Mark Hirsch

Mark Hirsch founded MediaHitman, a Florida based producer and distrubutor of video news releases(VNRs), in May 2001.

Prior to that, according to a biographical note, Hirsch worked for five years as "a registered representative in the investment banking industry, selling IPO shares to high net worth clients" and then with an unspecified Beverly Hills PR agency. "In 1997, Mark joined a broadcast publicity firm as a senior executive, where he planned and executed over 450 Video News Release campaigns for many of the World’s leading brands," the biographical note states. [1]

Hirsch Responds to The Outing of Fake News

Following the release f the Center for Media and Democracy's Fake TV News: Widespread and Undisclosed in April 2006, Hisrch posted a note in response to a post on the blog of Free Press's Tim Karr. "Better to light a candle than curse the darkness. Progressives could do a lot of good by creating and distributing VNR's to TV stations," he wrote. [2]

Contact Details

MEDIAHITMAN, Inc.
3100 N.W. Boca Raton Blvd.
Suite 109
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Phone - 561-750-7590
Cell - 561-251-6601
Fax - 561-750-6990
Email: info AT mediahitman.com

Related SourceWatch Resources

• Audio news releases
• B-Roll
• Brand Hype
• Branded Entertainment
• Covert propaganda
• Fake TV news
• Federal Communications Commission, the FCC
• infomercial
• Media releases
• National Association of Broadcast Communicators
• Radio Media Tours
• Public Service Announcements
• Satellite Media Tours

External links

• Lisa LaMotta, "VNRs: How have recent controversies affected the VNR market?", PR Week, December 5, 2006. (Sub req'd).

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