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Co-host Brad Forsythe interviews Rishad Tobaccowala, the CEO of Denuo, a futures “think-do” company that helps its clients get to the future first in ways that make “tomorrow tangible today”. Denuo combines strategy, research, ideas, program management and ventures to help clients as varied as Hewlett Packard, Kellogg’s and DuPont and also works with start-ups such as Bright Cove and Sling Media. Tobaccowala simultaneously serves as Chief Innovation Officer of Publicis Groupe Media (PGM). F

Co-hosts Brad Forsythe and Ray Schilens interview John Gentry, President of Spot Runner With over 18 years of experience, Gentry has held a number of senior roles at both established and emerging companies. Prior to Spot Runner, he was chief revenue officer at Green Dot, the market leader in the prepaid debit card industry. He was one of the early employees of Overture Services, Inc., the originator of the paid search advertising model, where he served as senior vice president and general manage

Co-hosts Brad Forsythe and Ray Schilens interview Drew Stoddard, Founder and CEO of InterAir Media, a West Palm Beach, Florida-based firm that is the only media buying and placement agency engaged solely in airline/airport marketing and advertising. Other firms may have a division, but InterAir Media exists solely to help advertisers and their agencies design an aviation ad plan that fully integrates into an overall campaign strategy. The inception of the firm in 2005 was the result of an in-

Co-hosts Brad Forsythe and Ray Schilens interview Jonathan A. Knee, coauthor of THE CURSE OF THE MOGUL: What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies. He is also an adjunct professor and director of the Media Program at Columbia Business School. A longtime investment banker, he is also the author of The Accidental Investment Banker. He lives in New York. For entertaining advice join hosts Ray Schilens and Brad Forsythe for a lively and informative discussion. Podcast ...

Co-hosts Brad Forsythe & Ray Schilens interview Alex Ben Block, award-winning entertainment industry journalist, author, commentator and talk show host. Alex Ben Block is Senior Editor of The Hollywood Reporter and lead editor on the book, “George Lucas’s Blockbusting,” published to great acclaim in January 2010. Block is also show business historian for Hollywood Today and a regular contributor to The Advertising Show, a nationally syndicated radio program. Block is a ...

Co-hosts Brad Forsythe & Ray Schilens interview Alex Ben Block, award-winning entertainment industry journalist, author, commentator and talk show host. Alex Ben Block is Senior Editor of The Hollywood Reporter and lead editor on the book, “George Lucas’s Blockbusting,” published to great acclaim in January 2010. Block is also show business historian for Hollywood Today and a regular contributor to The Advertising Show, a nationally syndicated radio program. Block is ...

Co-hosts Brad Forsythe & Ray Schilens interview Stephen Schochet, author of Hollywood Stories: Short, Entertaining Anecdotes About the Stars and Legends of the Movies! In order to entertain his customers, professional Hollywood tour guide Stephen Schochet began to research and tell little vignettes about stars, movies, directors, producers , etc. The anecdotes got such a positive response that Schochet reasoned they could be told in other mediums. His new book Hollywood Stories: Short, ...

Co Hosts Ray Schilens and Brad Forsythe interview Edward Jay Epstein, author of The Hollywood Economist. Edward studied government at Cornell and Harvard, and received a Ph.D from Harvard in 1973. Edward's master's thesis on the search for political truth ("Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth" and his doctoral dissertation ("News From Nowhere") were both published as books. He taught political science at MIT and UCLA for three years but then decided that researching a

Co-Hosts Brad Forsythe & Ray Schelins interview Joe Philport, President & CEO of the Traffic Audit Bureau for Media Measurements, Inc. Joseph joined the TAB, as President and CEO in September 2002.The TAB has been the auditor of the Out-Of-Home advertising industry since 1933. He has been a driving force behind the industry’s transition to EYES ON audience measurement, making OOH the first medium to report seeing an advertising message. He is a recipient of the Advertising Research Foundatio

Co-hosts Brad Forsythe & Ray Schilens interview Alex Ben Block, award-winning entertainment industry journalist, author, commentator and talk show host. Alex Ben Block is Senior Editor of The Hollywood Reporter and lead editor on the book, “George Lucas’s Blockbusting,” published to great acclaim in January 2010. Block is also show business historian for Hollywood Today and a regular contributor to The Advertising Show, a nationally syndicated radio program. Block is a popular public speaker

