ADVISORY, Dec. 31, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) --
What: Donny Deutsch, Host of CNBC's THE BIG IDEA and Chairman, Deutsch, Inc. will preside over the opening bell at NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square. NASDAQ's seven story Tower is an advertising billboard and the largest stationary screen in the world. This high-tech electronic display wraps around the cylindrical NASDAQ building, providing up-to-the-minute financial news, market highlights, and advertisements. The MarketSite Tower is featured in films, television programming, and news articles. This modern day icon soars 7 stories high and illuminates Times Square 24 hours a day. Known as the Advertising Capital of the World, Times Square welcomes approximately 1.5 million visitors each day. Times Square has 50,000 square feet of major billboards with $60 million+ in annual revenues. Each year on New Year's Eve, approximately 500,000 attendees join the celebration in Times Square with 1 billion viewers worldwide. As Chairman of Deutsch Inc., Donny implemented his "leaner, meaner, faster, smarter" philosophy to transform a small advertising shop into one of the nation's top 10 agencies. The $2.5 billion full-service agency has provided clients with strategic marketing programs that are intrusive, effective and talked about. Prestigious clients include General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, DIRECTV, Novartis Worldwide, IKEA, & Under Armour. In 2005 Harper Collins published Donny's business motivation book, Often Wrong, Never in Doubt, based on his career experiences. Reviews have called his writing "bold, funny and often irreverent," and Newsweek (11/2005) noted, "His trademark candor can be cringe-inducingly un-P.C ... But it's refreshing when he applies it to his agency's and his own successes and failures, and draws lessons from each." Deutsch is also Managing Partner of Deutsch Open City, the independent production company that has produced a string of highly acclaimed independent films. He also had a brief turn in politics as a lead member of the Clinton/Gore communications team in 1992. A graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Deutsch now serves on two prestigious boards: UPenn's School of Social Work's Executive Committee and the Michael J. Fox Parkinson's Foundation's Board of Directors. THE BIG IDEA airs on CNBC Monday-Friday at 10:00 p.m. EST. Where: NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast Studio When: Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. ET Contacts: Stephanie Jones; Stephanie_Jones@deutschinc.com 917.699.3524 NASDAQ Silvia Davi 646.441.5014; Silvia.Davi@NASDAQ.com
Feed Information:
The opening bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on Galaxy 26 - uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can also be found on Waterfront fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Jolene Libretto at (646) 441-5220.
Radio Feed:
An audio transmission of the opening bell is also available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Waterfront fiber 1623 as well.
Webcast:
A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_about.stm.
Photos:
To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice.
About NASDAQ MarketSite:
Built in 1999, NASDAQ MarketSite made its debut in the Millennium in Times Square where the first Market Open was held in January 2000. The concept behind the MarketSite studio was to develop an epicenter for financial and business news in the heart of Manhattan.
MarketSite rapidly became known as the face and information center of The NASDAQ Stock Market, the world's largest electronic stock market.