WE tv’s WE Vote ’08 Aligns With Political Speaker Series to Help Empower Women to Participate in the Political Process and Make Their Voices Heard
New York, NY, June 16, 2007 – Josh Sapan, president and CEO of Rainbow Media, will introduce former President Bill Clinton tomorrow at the closing session of Radio City Music Hall’s "The Minds that Move the World" speaker series. Clinton is the series’ final keynote speaker. Mr. Sapan’s appearance concludes a series of contributions WE tv WE Vote ’08 initiative has made to collaborate with Radio City’s four-part series to encourage women to participate in the political process.
Supporting WE Vote ’08 and this speaker series’ efforts to involve more people in understanding important political issues, Radio City and WE Vote ’08 have provided cross-online promotion, program inserts and on-site voter registration information at the speaker series.
"WE Vote ’08 has been so proud to help support the first annual ’Radio City Music Hall Speaker Series’ featuring some of the most prominent names in politics," said Kim Martin, EVP and GM of WE tv. "Joining efforts with this series has been instrumental in helping us work towards achieving our goal of educating women on important political issues and encouraging one million women to register to vote in this year’s presidential election."
Tuesday, June 17 at 8:00 p.m., President Clinton will offer his thoughts on current political and national issues, followed by a moderated question and answer period for additional information and insights from the President.
For more information on Radio City’s The Minds that Move the World speaker series please visit http://www.radiocity.com/events/speaker-series-08.html. To learn more about WE Vote ’08 visit www.WEVote08.com.
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Rainbow Media Holdings LLC is a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC). Rainbow Media is a leading producer of targeted, multi-platform content for global distribution, creating and managing some of the world’s most compelling and dynamic entertainment brands, including AMC, IFC, WE tv, LIFESKOOL, SPORTSKOOL, and VOOM HD Networks. Through IFC Entertainment, Rainbow Media also owns and manages the following: IFC Films, a leading distribution company for independent film; IFC Productions, a feature film production company that provides financing for select independent film projects; and IFC Center, a three screen, state-of-the-art cinema in the heart of New York’s Greenwich Village. Rainbow Media also operates Rainbow Advertising Sales Corporation, its advertising sales company; Rainbow Network Communications, its full service network programming origination and distribution company; and 11 Penn TV, a company that manages Rainbow Media’s NYC studios and post-production facilities.