The Hollywood Reporter Enters Broadcast Syndication

The Hollywood Reporter Enters Broadcast Syndication

Entertainment Industry's #1 Trade Magazine Coming to Local Television News

NEW YORK, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- VNU, a global information and media company, announced the launch of The Hollywood Reporter into syndication today.

Since 1930, The Hollywood Reporter has been providing inside information about the business of entertainment. Now, the film and television industries' #1 trade publication serves up Hollywood's latest news with eight weekly television vignettes -- short video news reports that will air nationwide through local-market broadcast outlets -- produced by Sandra Carter Global, Inc. and distributed in national syndication by MEDIAHITMAN, Inc.

"The Hollywood Reporter has more reporters covering the television and film industries than any entertainment newsmagazine on television," says Story Editor, Brooks Parsons. "No one can deliver the inside line on everything that goes on in Hollywood like The Hollywood Reporter."

The Hollywood Reporter vignettes promise to take viewers past the velvet rope at gala premieres and behind-the-scenes on the sets of tomorrow's blockbuster films to deliver breaking news and exclusive interviews with all the top stars.

About VNU

VNU is a global information and media company with leading market positions and recognized brands in marketing information (ACNielsen), media measurement and information (Nielsen Media Research) and business information (Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Computing, Intermediair).

VNU is active in more than 100 countries, with headquarters in Haarlem, the Netherlands and New York, USA. The company employs 38,000 people. Total revenues under IFRS amounted to EUR 3.3 billion in 2004. VNU is listed on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange.

For more information, please visit the VNU website at http://www.vnu.com/ .

About Sandra Carter Global, Inc.

Sandra Carter Global ( http://www.sandra-carter.com/ ) has been a major force in production and distribution for over 25 years. The company has produced over fifteen first-run series, including the Emmy-nominated 24 Days of Christmas, and New York and Chicago Film Festival Gold Medal Winners. With clients in over 60 countries and programs in over 20 languages, Sandra Carter Global, Inc. is a dynamic force in international TV syndication. In addition to award-winning documentary features, Sandra Carter Global, Inc. distributes new and exciting sports content as well as animation, educational, fitness, religious, music, entertainment, children's and travel programming.

About MEDIAHITMAN, Inc.

MEDIAHITMAN ( http://www.mediahitman.com/ ) is a leading distributor of short-form content to domestic television newsrooms.

The company recently introduced MedBreak with Dr. Howard Torman, ( http://www.medbreak.tv/ ) television's first DTC / News synthesis, hosted by Veteran CBS Network Medical Correspondent, Howard Torman M.D.

Prior to the launch of MedBreak, the company focused on the distribution and placement of electronic publicity campaigns for many of the World's leading brands.

Source: MEDIAHITMAN, Inc.

CONTACT: Mark Hirsch, MEDIAHITMAN, Inc., +1-866-402-3200, or
hollywoodreporter@mediahitman.com

Web site: http://www.mediahitman.com/
http://www.medbreak.tv/
http://www.sandra-carter.com/

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