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Born | Jake Lynn Leonard November 21, 1986 |
Occupation(s) | Editor-In-Chief, Politics & YouTube In Review, Editor-In-Chief, PYIR SportsCenter |
Years active | November 21, 1986-present |
Notable work | Politics & YouTube In Review, The Media Blitz (Online & Print Editions), PYIR SportsCenter |
Leonard (aka djjackal0509) is a blogger, vlogger, businessman and tech expert from the Midwestern state of Illinois. Leonard was born on November 21, 1986 in Aransas Pass, Texas to Sharon and Laylis Leonard, the first of two children. Leonard is an occasional sports contributor to the Bleacher Report, iHigh.com and MaxPreps.com.
WorldWide Publications & Media (otherwise known as WWPM) is a technology-based small business which services to individuals, small and medium businesses and corporations. In March 2009, business operations expanded services to churches and non-profit organizations.
March 24, 2004 - August 21, 2005; Headquartered in
Nokomis, Illinois
Provided services were:
January 24, 2009 - Present; Headquartered in
Nokomis, Illinois
Provided services are:
March 1, 2006 - November 23, 2008; Headquartered in
Canton, Missouri
Provided services were:
Note: During the almost three-year mark of operations in Missouri, publications such as Politics & YouTube In Review and PYIR SportsCenter and the WorldWide Publications & Media Radio Network would be developed. WWPM published the now-defunct Media Blitz newsletter.
May 26, 2006 - June 17, 2008: Business operations in
Palmyra, Missouri
September 28, 2006 - June 24, 2008: Business operations in
Keokuk, Iowa
April 20, 2007 - June 24, 2008: Business operations in
Fort Madison, Iowa
December 5, 2007 - August 20, 2008: Retail and new media location in
Canton, Missouri
Contracts Pending: Subcontracted operations in
Corpus Christi, Texas and
Brownsville, Texas
Politics & YouTube In Review was an idea from original WWPM staff in 2004 that debuted on Wordpress on November 20, 2006, which is WWPM's longest-lasting publication. PYIR was created as part of the launch of the company's new media division.
Early on, WWPM writers had struggles in getting readers after promoting on sites such as MSN and Yahoo, and on YouTube, Facebook and MySpace accounts of the writers. After tons of attempts, PYIR managed to reach 1,000 page views in January 2007. The difficulty would soon fade away when and tons of attempts to get readers, from MSN to YouTube and from Facebook to MySpace. In January 2007, PYIR reached 1,000 page views and the climbs soon starting to increase. PYIR editors set landmarks to be reached by August of 2,500 and 5,000 page views, but those levels would be long surpassed by June when the blog reached 7,500 page views. It became one of the fastest growing blogs in 2007.
PYIR's one-day record is 604 page views set in February 2007, a post sparked by the interest of those impacted by the elimination of Chief Illiniwek to the Fighting Illini sports program of the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois by the Illinois State Board of Trustees.
The PYIR Nationwide Tour was launched in early 2008, promoting the blog from coast to coast across the United States. Only Leonard has done all four trips nationwide. In 2009, two tours will be scheduled:
In late 2008, the Tri-State Tour, which included Illinois, Missouri and Iowa, launched. Leonard has covered all three states, while associate editor-in-chief Trevor Gordon has covered Illinois. One tour is slated in 2009:
In January 2010, a North American tour is slated:
Sponsors for the PYIR tours and PYIR SportsCenter Tour will be well appreciated.
La Grange, MO Special Election of 2007
Contributor Credibility
PYIR SportsCenter (otherwise known as PYIR SC) would branch off of Politics & YouTube In Review's most popular section. In 2007, this blog would arise from the ashes as become one of the top 300 sports blogs in America and become the second publication in WWPM's new media division.
In the upcoming online television station WWPM-TV, PYIR SportsCenter will have two shows in production:
In April 2010, PYIR SportsCenter will start 10-minute mini-broadcasts hourly on all WWPM Radio Network stations (WWPM-OR: Christian Radio, WCPM-OR: Country Past & Present, WRCM-OR: Rock Past & Present and WNTM-OR: News & Sports Talk). PYIR SportsCenter will broadcast on WNTM-OR from 4-7 PM CST starting June 19, 2010.
PYIR SportsCenter will kick off its inaugural tour this summer in association with the PYIR Nationwide Tour.
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