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The People Who Make Medialink Work

Medialink's strongest asset is its people. From top executives to senior managers, Medialink's blend of experience in broadcast and print news, video, public and investor relations, research, technical coordination, and communications is unmatched in the field of broadcast public relations.

President Laurence Moskowitz founded Medialink in 1986, steering the innovative startup to a global leader of public relations communications services. He is often regarded as the "Architect of Video Public Relations," having established key standards for video news releases, television station usage monitoring and established all modern paradigms for domestic and international distribution. Moskowitz began his professional career as a reporter and editor at United Press International specializing in broadcast services. He later served as a foreign correspondent in Asia before starting his own newswire service, later acquired by a large British media company. He is a frequent expert speaker at seminars and conventions on topics ranging from new media concepts to the impact of video in the investor relations community to the current state of news broadcasting in Europe. email: lmoskowitz@medialink.com


Senior Vice President/Sales Mark Manoff joined Medialink in 1987, opening the Washington, DC office. He previously worked as State Capitol bureau chief for the Philadelphia Bulletin newspaper, political reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News, and managing editor of a Dow Jones-owned newspaper. Prior to joining Medialink he was a political consultant in New York and then Washington, where he is now based. email: mmanoff@medialink.com


New York-based Senior Vice President/Operations Nick Peters joined Medialink in 1987 after 14 years as an award-winning journalist. He worked as a newspaper reporter for the Indianapolis Star, Raleigh (NC) Times, and Philadelphia Bulletin, moving to broadcast in 1979 as news director at Philadelphia's public broadcasting outlet WHYY, and then on to CBS News in its New York broadcast center as a producer and editor for Dan Rather and Charles Osgood, among others. email: npeters@medialink.com


Medialink's rapid international growth has been spearheaded by Vice Chairman/Europe David Davis, who joined Medialink in London in 1992 after a 24-year career at Edelman Public Relations. He was Edelman's General Manager/Europe, and later Vice Chairman of Daniel J. Edelman, Inc., responsible for the company's activities in Asia. He spent 17 years as a journalist with the Times of London, Britain's national Press Association, and Universal News Services, Britain's first business newswire. email: ddavis@medialink.com


Vice President/Production Chuck Walker joined Medialink in 1997 to oversee the company's expanding production capabilities. He is a 21-year television news veteran who previously served as Director of Engineering at KGO-TV, the Disney/ABC-owned station in San Francisco. At the ABC Network News in New York, Walker was Director of News Production and Director of ABSAT, the network's satellite newsgathering system. Chuck spent ten years at KTRK-TV, the ABC-owned station in Houston, as Director of News Operations, Producer/Director of Special Events, and Field Producer/Videographer. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Walker's first television job was as a general assignment reporter and videographer at CBS-affiliate KWTV in Oklahoma City. Chuck won a regional Emmy Award for KGO-TV's coverage of the San Francisco Marathon in 1991. email: cwalker@medialink.com


Medialink's innovations in the tracking of video public relations projects prompted a move into further assessing their overall impact. Vice President/Research Mark Weiner joined Medialink in 1994 after eight years in media analysis. He was previously Senior Vice President and co-founder of Copernicus, a marketing investment strategy group, and earlier was a managing partner of PR Data. He is a former editor and syndicated columnist with the McNaught Newspaper Syndicate and the New York Times News Service. email: mweiner@medialink.com


By 1989 the pace at Medialink's New York operations center matched that of a small TV newsroom, and Vice President/Global Facilities Michele Wallace was hired to manage it after spending seven years in major market television news. For four years she was assignment editor at WVUE, the ABC affiliate in New Orleans, and for three years assignment editor at News 12, the all-news cable channel on Long Island, NY. email: mwallace@medialink.com


Vice President/Information Systems Mitchell Saslow opened Medialink's Los Angeles office in 1988 after several years as systems analyst/programmer within UCLA's Division of Student Affairs, and consultant to the Los Angeles News Service. Saslow implemented Medialink's store-and-forward computer system that is the basis of the exclusive Medialink/AP Express Computer Notification System, designed Medialink's exclusive computer-based monitoring system and, as "webmaster", is driving the company's Internet services. email: msaslow@medialink.com


