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James Breiner

@jamesbreiner.bsky.social
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Building the future of trustworthy journalism around the world. Focused on digital media entrepreneurs and their innovative business models. Bilingual English-Spanish. jamesbreiner.com.

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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Hollywood loves a sequel. Lessons in storytelling from the Trojan War open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre...
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Lessons in storytelling from the Trojan War
Hollywood gave us "300," "Gladiator," and "Spartacus" -- now comes "The Odyssey"
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
How a newsroom is like a hit comedy: Tina Fey's three rules of improv can help your business thrive. (In text and 7-minute podcast format) bit.ly/3X90rLx #smallbiz #smallbusiness #newsmedia #newsroomculture #improv
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Are you a Spanish-speaking journalist? Here’s an innovative master’s program in journalism, bilingual, at CUNY in New York. El programa, completamente en línea, le ofrece la posibillidad de estudiar en horarios convenientes. #periodismo #maestría #CUNY #bilíngue #becas youtu.be/AL8J0KNj2Ks?...
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Online M.A. in Bilingual Journalism
YouTube video by Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Your name in the subject line of an email opens doors. People trust people they know. Here are some strategies for better response to your email marketing messages. bit.ly/4q28zKX #trustworthy #emailmarketing #newsletters #newsletterstrategy #notspam #trust
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
How to get your book published, Part 2 open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre...
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How to get your book published, Part 2
Meet agents at their public events, be persistent, and don't quit your day job
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Start from the inside and work out. Who do you know and trust? Which sources do you know and trust? Start there.
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
A call to arms for #journalists. To be #relevant, you have to produce less and listen more. #listening #engagedaudiences #communitymedia #solutionsjournalism bit.ly/4lwm5CZ
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'Not just content: create social change'
Journalist says news media need a new value proposition to stay relevant
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Every publisher, platform, and politician is fighting for your attention bit.ly/4m99uGH #socialmedia #search #googlesearch #facebook #artificialintellegence #attentioneconomy
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Why your time is the most valuable commodity on Earth
We live in an economy where everyone is fighting to monetize your attention
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Here’s how AI is already helping me with video, translation, coaching, and troubleshooting. bit.ly/44bNzIQ #ai #artificialintelligence #coaching #mentoring #translation #troubleshooting
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AI in the Real World: Tools I Use and Trust
Here’s how AI is already helping me with video, translation, coaching, and troubleshooting.
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
AI in the Attention Economy: Friend, Foe, or Fix? open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre... #ai #credibility #trustworthy #newsmedia #businessmodels #advertising #propaganda #google #SEO #search
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AI in the Attention Economy: Friend, Foe, or Fix?
What newsrooms can do about algorithms, audience habits, and earning trust
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Independent news media are creating community to counter the impact of AI. bit.ly/4n8QvNN #newsmedia #community #trustworthy #credible #AI #monopolies #techgiants #propaganda #disinformation
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When tech controls the message
Truth hangs in the balance; local news must build community to remain trustworthy
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The medium is the message (and often a weapon) Reading and writing launched civilizations, starting 5,000 years ago. How are the internet and AI affecting civilization now? #journalism #newsmedia #censorship #power #autocracies bit.ly/444eEfN
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The medium is the message (and often a weapon)
Each new communication technology arms an elite with a way to seize power
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Media lessons from Ukraine: People will pay for trustworthy news. Jakub Parusinski saw a business opportunity in Eastern Europe, despite censorship, bullying politicians. bit.ly/4kmZHwd #newsmedia #ukraine #businessmodels #censorship #FreedomOfSpeech #mediadevelopment #trustworthynews
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Media lessons from Ukraine: people pay for trustworthy news
Innovative publisher sees business opportunity in region that traditional media avoid
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
For this young journalist, mastering Spanish opened up an entire new career path. #careers #journalism #jobs #communications bit.ly/3ZIfn4M
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
"Don't wait until you have the perfect skill set," advises my friend Natalie Van Hoozer. She's created her own career path in #journalism. #careers #communications You can read more about her here bit.ly/45Dwclc
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Librarians and data geeks are trying to protect your access to public information. Authoritarian bullies want to hide it from you. bit.ly/4kGZPGK
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
How to get your book published, Part 2 open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre...
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How to get your book published, Part 2
Meet agents at their public events, be persistent, and don't quit your day job
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
#blackbusiness #blackhistory #entrepreneurs #smb #innovation open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre...
