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Ritz Music Studio has teamed up with Grammy award winning songwriters Terry Britten and Graham Lyle who wrote for artists such as Tina Turner, Michael Jackson and Lenny Kravitz to present ‘Make A Difference’ a song and campaign dedicated to the NHS Staff and Volunteers caring for those affected by Covid-19. All donations raised from the release of the campaign will go directly to the NHS and runs alongside our music memorabilia auction, Rock and Ribbon which raises funds for ‘NHS Charities Together’ though bids on our iconic items.
THE ROCK & RIBBON AUCTION goes live 01 May 20. Sign up at https://rockandribbon.com to be notified of the iconic music memorabilia that will be available to bid on with 100% of the funds raised going to the NHS.

Founded by model and designer Elle Liberachi, The Rock and Ribbon Auction began with a collaboration for Breast Cancer Awareness with Queen guitarist Brian May and saw the auctioning of his ‘Red Special’ guitar raise over £8,000 for the ‘Breast Cancer Campaign’ Charity.
Now, more than ever we feel it is important that we come together and support the NHS and the ‘Make A Difference’ Campaign is our way to show our gratitude and support for the amazing work the NHS and health care providers all over the World do for us.

We are immensely proud and in awe of NHS staff and volunteers as they work tirelessly to save lives and care for COVID-19 patients. Separated from their families and away from their homes, these incredible people work day and night to treat as many people as possible in need of care.

Together and with memorabilia from the Music Industries most revered Artists & Songwriters, we give our respect, gratitude & support to the people on the frontline of the NHS via our fundraising auction, Rock & Ribbon.

Together we can make a difference.

All donations to the ‘Make A Difference’ Campaign via our JustGiving page and 100% of the proceeds from the Rock & Ribbon Music Memorabilia Auction will be donated to ‘NHS Charities Together’

Get involved & donate at www.rockandribbon.com or direct to our fundraising page
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraisin…
Thank you

Composed by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten
Goodsingle/BMG TerryTunes/Kobalt
Recorded and mixed by Martin Hannah and Liam Hebb

Special Thanks to –
Annie Lennox
Rick Stein
Dame Judy Dench
Tom Daly
Fearne and Jesse Wood
Eleanor Tomlinson
Michael Morpurgo
Elle Liberachi
Michael Stephenson-Green
And Jeff the dog

https://rockandribbon.com
https://www.nhscharitiestogether.co.uk
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraisin…

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I’d like to share my Earth Month calendar with you, and I hope to see you, your family and friends out there loving our planet and being the change you want to see.

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Mr. Fisch, Jr. has also worked with a leading investment bank in China in analyzing strategic partnership opportunities within their portfolio of companies and consulted on how to make those companies marketable for U.S. investment. In addition he create a consulting company, Aeris Management, protecting the rights of workers in the fashion industry. This led to the success of a firm with 64 associates and became the centerpiece of a Discovery Channel documentary on helping those in need. He now runs, with Archana Sivadassan, FS Capital (A fund that is committed to changing the world for the better).

Recently, Fisch was a Producer on Kathleen Turner’s latest Broadway work, HIGH, on Broadway, has Produced a Carnegie Hall Concert where the proceeds were donated to the instill music programs into the NY Public School System, has Directed four episodes of a new T.V. show (Two Many Moms), Directed the musical parody of Showtime’s Dexter, and is slated to direct his pilot, Last First Kiss over the next several weeks. Currently he is the Festival Director of the New York New Works Theatre Festival where Broadway Producers and Emmy Award winners have been aggregated to review and mentor the work of aspiring writers from around the country.

He has studied Logistics, Engineering and Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Economics at the State University of New York, International Finance at Adelphi University, and Human Rights / Urban Development at Harvard University. While at M.I.T. Fisch Co-Authored a thesis on developing an environmentally friendly automobile that achieves 173mpg and is produced in India.

Fisch is an avid triathlete, has completed the Ironman, and acknowledges that some of the best years of his life have been as a volunteer with the Thursday night team at the Ronald McDonald House.

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The words “Silicon Valley” usually evoke images of shiny new devices unveiled at blockbuster product launches, geniuses performing coding miracles in futuristic office campuses, and blockbuster IPOs creating the world’s biggest fortunes.

They usually don’t evoke images of misfits, malefactors and ordinary schlubs turned into accidental felons…

But the same way Tom Wolfe unveiled the seamy underbelly of Manhattan high finance in The Bonfire of the Vanities, tech insider Ken Goldstein holds nothing back in his debut novel THIS IS RAGE (The Story Plant, on sale October 8, 2013, $15.95, 978-1611880717). Goldstein has enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a software and media executive. In THIS IS RAGE, he translates his expertise into the Silicon Valley novel we’ve all been waiting for—a biting, darkly comic crime thriller that lays bare the realities of the tech business, the media, and how they relate to the economic and political powder keg that is America in the twenty-first century.

From the opening scene, where a botched attempt to kidnap a legendary billionaire venture capitalist leaves one investment banker dead, two start-up execs missing, and two terminally unlucky programmers in way over their heads, all bets are off. And the ride only gets wilder from there. Because the kidnappers and their victims are about to cross paths with Kimo Balthazer—a volatile, hard-drinking talk radio host who no longer commands the huge audience he once did. And he has finally infuriated enough broadcasting executives with his brash opinions and crude antics that his career appears to be toast.

