PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday January 5, 2006

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday January 5, 2006

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Nirvana Tops Rock Music Poll

The votes are in. The Greatest Rock Band of all-time is.... Nirvana. During two-thousand and five, rock music fans voted in the annual RockinTown- dot-com music poll. The tally has been taken every year since RockinTown.com, an online rock music magazine, started in Nineteen-ninety-nine. With over five thousand votes counted, Nirvana walked away with just under thirty-five percent of the vote. Led Zeppelin came in second and the Beatles grabbed the number three spot. Twenty-seven groups or performers were nominated, including Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys, Bruce Springsteen, R.E.M. and Pearl Jam. In past years, The Beatles and U-2 have topped the poll. RockinTown.com co-founder Ian Lord feels that the poll shows how perspectives have changed. He says that voting has begun for 2006 and Nirvana already owns a commanding lead. According to Lord, Nirvana still has a major hold on the rock audience and they single-handedly blew away a vapid music scene and put raw passion into their music. Visitors to RockinTown-dot-com voted for their favorite artist from a list of nominees. They could also nominate an act. Fans from all across North America, Europe and even Australia participated.

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'The Proposer' Helps Pop the Question in the Northwest

It's every man's worst nightmare, or close to it: Forgetting the ring or not knowing where to hide it during an otherwise flawless wedding proposal. Because rewinding life is not an option, the Northwest's E-E Robbins engagement ring stores are offering customers the services of The Proposer. Sure to turn heads the six-foot-five-inch, handsome gent shows up at just the right time, shepherding the engagement ring in a steel briefcase handcuffed to his arm. Dressed for "I will" success in a black suit, black shirt and black sunglasses, this hero of pre-nuptial nuance arrives at his assigned destination in a Nineteen-fifty-nine Cadillac limousine with fins nearly as tall as the car is long. Look for The Proposer in restaurants, quiet neighborhoods, at parties -- even on city streets wherever the deed goes down. Before you start thinking this dashing fellow has all the right things to say, don't. One thing The Proposer doesn't do is actually propose. In fact, he does none of the talking; he simply presents the ring like clockwork, safely and securely.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3112835

Ted Koppel Joins Discovery Channel

Discovery Communications has announced that Ted Koppel will host and produce long form programming examining major global topics and events exclusively for the Discovery Channel. A forty-two year veteran of network broadcasting, Koppel will be Managing Editor at the Discovery Channel. He is joined at Discovery Communications by longtime Executive Producer Tom Bettag and eight former Nightline staff members. President of Discovery Networks, Billy Campbell to whom Koppel and Bettag will report, made the announcement. He feels that Discovery has always represented the highest quality television in the world and with the addition of Ted Koppel and his team, Discovery is making a long-term commitment to produce high quality programming that gives his global audience insight, perspective and analysis beyond just the headlines. Campbell states that his objective is to create a more substantial approach to in-depth journalism.

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Still Mad About Madison

According to over half a million new and expecting parents who visit the website BabyNames.com, Madison made the number one most popular girl's name for the fourth year in a row. Jennifer Moss, BabyNames-dot-com Founder and Partner feels it's an interesting name. She points out that it means Son of Matthew, however it is now being used primarily for girls. Moss explained that Madison was the "English" name given to the mermaid played by Daryl Hannah in the Nineteen-eighty-four movie Splash, however it didn't hit the top of the charts until almost twenty years later. She explains that the name not only conveys glamour, but also power - as it is also associated with New York's Madison Avenue.

Here's the rest of the list:

THE TOP NAME TRENDS for 2006

BOYS GIRLS

1. AIDEN 1. MADISON
2. CADEN/KADEN 2. AVA
3. CALEB/KALEB 3. ABIGAIL
4. ETHAN 4. EMMA
5. BRAYDEN/BRAEDEN 5. CADENCE
6. HAYDEN 6. RILEY
7. DYLAN 7. CHLOE
8. JADEN 8. BAILEY
9. LOGAN 9. ISABELLA
10. NOAH 10. OLIVIA

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PRNewswire -- Jan. 5

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