Co-hosts Brad Forsythe & Ray Schilens interview Alex Ben Block, award-winning entertainment industry journalist, author, commentator and talk show host. Alex Ben Block is Senior Editor of The Hollywood Reporter and lead editor on the book, “George Lucas’s Blockbusting,” published to great acclaim in January 2010. Block is also show business historian for Hollywood Today and a regular contributor to The Advertising Show, a nationally syndicated radio program. Block is a popular public speaker,

Co-hosts Brad Forsythe and Ray Schilens interview Nic Covey, Director of Cross-Platform Insights at The Nielsen Company. Working across Nielsen's global portfolio of research, he's charged with delivering new insights on media and the connected consumer. His research is widely quoted, from The Wall Street Journal to BBC News. In recent years, Nic has managed Nielsen's analysis across a range of emerging research areas, including sports sponsorship, video games and mobile media. He's also

Co-hosts Brad Forsythe and Ray Schilens interview award-winning entertainment industry journalist, author, broadcaster and show business historian Alex Ben Block is Contributing Editor at The Hollywood Reporter. He is also Co-Editor of “Blockbusting: The Business of Filmmaking: A Decade-by-Decade Survey,” showcasing 300 blockbuster movies being published by Harper Books and George Lucas Books (tentatively set early 2010). Block returned to The Hollywood Reporter in 2009, where he had been Ed

Co-hosts Brad Forsythe and Ray Schilens interview Jonathan A. Knee, coauthor of THE CURSE OF THE MOGUL: What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies. He is also an adjunct professor and director of the Media Program at Columbia Business School. A longtime investment banker, he is also the author of The Accidental Investment Banker. He lives in New York. For entertaining advice join hosts Ray Schilens and Brad Forsythe for a lively and informative discussion.

Co-hosts Brad Forsythe and Ray Schilens interview Award-winning entertainment industry journalist, author, broadcaster and show business historian Alex Ben Block is Contributing Editor at The Hollywood Reporter. He is also Co-Editor of “Blockbusting: The Business of Filmmaking: A Decade-by-Decade Survey,” showcasing 300 blockbuster movies being published by Harper Books and George Lucas Books (tentatively set early 2010). Block returned to The Hollywood Reporter in 2009, where he had been Ed

Co-hosts Brad Forsythe and Ray Schilens interview Award-winning entertainment industry journalist, author, broadcaster and show business historian Alex Ben Block is Contributing Editor at The Hollywood Reporter. He is also Co-Editor of “Blockbusting: The Business of Filmmaking: A Decade-by-Decade Survey,” showcasing 300 blockbuster movies being published by Harper Books and George Lucas Books (tentatively set early 2010). Block returned to The Hollywood Reporter in 2009, where he had been Ed

Co-hosts Brad Forsythe and Ray Schilens interview John Farrell, non-executive Chairman of MediaEquals. Farrell, ex global CEO of DMB&B, was most recently President & CEO of Publicis Groupe SAMS Worldwide and a member of the Publicis Groupe global executive. Farrell has also played a leading role on Publicis Groupe's global mergers and acquisitions strategy, and has been instrumental in inspiring many of the Groupe's most important acquisitions, such as Digitas, Freud Communications in the UK,

Co-hosts Brad Forsythe and Ray Schilens interview Thomas Harpointner, founder and Chief Executive Officer of AIS Media. Thomas is involved with key customers, partners, and community activities. Mr. Harpointner is responsible for the vision and direction of AIS Media. Mr. Harpointner assists with corporate strategy, marketing, product development and business development. Prior to founding AIS Media, Mr. Harpointner served as a consultant for Fortune 500 companies where he developed the awar

Co-host Brad Forsythe interviews Terence Noonan, author of Starring You!: The Insider's Guide to Using Television and Media to Launch Your Brand, Your Business, and Your Life. Four-time Emmy award winner Terence Noonan is currently an Executive Producer at WUSA TV in Washington DC. Prior to his current position, he was the co-executive producer of The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, syndicated by Twentieth Television Nationwide. Over a fifteen-year career in television, Terence has ...

Co-Host Brad Forsythe interviews Alex Ben Block, Entertainment Industry Journalist and Author, who has written weekly columns about personalities, trends and news in broadcast, satellite and cable TV for top publications such as Television Week magazine. Block is also a regular panelist for "Call Sheet," an independent look at the entertainment business which is heard weekly on National Public Radio affiliate KPCC-FM in Southern California. He was previously the Editor of The Hollywood Reporter