Former Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons Speaks to First30Days for the First Time About Life after Time Warner in Exclusive 'Change Nation' Podcast Interview

Former Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons Speaks to First30Days for the First Time About Life after Time Warner in Exclusive 'Change Nation' Podcast Interview

NEW YORK, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- First30Days, a New York City-based media company focused on guiding people through large and small changes, both personal and professional, has posted an exclusive interview with former Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons as part of its weekly "Change Nation" podcast series. In the wide-ranging interview, Parsons speaks for the first time since stepping down as Time Warner CEO about the changes involved in moving from the corporate world to public life, his management of Time Warner and his plans for the future.

"Change Nation" is a weekly audio podcast series featured on First30Days.com which addresses the issue of change with a coterie of high-profile guests who have expertise in their respective fields as well as people who have gone through extraordinary changes. The candid interviews are conducted by First30Days Founder and CEO Ariane de Bonvoisin.

A few highlights from the Parsons "Change Nation" interview include:

-- Parsons' parting advice to incoming Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes: "Do
what is right."

-- Parsons on AOL: "The next major challenge he [Bewkes] has is to figure
out how AOL fits in the whole mix. That is something I wrestled with
for six years and I'm still not sure I got it right, and so he still
has a little work to do there, but he is a smarter guy than I am so I
wish him luck."

-- Parsons on seeking political office: "There is this persistent rumor
that I am going to run for mayor ... It is not something that I want to
do at this stage in my life. I mean I might have done it at an earlier
stage in my life. That it is a hard job. That is one of those jobs you
put into the category of 100 hours a week, it's seven days, 24/7
really, and you have to have a passion for it. You have to really
derive what I call a lot of psychic income from being in that kind of
position of authority, recognition, adulation, exposure, all of that
stuff. None of that is seeming very attractive to me right at the
moment."

-- Parsons on his defining himself and his future: "I used to say to
people 'I'm a media executive,' but now I've gotten comfortable with
the following: When they say 'what do you do?' I say, 'I'm a suit.' 'A
suit is a business guy who isn't talent, because in the media world
it's divided into two classes or species of human beings. You have
suits and you have talents. The suits run the money and do the business
and the talent stands in front of the camera or behind the microphone
and conducts interviews or acts.'"

-- Parsons also weighs in on his personal plans for 2008 to "chill" and
reflect on future options, ponder writing a book and teaching and
pursue his other passions, including music, his vineyard as well as
teaching his new grandson how to crawl.

Parsons joins a roster of current and upcoming "Change Nation" guests that includes:

-- David Bach, Financial expert and Automatic Millionaire author
-- Cathie Black, President, Hearst Magazines
-- Barbara Corcoran, Founder of the Corcoran Group
-- Alan Deutschman, Author of Change or Die: The Three Keys to Change at
Work and in Life
-- Wayne Dyer, "The Father of Motivation" and author of 31 books
-- Nancy Etcoff, Author of "Survival of the Prettiest" and faculty member
of Harvard Medical School
-- George Foreman, two-time heavyweight boxing champion and successful
businessman
-- Polly Labarre, Co-Author of "Mavericks at Work," Business and
Innovation correspondent for CNN, and a member of the founding team of
Fast Company
-- Dean Ornish, M.D., and best-selling author of numerous books including,
The Spectrum

"'Change Nation' connects the First30Days community with those who have made or faced major life changes and have achieved success or expertise in their respective fields. My hope is that their stories are helpful and inspiring to others going through or considering changes in their lives," said de Bonvoisin.

In addition to "Change Nation," First30Days which recently launched its beta web site, offers a wealth of information on a variety of changes, ranging from finding your dream job, buying a home and living healthier to getting organized, planning for retirement, going green and using Facebook. Nearly 50 changes are currently offered on the site.

"Change Nation" is currently recorded in-studio at the Hearst offices in New York City. The podcasts and highlights are available on First30Days.com @ http://www.first30days.com/change-nation.html. The podcasts are posted weekly to the site and are also available on iTunes.

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