FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — MediaREADY, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: MRED) , a provider of innovative interactive, media-convergent entertainment devices, is pleased to congratulate Steve Rifkind who was selected as one of Advertising Age’s Entertainment Marketers of the Year for 2007. Ad Age’s Entertainment Marketers of the Year issue explores the top MVPs of entertainment marketing for the year and investigates the leaders behind the hottest campaigns across film, TV, publishing, Broadway, and other entertainment venues. Steve Rifkind has recently joined with MediaREADY to promote the newly announced MediaREADY Blingplayer and his recent accolades bode well for our joint endeavor.
"We would like to congratulate Steve for this prestigious honor," said Jeffrey Harrell, CEO of MediaREADY, Inc. "He is joining a select group of media titans and this is definitely an exciting time to be working with Steve on this project."
Steve Rifkind was selected for this award for his work on Akon’s "Konvicted" album which is signed to his label SRC Records. The album has sold over 2.2 million copies since its release last year. Mr. Rifkind is credited for marketing the album, the concert venues, and selling over 11 million ring tones for tracks from the album.
Other award winners this year include:
— Olivier Gers, GM, Fremantle Media Licensing Worldwide
— Oren Aviv, President of Production, Walt Disney Pictures
— John Lesher, President, Paramount Vantage
— Vince Manze, President, NBC Program Planning, Scheduling and Strategy &
John Miller, Chief Marketing Officer, NBC Universal
— Cynthia Black, President, Beyond Words
— Kevin McCollum, Producer and Co-Founder, Producing Office
— Jeff Blake, Sony Pictures Vice Chairman & Columbia Tristar Chairman of
Marketing and Distribution & Valerie Van Galder, President of
Marketing, Sony Pictures
— Jeff Bell, Corporate VP-Global Marketing, Microsoft Interactive
Entertainment
— Mike Benson, Exec. VP-Marketing, Advertising and Promotion, ABC
Entertainment & Marla Provencio, Exec. VP-Marketing, ABC Entertainment
— Julie Wilis, SVP-Marketing, Discovery Channel
— Doug Dobie, Chief Marketing Officer, Amp’d Mobile
— Simon Renshaw, Chief Executive Officer, Strategic Artist Management
About MediaREADY, Incorporated:
MediaREADY, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: MRED) is a pioneer in the media center and portable media device markets offering products and services that provide consumers with new gateways to today’s digital media and online services; therefore influencing how consumers are entertained, become informed, and communicate. The Company has launched several products in categories including; media center and portable media center products, customer support and affiliate promotion services. MediaREADY is focused on delivering products and solutions that are innovative, affordable, and easy to use. For more information on the MediaREADY product line, including purchasing information, visit http://www.mediareadyinc.com/.
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Source: MediaREADY, Inc.
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