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History nearly forgot these black industrial titans
'Smoketown' records an overlooked history of entrepreneurs who helped shape America
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Newspapers like the Pittsburgh Courier not only recorded an often-ignored history. They helped shape American history and public policy, and changed the political landscape. Today the White House is trying to silence their voices.https://bit.ly/4kpCkBV #newsmedia #AfricanAmericans #censorship
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These local newspapers gave a voice to Black America
The Pittsburgh Courier was one of many that influenced American business, politics, sports, music, and social justice
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
If the news media get silenced, you could be next. Here are some possible slogans to convey that idea. Which do you like? 1. Silence the press, silence the people. 2. When the press is muted, so are you. 3. No press, no protest, no freedom. What do you suggest? (Image by RaviKapoor)
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Julie Pace of the AP is among news media leaders fighting back against White House disinformation machine. #newsmedia #propaganda #disinformation #censorship #threats #intimidation #attacks open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre...
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Free speech playbook: How media are refusing to be silenced
Independent media in the U.S., Latin America, and Eastern Europe are resisting authoritarian pressure—and winning public trust.
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The US under Trump has plunged in World Press Freedom rankings. We're now in 57th place, below Romania and Sierra Leone. pressgazette.co.uk/news/rsf-mov... #freespeech #pressfreedom #ReportersWithoutBorders
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Despite White House attacks, news media are collaborating to fight back #newsmedia #freespeech #censorship #disinformation #propaganda #autocrats open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre...
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Local news finds some lifelines
But threats to publicly funded media could create more news deserts
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
When social media isn't working for you, go to events. I really liked this "Introverts' Guide to Networking." www.journalism.co.uk/news/an-intr...
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An introvert's guide to networking for journalists
Stop checking your phone and hovering over the coffee stand. Start building valuable connections at events and conferences
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
How to get your book published, Part 2 open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre...
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How to get your book published, Part 2
Meet agents at their public events, be persistent, and don't quit your day job
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
The percentage of Spanish people in 2023 who declared having “non-religious conscience” (agnostic, indifferent/non-believer and atheist) stood at 41.5%, the highest percentage since Ferrer i Guàrdia Foundation have been analyzing it. mailchi.mp/239756eb8a90...
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El boletín de la directora | España, un estado aconfesional aunque solo a ratos
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
This investigative reporter merely asked the president of Mexico a question. An avalanche of cyber attacks followed. #mexico #pressfreedom #trolls open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre...
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SembraMedia @sembramedia.org · 04/03/2025
🤝 ¿Sabías que la transparencia radical puede potenciar la confianza hacia los medios? El último webinario de @projectoasis.bsky.social exploró este tema junto a Julia Drangosch de Qué Digital, Ricardo Esteves Ribeiro de @fumacapt.bsky.social y @jamesbreiner.bsky.social 👇 youtu.be/_hW2ICVtRZE?...
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Let’s Talk About Radical Transparency! And how it helps build trust in media
YouTube video by SembraMedia
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
“Polarization is a business model for some media,” says Marty Baron. “It’s a way of reaching the public, of hooking more readers, of sparking fury, anger, and creating tension in the audience.” bit.ly/4lCsC0c He made his remarks in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Correo.
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Martin Baron: «La polarización es un modelo de negocio» | El Correo
Director de 'The Washington Post' durante la presidencia de Donald Trump, publica 'Frente al poder', un libro fundamental para entender una de las etapas más convulsas pa
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Autocrats dismantle democracy in stages, and they start by silencing the news media. open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre...
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Latin American media under fire, Trump mimics their persecutors
Autocrats dismantle democracy in stages, and they start with the news media
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Latin American journalists in exile fight back against autocrats who censored, threatened, persecuted them. #pressfreedom #Venezuela #Nicaragua #autocrats #censorship open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre...
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
How did a self-published author make $2,000 in one-month on Kindle? He got 4 cents for each page read by his fans. open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre... #selfpublishing #royalties #bookpublishing #amazon #ingramspark
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How to get your book published, Part 4
And how to get paid. A self-published author tells how much he gets paid for ebooks, paperbacks, and audiobooks
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
A retired lawyer. Three true crime books. And one humbling attempt at fiction. David Miraldi’s transition to novelist wasn’t easy—but it’s full of lessons for writers at any stage. Part 3 of our publishing series is live: open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre...
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How to get your book published, Part 3
After three books about true crime, this lawyer is trying his hand at fiction (it's harder)
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
How to get your book published, Part 2 open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre...
