WG: Keep Your MoJo Working

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> Von:  mojournal@motherjones.com[SMTP:mojournal@motherjones.com]
> Antwort an:   mojournal@motherjones.com
> Gesendet:     Samstag, 15. Januar 2000 01:51
> Betreff:      Keep Your MoJo Working
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> Greetings from Mother Jones!
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> Since launching the MoJo Wire in 1993 as the electronic companion to 
> Mother Jones magazine, this is the first time I've written to you online 
> as publisher and president of the Foundation for National Progress -- a 
> nonprofit organization established in 1975 to ensure free expression of 
> alternative news and views on a broad and evolving progressive agenda.
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> With the MoJo Wire now serving nearly a million page views a month and an 
> editorial transition that has brought a brilliant new team together, it's 
> time to make this an infrequent, but regular occurence.
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> Jay Harris
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> President and Publisher
> Foundation for National Progress
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