But when Kimo goes rogue and begins telling his no-holds-barred version of the truth on uncensored, unregulated internet radio, legions of laid-off workers and other decent people swallowed by the cutthroat economy start to pay attention again. And when he scores an exclusive interview with America’s most-wanted felons, things start to get really crazy.

Kimo is seething mad but he’s not crazy—he’s desperate for a comeback, and with the nation tuning in he’s about to inject himself into the middle of the manhunt that’s gripping Silicon Valley… and make it clear who the real criminals are. That is, if a meddling family-values zealot in Congress and a power-hungry old entertainment magnate don’t get their way.

Ken Goldstein brings unprecedented authority and been-there-done-that knowledge to this narrative, which has already won such praise as “that rare book—a fascinating, fast-paced, really smart thriller” (-Author Naomi Wolf), “required reading for all high-tech and deal-savvy action thriller fans” (-Former ABC Radio head Mitch Dolan) and “a thrill ride through the circus-like madness of corporate America, the media and government.” (-Author and USC business school professor Gene del Vecchio).

Right up to the final scene of this accomplished debut, it’s tantalizingly hard to tell where the good guys end and the bad guys begin in THIS IS RAGE. Ken Goldstein has had a front row seat for the last two-plus decades of incredible progress in tech and media, and has parlayed these experiences into the fiction event of the fall.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ken Goldstein advises start-ups and established corporations in technology, entertainment, media, and e-commerce. He served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of SHOP.COM, a market leader in online consumer commerce acquired by Market America. He previously served as executive vice president and managing director of Disney Online, and as vice president of entertainment at Broderbund Software. Earlier in his career, he developed computer games for Philips Interactive Media and Cinemaware Corporation, and also worked as a television executive. He is active in children’s welfare issues and has served on the boards of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles, Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services, and Full Circle Programs, and is currently actively in local government. He speaks and teaches frequently on topics of management, leadership, and creative destruction. He and his wife Shelley, who teaches English as a Second Language, make their home in Southern California. He received his BA in Theater Studies and Philosophy from Yale. THIS IS RAGE is his first novel.

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Ted Turner: Maverick Man (promo)

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WHEN:           Thursday, October 18

11:30 a.m. (Reception),

Noon – 2:30 p.m. (Luncheon and Awards Ceremony)

WHERE:         The Starlight Roof (18th Floor)

Waldorf Astoria Hotel

301 Park Avenue (Between 49th and 50th Streets), New York City

The national Library of American Broadcasting will present its Tenth Annual GIANTS OF BROADCASTING Awards at a ceremony and luncheon to be held on October 18, 2012 in New York City. The event, attended by prominent members of the broadcasting, media and corporate communities, serves as a tribute to those individuals who have played pivotal roles in creating and advancing the electronic arts. The distinguished honorees join 140 GIANTS OF BROADCASTING who have been honored by the Library since 2003. BILL BAKER, president emeritus of WNET New York and himself a Giant of Broadcasting, will serve as master of ceremonies.

HONOREES:   Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman of the Sony Corporation

Ted Turner, Media Mogul and Creator of CNN, TBS, TNT, Philanthropist

Norman Lear, Writer-Producer of All in the family, Maude, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son

Robert Macneil and Jim Lehrer, Creators and Anchors of The MacNeil/Lehrer Report,

George Beasley, Chairman, CEO and Founder of Beasley Broadcast Group

Don Cornelius, Creator, Host and Producer of nationally syndicated Soul Train

Erica Farber, President and CEO of the Radio Advertising Bureau

Andy Rooney from CBS’ 60 Minutes

Dinah Shore, Singer, Actress and Television Personality

Library of American Broadcasting

The LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BROADCASTING (LAB) — located at the University of Maryland — is entering its 41st year serving as the national information resource for the radio and television industries and the academic communities that rely upon it for depth and expertise. Its collections of historic documents, professional papers, oral and video histories, books and photographs are among the nation’s most extensive. LAB is evolving from a conventional library into a “homepage” for the world at large, reaching thousands simultaneously through the Internet. Industry outreach includes lectures, symposia, print and the broadcast media themselves.

The Library has been honoring leaders in the broadcasting industry annually since 2003 — its list of Giants will now exceed 149. Previous honorees include industry founders Guglielmo Marconi, David Sarnoff of RCA and NBC, William S. Paley and Frank Stanton of CBS, Leonard Goldenson of ABC, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Philo Farnsworth, H. V. Kaltenborn, Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, Arthur Godfrey, Paul Harvey, Charlie Rose, Ken Burns, Johnny Carson, Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Christiane Amanpour, Lowry Mays and Tim Russert.

LAB’s chair is Virginia Hubbard Morris, president of Hubbard Radio, based in Minneapolis-St. Paul; the president/CEO is Donald West, veteran broadcast journalist and former assistant to the president of CBS Inc.; the dean of libraries at the University of Maryland is Patricia Steele, and the curator is Chuck Howell.

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