Jack Daniel’s whisky brand and Grammy Award-winning Zac Brown Band announced yesterday that they teamed up to provide a unique experience for fans and promote responsible drinking.
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Google and The Associated Press announced a new scholarship program for the U.S. student journalists. The program is aimed to foster digital and new media skills in young professionals. A key goal is the promotion of geographic, gender and ethnic diversity, with an emphasis on rural and urban areas. The Online News Association, the world’s largest membership organization of digital journalists, will administer the program.
Giant companies provide vital support to small enterprises, giving people behind them with an opportunity to expand their business and make it big, doing small things. The team of big corporations, which already includes Cisco, American Express and Facebook to name but a few, is now joined by Dell, which is offering small businesses in the USA a chance to win $25,000 in its products preloaded with Windows 7 Professional & Office Home and Business, a $50,000 prepaid card from MasterCard, and their own online reality show. The submissions to the America’s Favorite Small Business competition are accepted on a dedicated page on YouTube through September 11.