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Gary SlaightMr. Slaight is a visionary broadcaster and media leader. He built the largest radio and internet company in Canada and sold it for a record breaking price in 2007. He owns the private portion of Sirius Satellite Radio Canada. He is a master showman who has developed new radio formats, website content and has had a positive impact on the Canadian popular music culture. His family is well known for their generous support of Children’s Charities. Mr. Slaight is the single largest investor in Hitviews and has been with the company since its inception. |
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Del WilberMr. Wilber currently serves as CEO of the Celeritas Management Fund, a fund specializing in Hispanic owned businesses. Previously he was head of MVPGROUP, a marketing company in which he is partnered with The Martin Agency/The Interpublic Group of Companies. A former Big Ten Quarterback, he signed with the Philadelphia Phillies in the very first Major League Baseball Free Agent Draft. Mr. Wilber also served as Vice President - Worldwide Tennis for Spalding, where he worked for Palladium operating executive Sandy Grieve. His expertise is building highly popular brands such as the Ice Capades and Spaulding Tennis balls to breakout products throughout the country. |
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Fred SilvermanFred Silverman devoted his life to programming television. He is the only person to have held key programming positions at all of the three traditional networks in the United States and today he owns the Fred Silverman Company, which produces programs for those networks. Fred Silverman graduated with a Master's degree from Ohio State University (his master's thesis analyzed programming practices at ABC) and went to work for WGN-TV in Chicago to oversee children's programs. Soon, however, he moved to the network level. He assumed responsibility for daytime programming at CBS, where he later took charge of all of CBS Entertainment programming. During his tenure at CBS, Silverman remade the Saturday morning cartoon lineup and, in so doing, remade the ratings--from third to first. He also helped devise the programming strategy that brought All in the Family, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Waltons to CBS. With the success of the CBS schedule assured, Silverman moved on. In 1975, he became head of ABC Entertainment. From 1975 to 1978, Fred Silverman took ABC from ratings parity with the other networks to ratings dominance over them. Among the shows and mini-series he was responsible for programming were Rich Man, Poor Man, Roots, Charlie's Angels and Starsky and Hutch. Silverman made the "third" network a ratings powerhouse. He demonstrated at ABC the same touch he had at CBS - an almost unerring sense of what the public, in great numbers, would watch on television. In 1977, a Time magazine cover story referred to Silverman as the "man with the golden gut," referring to his unfailing programming instincts. At the height of his power at ABC, Silverman left to take on the presidency of NBC. Following that he became one of the most successful producers in Television as the EP of hits such as Diagnosis Murder, The Perry Mason specials. In a time when the term "auteur," or author, is being applied to television producers, the career of Fred Silverman suggests that an auteur could just as easily be the programmer as the program producer. Few individuals have had as profound an impact on television programming for as long as Fred Silverman. |
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Bob Weinstein
Bob Weinstein co-founded Miramax pictures with his brother Harvey. They produced legendary movies such as Shakespeare In Love, Chicago, The Reader, Spy Kids and has won over 60 Oscars.
Ralph Guild
Ralph C. Guild served as Chief Executive Officer of Interep National Radio Sales Inc. from 1986 to February 8, 2007. Mr. Guild was employed by Interep National Radio Sales Inc. or its predecessors since 1957 in various capacities. In November 1991, he became one of the first inductees into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Mr. Guild served as Chairman of the Board of Interep National Radio Sales Inc. since 1986 and its Director since 1967. He serves as Director of Center for Communication. Mr. Guild serves on the Boards of Trustees of the Museum of Television & Radio, and the University of the Pacific. In April 1998, he received the Golden Mike Award from the Broadcasters Foundation for outstanding contributions to the radio industry. In March 2001, Mr. Guild received the International Radio & Television Society's Golden Medal Award. He received an honorary doctorate degree from University of the Pacific.
Andy Pray
Andrew Pray is an award winning public relations and consumer marketing professional. Currently a vice president at Ruder Finn, Andrew has helped create, manage and implement innovative communications campaigns for companies including Amazon.com, Microsoft, StubHub, TiVo, Comcast, Sony VAIO, General Motors, Demand Media, Virgin Mobile, Hotels.com, Logitech, and The AVP. Specializing in media relations, Andrew maintains relationships with a who’s who list of journalists, including close contacts at The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, USA Today, CNET and Brandweek, to name a few. Prior to moving into PR Andrew worked as a producer and news writer at KPIX, the CBS affiliate in San Francisco, where he led major coverage efforts including the Tsunami and the 2004 presidential election. He also has spent time on the anchor desk and as a sports reporter for CBS stations in Cheyenne Wyoming and Lincoln Nebraska. Andrew lives in New York City, is ridiculously devoted to the Minnesota Twins, and almost always in the middle of an awfully good book.
