Pishevar: People like comedian Louis CK can reach their audiences directly without going through those gatekeepers.

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With MTS enjoying a market share of 40%, millions of subscribers were left without connections, with businesses struggling to reach their clients.

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Without proper nutrition, 200 million children never reach their growth and development potential.

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Reagan knew that this was an important safety valve that allowed dissenting viewpoints to reach him without being blocked by those with their own agendas.

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The more successful providers are, the more they must spend on equipment to make sure their growing number of subscribers can reach the Web without getting a busy signal.

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Its focus is on helping local sales people, by providing templates that, say, insurance agents can use to reach out to customers via their social networks in a way that helps the agents boost their revenues without spending hours working on their Facebook pages.

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