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How to get your book published, Part 2
Meet agents at their public events, be persistent, and don't quit your day job
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
We have a series of FREE small business webinars coming up in April -- hashtag#funding hashtag#technology hashtag#digitalmarketing hashtag#businessplan hashtag#videomarketing and more. myemail.constantcontact.com/April-s-Free...
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April’s Free Business Webinars – Learn from the Experts
Email from SCORE Central Region Register now to grow your knowledge and achieve your goals! Find a Mentor Browse All Workshops View in browser.   APR 1 6:30 PM CT | 7:30 PM ET BUSINESS STRATEGY The St
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Want to get your book published? This journalist turned novelist has published 10 books. Here he tells you how. open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre...
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How to get your book published, Part 1
A journalist turned novelist describes how he uncovers his creative spark
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
For young journalists, make your own career path #careers #journalismjobs #communication open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre...
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She's forging a career in bilingual journalism
It takes a willingness to try new things, do internships, be persistent (and patient)
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
We are in a dangerous time but here are two important facts: 1. Trump's base of support is a minority. 2. That base is going to shrink as his agenda is enacted. The opposition is the majority. No moping allowed. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
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They Are a Minority
Get your mind right.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 14/02/2025
"Trump and Elon Musk are like two guys with six-shooters trying to hold a thousand people hostage. They only win if everyone thinks they are too strong to rush." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
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They Are a Minority
Get your mind right.
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Ismael Nafría, Part 2: Going independent, with a newsletter at the core. Read in English, watch in #Spanish with English subtitles. #newsletters #businessmodels #newsmedia open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre...
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Ismael Nafría, Part 2: Going independent, with a newsletter at the core
Forgoing a salary is a risk, but you can focus on what you love, on your own schedule
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
"The new land looks inhospitable. But if we stay alert, we’ll notice that the stark desert is dotted with growing things. In the pitiless heat and scarcity, we also see shrubs and conviction." -- Ann LaMott www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | The resistance will not be rushed
Resting up to join a peaceful, nonviolent, colorful and multigenerational opposition.
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Parents of journalism majors are worried that their kids won't find jobs. Actually there are lots of jobs for people who can communicate effectively jamesbreiner.medium.com/trust-10-com... #carreers #journalismstudents #communication #humanities #languagestudy
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Trust #10: Communicators in demand
You’re reading the Your News Biz newsletter. My goal is to help digital media entrepreneurs find viable business models.
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Project Oasis @projectoasis.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
"They go out, collect the information, and share it with the public. Generally speaking, this kind of information is not available from mainstream media." - @jamesbreiner.bsky.social
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Project Oasis @projectoasis.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
"Large television networks and major print companies tend to cover the same topics, the same people, and the same events. But what people really want is unbiased information they can trust." - @jamesbreiner.bsky.social
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Project Oasis @projectoasis.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
@jamesbreiner.bsky.social: "The reason I'm optimistic is that I see many small, independent media outlets dedicating time to gathering quality information on issues people care about—like the quality of public services such as transportation, public health, and public schools."
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Project Oasis @projectoasis.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
@jamesbreiner.bsky.social: "I like the idea of a small media outlet having a clear point of view, taking a stand, and advocating for a particular interpretation of the world. Honest and authentic—that’s what people want."
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Project Oasis @projectoasis.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
"I love the model of memberships where readers who are getting the news from these independent media are willing to give their money to guarantee that their community gets this kind of information and that helps them make important decisions in their lives." - @jamesbreiner.bsky.social
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
#newsletters #ismaelnafria #subscriptions #authentic #honest open.substack.com/pub/jamesbre...
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Trust #11: Why a digital media pro loves newsletters
The have an authenticity that generates public trust and engagement; it's old-fashioned personal communication
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Migrant Employees Stop Coming to Work #deportation #smallbusiness #migrants open.substack.com/pub/21hats/p...
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James Breiner @jamesbreiner.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Este artículo es un recurso esencial para entender lo último en inteligencia artificial y editores de noticias:Tendenci@s #120: ¿Qué proyectos de IA están desarrollando medios de todo el mundo gracias a sus acuerdos con OpenAI? open.substack.com/pub/tendenci...
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Tendenci@s #120: ¿Qué proyectos de IA están desarrollando medios de todo el mundo gracias a sus acuerdos con OpenAI? · El NYT busca un director editorial de newsletters
Edición quincenal gratuita de la newsletter "Tendenci@s" sobre medios y contenidos digitales, recursos y oportunidades, The New York Times y el mundo de las newsletters.
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