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TVI
MAGAZINE'S NEWS STAFF AND INTERNS ATTEND
THE HRTS NEWSMAKER LUNCHEON HONORING ABC'S
TED KOPPEL IN HOLLYWOOD
APRIL 20TH 2004 -
Staff members of Television
International Magazine, founded by Sam
Donaldson and Al Preiss, in 1956, attended
the HRTS event honoring Ted Koppel, with
two of its editors, Josie Cory, Mike
Lipman, and tvinews.com personalities Ron
Rice, and Troy Cory and 3 HTnews interns,
headed by Kristina Carroll. After a mild
scuffle with HRTS security, as to
why so many pretty news interns were
attending the event, the news staff heard
Ted Koppel speak about the many changes
that have taken place in the broadcasting
industry.
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"TV Broadcasting
news has seen better days. It's too
entertainment oriented," Ted Koppel told
the Radio and Television News Directors
Assn. The day before the event, Ted
received the Paul White Award from in Las
Vegas with Jon Stewart making the
presentation, on tape, per Koppel's
request.
------Mr.
Koppel was the Hollywood Radio and
Television Society's honoree at Merv
Griffin's Beverly Hilton Hotel, with ABC's
Bob Iger making the introduction. Koppel
found that Ed Murrow had given that same
warning -- about entertainment-oriented
news -- to the same group (HRTS) back in
1958." But Koppel also allows there is an
"extraordinary amount of good work also
being done" in the field. He can certainly
take credit for doing those "good
works."
------
Koppel, who was the
"on the spot" war correspondant with the
Army's Third Infantry Division for five
weeks moving across Iraq into Baghdad,
chronicling the fall of the city, has
reported on Iraq first-hand from the
invasion and returned to Iraq in January
2004. He has no plans to return --at least
"not in the near future." As for the
current situation in Iraq, he says, "We're
stuck with it and there's no alternative.
We cannot pull out." On the domestic
political scene, he says of the upcoming
Demo and GOP conventions, "I'm not sure
I'll be there." Of course ABC will cover,
but he says fuller coverage "would be a
waste of money". He also reminded his ABC
boss, that it was up to the "old guard" to
keep Nightline on forever, "after he
retires".
------
This was Mr.
Koppel's first visit to the legendary HRTS
newsmaker Lunchon Series. - TC,
tvinews.net
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About
About
the HRTS The Hollywood Radio and
Television Society
By:
Josie Cory, Publisher/Editor TVI
Magazine
The
Hollywood Radio and Television Society
is an organization
of West Coast executives from the
networks, stations, studios, production
companies, advertisers, ad agencies, cable
companies, media companies, legal firms,
publicity agencies, talent and management
agencies, performers, services, suppliers
and allied fields.
It was chartered in
1947 as a non-profit corporation of the
State of California and since 1961 has
shared membership amenities with the IRTS
in New York.
Newsmaker Luncheons
have been the largest forums of the
Hollywood creative community since that
time. All of the major companies have
season tables for HRTS Newsmaker Luncheons
and the annual Holiday Party in
December.
President of the HRTS
is Tom Nunan. Nunan is also United
Paramount Network's President of
Entertainment.
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The HRTS mentoring project,
which targeted Venice High
School, has now expanded to link with
America's Promise, chaired by General
Colin Powell. The luncheons and the HRTS
Mentoring Foundation Benefit also enables
the HRTS to sustain scholarships to
communications students at UCLA, USC,
Pepperdine and CSUN. The HRTS also
provides cash grants to L.A.'s public
schools through its annual Video in the
Classrooms Awards (VIC).
The HRTS also sponsors the
International Broadcasting (and Cable)
Awards honoring the world's best radio and
television commercials. IBA Co-Chairs are
David Tenzer of CAA and Tom Nunan. More
than 50 countries are represented in the
annual race for the Ollie trophies and
Sweepstakes awards. Winners of the 41st
IBA, world's best commercials of 2000,
will be honored at the NATPE world
convention in Las Vegas on January 22,
2001.
Recent
past presidents of the HRTS i
nclude Tony Jonas, Sam Haskell,
Rod Perth, Jon Feltheimer, Peter
Tortorici, Warren Littlefield, Leslie
Moonves, Ted Harbert, Bill Haber, Jerry
Katzman, Harris Katleman, and Brandon
Tartikoff.
HRTS officers: Tom Nunan, President;
Rick Rosen, VP; Helene Michaels,
Secretary; Michael Rosenfeld, Treasurer.
Board of Directors: Kelly Abugov, Dick
Askin, Karey Burke, Andy Friendly, Brian
Graden, Sam Haskell, Craig Hunegs, Tony
Jonas, Michael Kassan, Rob Kenneally, Gary
Marenzi, Stephen McPherson, Norm Pattiz,
Rod Perth, Kevin Reilly, Bob Sanitsky,
Eric Tannenbaum, Nina Tassler, David
Tenzer, Dana Walden and Andrea Wong.
HRTS Executive Director is Gene Herd.
Herd joined the HRTS in 1981, was
appointed to Associate Director in January
1989 and has been Executive Producer of
all HRTS events since that time.
Membership information: (818) 789-1182;
Fax (818) 789-1210; E-mail: genehrts@aol.
Website: hrts-iba.org.
Funds
raised by this and other HRTS events serve
to fund scholarship and mentoring programs
for L.A. public schools. The inclusive
cost of the lunch is $29.82. Per ticket
deductible: $35.18. The HRTS is a 501 (c)
(6) non-profit organization.
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