NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Entrepreneur Douglas Simon of D S Simon Productions, a broadcast production and integrated video marketing firm, has offered his company's New York HD broadcast studio to the Journal and GOP candidates for free. The move was made in response to Wall Street Journal Deputy Editor, Editorial Page, Daniel Henninger's request for a more "presidential" debate process. "It will be fantastic when candidates take up Mr. Henninger's suggestion," says Simon, "donating our HD studio to the cause will remove one possible obstacle."
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Mr. Henninger's opinion piece that ran in the October 27th edition of the Journal was entitled "Our Un-Presidential Debates", http://on.wsj.com/sBViTr.The offer by D S Simon was made both in video, www.vlogviews.com/unpresidentialdebate, and in a letter to Mr. Henninger, excerpted below.
Dear Mr. Henninger:
We're offering our D S Simon Productions HD Broadcast studio in New York City to the Wall Street Journal for free to hold the type of intimate debate that you advocate in your Wonder Land piece, "Our Un-Presidential Debates." I too share your concern that the process is preventing a discussion of the most serious of issues and distancing the American Public from the important criteria that can lead to an informed decision. We want to help.
We'll provide three HD cameras, all lighting, all audio, all crew and personnel, incoming questions via phone or skype and live transmission via satellite and internet for two or three participants.
We look forward to working with you on this important initiative,
Douglas Simon
President & CEO
About D S Simon Productions
D S Simon is an integrated video marketing, broadcast PR and social media video firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington DC. Company founder and CEO, Douglas Simon, is often quoted on media and communications trends in the business, non-profit and political arenas and authors the awardwinning video blog at www.vlogviews.com. For more information about the company, visit www.dssimon.com.
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