine the impact aggressive behavior in the media has on its viewers.
But with Branson stepping on Murdoch's toes with an aggressive expansion into the media marketplace, the Australian-born tycoon looks ready for a fight -- which only one of them can win.
Bigger ones have commercial arms, media departments, aggressive head-hunting methods and a wide array of private fund-raising and investment strategies.
We can expect Google to make more aggressive passes at pure play social media initiatives though.
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The nonprofit healthcare sector is especially sensitive to public scrutiny, with federal and state regulators monitoring their charitable activities and media outlets actively reporting aggressive collection practices.
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Jeff Jarvis, director of the interactive journalism program at the City University of New York Journalism school, said in a phone interview that while he had not quite figured out what gives this confrontation such an odd feel, the aggressive, official use of social media made may be responsible.
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Such a law could keep federal authorities from employing what some media lawyers decry as overly aggressive tactics.
Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott has spearheaded a revival of the Pac-12 Conference with aggressive moves that have brought considerable new media fortunes to his member schools.
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Fifty years of research on the effect of TV violence on children leads to the inescapable conclusion that viewing media violence is related to increases in aggressive attitudes, values, and behaviors.
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To enhance the value of linkedFA, the company has been aggressive in providing helpful resources on how to leverage social media.
Loyalists in general are hostile and aggressive to journalists on the ground, believing that the media in general are sympathetic to nationalists and republicans rather than to them.
Tziahanas, who works the compliance side of social media, said that as banks are starting their foray into social media the lawyers and compliance officers are very aggressive because they are scared of the new communications tools.
The TSA is actually fairly aggressive when it comes to putting its message out through social media.
Social media can bring about amazing results, often under aggressive timelines.
Children with more of a propensity for aggression are more attracted to violent video media, but violent media, in turn, can also make them more aggressive.
Increasingly, legendary activist investor Daniel Loeb, founder of New York-based hedge fund Third Point LLC, has long locked-in his reputation in the investing world largely by stirring media controversy through his very public shareholder letters that boldly highlight his aggressive attempts to push for change and replenish company board seats.
Firms like Bertelsmann , which was happy to enter the U.S. media market by acquiring Random House , apparently are less happy at the prospect of facing aggressive, U.S.-style competition on their home turf.
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