Stephanie Gaines
Gaines’ career within the entertainment industry has encompassed the creative, marketing and technology arenas. She began as a literary agent, representing writers and directors in film and television, including William H. Macy. She segued into management and production, packaging projects such as TNT’s Emmy-award winning, ‘A Slight Case of Murder’ and produced “A Town Without Christmas’ for CBS, which was one of its highest-rated holiday films in its history and developed into a holiday franchise.
Within the marketing arena, Gaines has worked with nearly every motion picture studio and television network in analyzing their projects’ potential prior to their marketplace release. At MarketCast, a division of Variety/Reed Elsevier, she received the company’s top honor, the President’s Award, for achieving among the top 1% of their worldwide employees.
At CBS, Gaines helps set the strategy for the launch of the network’s primetime shows and evaluates where leverage lies within the competitive landscape. Additionally, she develops partnerships with key technology and interactive companies. Gaines was recognized as Multichannel News “40 Under 40” television executives to watch and reports to CBS’ CMO/Marketing Group President.
Ron Hartenbaum
A founding partner of MediaAmerica and senior executive for Jones MediaAmerica/Jones Radio Networks today announced the launch WYD MediaManagement, LLC.
Mr. Hartenbaum is leaving the Jones media group six years after selling his company, MediaAmerica, to the Denver-based cable and network radio firm. He will continue to be associated with Jones and is developing new commercial network radio programs that will be marketed and distributed through Jones Media.
Noted for his media development credentials, Mr. Hartenbaum created programming and marketing strategies that helped build Jones MediaAmerica into a national radio program distribution powerhouse. He was instrumental in the sales strategies that enabled the Rush Limbaugh radio program to gain market acceptance in the network radio advertising world. To balance his ‘karma,’ Mr. Hartenbaum is a member of the Board of Advisors for Democracy Radio, a Washington, DC-based program incubator for progressive and politically liberal radio programs.
Jack Myers
Jack Myers is well known in media, advertising, entertainment, financial, political and social circles for his unique spin on the pop culture and business of media. The Jack Myers Reports are daily commentaries read by more than 20,000 subscribers. He has authored two books, Adbashing and Reconnecting with Customers: Building Brands & Profits in the Relationship Age. He has won journalism's most prestigious honor, the George Foster Peabody Award, is the winner of the Crystal Heart Award from the Heartland Film Festival, produced the World Music Awards from Monte Carlo, and been nominated for Academy and Emmy Awards for Best Documentary.
David Coriat
Mr. David Coriat is Director of Craig Wireless Systems Ltd. Mr. Coriat was the Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer and Director of Standard Broadcasting Corporation Limited and now occupies those positions with Slaight Communications Inc. Mr. Coriat joined Standard Broadcasting in 1986 after a successful career with an international accounting firm.
Marc G. Guild
During his more than two decades at Interep, Marc Guild has played a major role in building the company into the largest radio-only national advertising sales organization through his focus on making radio work to meet the marketing needs of advertisers. Mr. Guild joined Interep's McGavren Guild Radio in 1975 as a research executive and was promoted to Manager/Research and Operations five years later. In 1981, he was named Manager/Marketing and Research for Interep's unwired network division. He later held the positions of Vice President/Research and Operations and Executive Vice President/General Manager of The Interep Network Division before being named its President in 1987. Mr. Guild was named to his current post in 1990. As President, Marketing Division, Mr. Guild played a major role in overseeing Interep's numerous sales and marketing programs; the Interep Radio University, the industry's largest training program; and the company's Regional Executives.
Kevin Shea
Kevin Shea has over 30 years of experience in the Canadian entertainment, broadcasting, cable, telecommunications and culture industries. Most recently Mr. Shea was President of the Toronto '03 Tourism recovery initiative, a major public/private partnership responsible for promoting travel to the city. In that role he oversaw promotion work for the Rolling Stones "SARS-stock" concert. Mr. Shea is currently a member of the advisory committee on the re-branding of Toronto.
Over the past decade he has served as Executive Vice President for Bell Global Media Inc., and as President and CEO for both the Global Television Network and Atlantis Communications Inc. Prior to 1993, Mr. Shea occupied senior management positions for a diverse group of broadcast and entertainment entities, including YTV Canada Inc., Rogers Cablesystems Inc. and the Cable Satellite Network Inc. Mr. Shea serves on the Telus Television Advisory Board and the Marketing Board of the National Capital Commission.
Greg Stuart, Informal Advisor
Greg Stuart is an advisor to CEOs of Digital Media businesses. He is also the former CEO & President of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), the trade association for the interactive advertising & marketing industry. He led the bureau during the industry's growth from $6 billion to $17 billion annually and grew the IAB itself +500% in four years. The IAB serves Internet Media giants such as AOL, CNET, Google, MSN, NBC, Disney, and Yahoo!, among others. Greg is the author of "What Sticks: Why Most Advertising Fails and How to Guarantee Yours Succeeds."
