Don Kirshner is Coming Back on the Entertainment Scene In Preparation to Launch a New Internet TV Channel.BOCA RATON Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla. -- Kirshner International, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :KSNR), Don Kirshner, legendary music publisher, producer and television host, has laid the groundwork for his new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. broadcast channel to deliver high quality radio and audio/video content globally. Through four decades, he was the ultimate multi-media entertainment mogul Mogul: see Mughal. . His "firsts" include the first simulcast, first VH1/MTV-style music video, The Monkees, The Archies and The Harlem Globetrotters Harlem Globetrotters African American professional basketball team. The team was organized in 1927 in Chicago by the promoter Abe Saperstein and initially was a competitive team that won a world professional championship in 1940. TV programs, which successfully used the shows to sell the music, and his long running Don Kirshner's Rock Concert Don Kirshner's Rock Concert was a television music variety show that ran during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Don Kirshner and syndicated to television stations. . "The Internet can be the biggest entertainment distribution network in the world," said Kirshner. "This time, I'm going global." Kirshner has always capitalized on trends and technologies, spinning them into an entertainment vortex that pulled in top talent and eager fans. Known as "Mr. Music," TIME Magazine called him "The Man with the Golden Ear." His songs are part of the very fabric of American life. The music he published became the soundtrack of American pop culture for decades. The extensive list includes You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling, Sugar-Sugar, Up on the Roof, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, I'm a Believer, Dream Lover, On Broadway and hundreds more. "There's a big demand for nostalgic nos·tal·gi·a n. 1. A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past. 2. The condition of being homesick; homesickness. music among Boomers and there's also a new generation of singers, songwriters and bands who are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. an opportunity to showcase their work. Tuning into what the public wants has always been the key to his success," says Gregory Paige, President of Kirshner International, Inc. "The Internet's technology is now capable of delivering the high quality audio/video we've been waiting for." Word of his new venture has recently been covered by The Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12629-2004Dec19.html - and syndicated by numerous other newspapers. It's generating buzz throughout the entertainment industry on both coasts. "After a year of quietly developing our business plan and creative ideas, we're getting ready to roll out Don's newest thinking and implement the delivery of quality entertainment online," says Paige. "We aren't prepared to discuss full details about Don's plan yet. "We'll be releasing more information as we get closer to the launch. But I know the word is spreading since my volume of email and phone calls bounces every time an article is published." |
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