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How to Pitch: Fast Company

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August 15, 2008
Circulation: 750,000
Frequency: 10 issues per year (Double issues in July/August and December/January)
Special issues: Most Innovative Companies (March); Design (October)

Background: Alan Webber stumbled upon the idea of Fast Company after tripping over a shoebox and hitting his head on a desk drawer -- or so goes the lore. When he looked up from the floor, he saw copies of Rolling Stone, U.S. News and World Report and The Harvard Business Review on his desk, and had the idea to start a magazine combining aspects ...

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