Cleaning up the social media disaster at the technology firm (she declined to give its name) is just one of the dozens of cases Atkins has taken in the past six months.

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Our landlords are small business owners, as are our graphic designers, web designers, publicists, cleaning company, virtual assistant, social media consultant, etc.

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Some academics and commentators exult over what they maintain is a long-overdue stable-cleaning, encouraged by a campaigning press and supported by a public increasingly exposed, in the media and on the Internet, to western standards of accountability.

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If the company is successful in cleaning up its sleazy image and builds its licensing revenue streams high enough to compensate for a failing print media business, then the company might have a future.

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