KRLA's Newsroom Confidential Joins With NewsBios.com to Offer Instant Access to Free Interviews With Leading Journalists and PR Executives

KRLA's Newsroom Confidential Joins With NewsBios.com to Offer Instant Access to Free Interviews With Leading Journalists and PR Executives

LOS ANGELES, July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Some of the world's most influential journalists and public relations experts can now be heard describing their jobs and professional goals at http://www.newsbios.com/.

The on-demand audio interviews are being offered free of charge thanks to a special arrangement between NewsBios.com and NewsTalk 870 KRLA's Newsroom Confidential program.

Each week, Newsroom Confidential, a one-hour radio program that offers an insiders' guide to journalists and public relations, broadcasts interviews with prominent reporters, editors and media relations strategists. The program airs live in Southern California on Sunday nights and is simulcast around the globe on the Internet.

Effective immediately, visitors to http://www.newsbios.com/ can hear instant, on-demand rebroadcasts of interviews from the growing Newsroom Confidential archives. There is no special software required and no charge for this service.

"Although we are based in Los Angeles, we have a global audience for the insights we offer on the media and public relations," says Dean Rotbart, host and executive producer of Newsroom Confidential. "Now anyone interested in hearing directly from some of today's leading journalists and PR strategists can do so free of charge, 24/7, no matter where they are located," Rotbart adds.

Journalist interviews now posted at http://www.newsbios.com/ include:

* David Schlesinger -- Global Managing Editor, Reuters
* Hugo Dixon -- Editor, BreakingViews
* Carol Evans -- Publisher, Working Mother
* Doron Levin -- Automotive Columnist, Bloomberg News
* Cait Murphy -- Senior Editor, Fortune Magazine
* Gay Bryant - Editor, Success Magazine
* David Willis - Correspondent, BBC
* Betty Wong - Managing Editor, Reuters America
* Nina Utne - Editor at Large, UTNE Magazine

PR Strategist interviews now posted at http://www.newsbios.com/ include:

* Brian Akre - Senior Media Strategist, General Motors
* Paul Pflug - Co-Founder, Principal Communications Group
* Richard Laermer, CEO, RLM Public Relations
* Jeff Crilley - Author, Free Publicity
* Joan Stewart - The Publicity Hound

New interviews are added weekly to the http://www.newsbios.com/ site and are available for listening simply by clicking on the "play" button.

In addition to his duties on Newsroom Confidential, Rotbart is founding editor of NewsBios.com, which provides in-depth dossiers on more than 6,000 influential journalists.

On this week's program, available as a digital rebroadcast at http://www.newsroomconfidential.com/, Rotbart interviews Olivia Mayer, editor of NewsBios.com, about the service and why it is so popular with public relations professionals.

Newsroom Confidential is made possible through the support of well- respected sponsors, including PR Newswire, the global leader in news and information distribution services for professional communicators.

For more information or to become a program sponsor, contact Dean Rotbart, Newsroom Confidential executive producer, at 1-866-NEWS-070 or email him at dean@newsroomconfidential.com.

Source: Newsroom Confidential

CONTACT: Dean Rotbart, Newsroom Confidential executive producer,
1-866-NEWS-070, dean@newsroomconfidential.com

Web site: http://www.newsroomconfidential.com/
http://www.newsbios.com/

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