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Agents, Agents, Oh My!
David Tenzer served as moderator for An Evening with Agents! presented by the International Documentary Association on September 24th.

 

Competitive Edge
David Tenzer was a panelist on Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel (AMEC) panels in Los Angeles and New York in June and July. The panels covered Television in the BRIC Countries—Tenzer offered up expertise on business in India.

 

Dose of Reality

Barbara M. Rubin and Jody Simon served as moderators and Gary Raskin as MC at a seminar titled Surviving the Television Reality Game presented by the Association of Media & Entertainment Counsel and RPR&S. The panel addressed production challenges of reality shows. Jody Simon went on to moderate the same seminar in New York.

 

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Gary Raskin gave a presentation to Entertainment Strategies Group on revenue waterfalls for independent motion pictures and the effect of guild residuals.

 

Advertising Roundtable

Arnold Peter participated in a roundtable dinner with top advertising executives featuring John Nogawski, President and COO of CBS Television Distribution and Trevor Kaufman, CEO of Schematic. Topics covered included: Are traditional media companies creating the best advertising platforms in the digital world? Are advertisers getting enough “bang for their buck” in both traditional and new media advertising channels? How effective are the new media channels and how can they be measured?

 

Ethical Debate

Arnold Peter moderated a panel on ethical concerns for in-house counsel at the 2007 National Asian Pacific Bar Association’s annual conference. Panellists included the general counsel of BBC America and senior counsel from the University of Southern California.

 

Back to School

Barbara M. Rubin served as a panelist at the USC Institute on Entertainment Law and Business.

 

Moderating in Moderation

Barbara M. Rubin served as moderator at the eWomenNetwork Conference on Access Hollywood in July 2008.

 

Special Issue

Gary Raskin served as a co-coordinating editor for Los Angeles Lawyer magazine’s 24th annual Entertainment Law special issue, which came out on May 1. Raskin also wrote the From the Chair column.

RPRS Hosts Academy Intern

For the third consecutive year, Raskin Peter Rubin & Simon had the opportunity to host a Business Affairs intern through the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation internship program. This year’s intern, Stacy Young, is pictured with Barbara Rubin.

 

 

Arnold Peter a Top Dog at Cal State, Fresno

Arnold Peter was honored with a Top Dog Award from the College of Social Sciences at California State University, Fresno. The award is given annually to the University’s most distinguished alumnae/i.

 

eWomen Network Welcomes Barbara Rubin
Barbara Rubin was invited to be a member of the Advisory Council of eWomen Network Foundation. The Foundation awards grants to small non-profits whose mission includes improving the emotional and financial well-being of women and children. Barbara joins an illustrious group of wise, seasoned women from all areas of media and business.

 

David Tenzer Judges Docs
David Tenzer has been selected as one of the official members of the Documentaries Jury for the 2009 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.

 

Clay Newbill Swims with Sharks

Clay Newbill is the executive producer of “Shark Tank,” a show for ABC produced by Mark Burnett Productions. Clay is represented by Jody Simon.

 

Arnold Peter on Panel at NATPE Conference

Arnold Peter recently participated in a panel at the National Association of Television Program Executives Annual Conference in Las Vegas on “India: A Booming TV Market.” The panel was moderated by Emiliano Calemzuk, President, Fox Television Studios and included Andy Kaplan, President, Sony Pictures Television International, Uday Shankar, CEO, Star TV Network India, Subroto Bhattacharya, CEO, Zee TV Network Americas and Shravan Goli, General Manger of Yahoo! Video. Click here to download a white paper on the television business in India authored by RPRS Media Partners, LLC, the media consulting business of RPRS.

Sara Rea a Runway Sensation

Jody Simon’s client Sara Rea was tagged by Lifetime to be the executive producer of the first season of Project Runway produced for that network by Bunim-Murray Productions. The show is completing production and scheduled for air in early 2009.

 

Arnold Peter Delivers Keynote at Northwestern University

Arnold Peter delivered the Keynote Address at The Annual Scholars Retreat for The Media Management Center at Northwestern University. The Scholars Program is designed to cultivate a new generation of outstanding business leaders for the media and information industry. Arnold Spoke on the business opportunities and the unique challenges facing media companies in the emerging economies such as Brazil, Russia, India and China.