Greg Jones, Vice President/Marketing Communications, is charged with developing and implementing an integrated marketing strategy from Medialink's headquarters in New York. In his more than 12 years at A&E Television Network as Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications, Greg was involved in the branding, promotion and image awareness for both A&E Network and The History Channel, along with the company's new media and publishing products. A recipient of A&E's President's Award for Customer Service, Jones is also the winner of a Cable Marketing Award. Jones serves on the faculty of NYU School of Continuing Education's Film, Video and Broadcasting Department. email: gjones@medialink.com


Medialink's foray into Europe began in 1991 when Vice President/International Business Development Jim Gold opened the company's first international office in London. Gold joined Medialink in New York in 1987 after working in television news production at ABC's "Good Morning America"; WXYZ, the ABC affiliate in Detroit; and WABC, the ABC owned-and-operated station in New York City. email: jgold@medialink.com


Vice President/European Operations David Whitbourn joined Medialink in 1997 after serving as Deputy News Editor for Central Television, where he was a Royal Television Society Award winner for the best magazine program. He started his broadcast career as a reporter for BBC Radio Devon, followed by two years as producer/reporter for BBC Radio Bristol, where he was a Sony Award nominee for production of the day's output to coincide with the Earth Summit in Rio. David moved into television in 1992 as a producer/sub editor for Westcountry Television, where as a senior reporter and presenter, he went on overseas assignments to Bosnia, Russia, Italy and France. email: dwhitbourn@medialink.com


Medialink's live broadcast capabilities expanded dramatically in 1989 when Associate Vice President/Live Broadcast Tim Price joined after 11 years producing live remotes for CBS News, CBS Sports and CBS Entertainment. He was Associate Producer and Production Manager for the CBS Morning News, responsible for Democratic and Republican Convention remotes. Price also ran his own video firm, and coordinated remotes for Sea World satellite transmissions. email: tprice@medialink.com


Lidj Lewis, Associate Vice President/Audio Services joined Medialink in 1995 after serving more than six years as a producer and supervising editor at CNBC television. He was also an associate producer/reporter at CBS Radio; a newswriter/editor at ABC Radio; a general assignment reporter at WNEW Radio in New York; and a reporter/anchor at WTTM Radio in Trenton, New Jersey. He brings twenty years of experience in electronic journalism to Medialink. email: llewis@medialink.com


Bob Bucci, Director/Audio Services, oversees the scheduling, operations and production of Medialink’s domestic radio public relations projects. Bucci joined Medialink after seven years at WABC Radio, New York’s leading news/talk station, where he served as News Director as well as executive producer for a variety of highly rated morning and afternoon drive-time talk shows. He was also WABC’s affiliate relations director for the New York Yankees Network, responsible for negotiating with senior managers at radio stations to secure broadcasting contracts. Previously, Bucci was an anchor/reporter at WGCH-AM in Greenwich, CT, WPTR-AM and WFLY-FM in Albany, New York; news director at WMVQ-FM in Amsterdam, New York; and public relations coordinator for the New York State Legislature. email: bbucci@medialink.com


Tracey Doull, Director/Media Relations, came to Medialink in 1995, and was a reporter/producer for WTEN, the ABC affiliate in Albany, NY also having worked on the news desk of News 12 Long Island in New York. Ms. Doull manages Medialink’s in-house satellite media tour staff who together coordinate interviews with newsrooms on behalf of Medialink’s clients. Additionally, Ms. Doull oversees Medialink's station relations outreach, including the editorial staff responsible for the writing and transmission of advisories over the Medialink Wire and Medialink's in-house media placement specialists who coordinate interviews with television and radio stations on behalf of Medialink's clients. email: tdoull@medialink.com


Lynn Smith, Director/Broadcast Research, is responsible for tracking the airings of broadcast public relations projects. Ms. Smith joined Medialink in the summer of 1995 as a station relations coordinator. In Boston, she previously worked as a production assistant at WHDH-TV, the CBS affiliate; assistant assignment editor at WLVI-TV, the Warner Brothers affiliate; and as a radio reporter and producer for WERS-FM. Ms. Smith graduated cum laude from Emerson College with a degree in mass communications and broadcast journalism. email: lsmith@medialink.com


International production requirements prompted the London bureau to hire Marian Shiels in 1994. She was co-founder and London manager of Eastern European News, a production company specializing in the former Soviet Union, and was a program producer for "Filmworks", an independent documentary production company. In 1983 she helped found "TV-AM", the UK's first and most successful breakfast news program, working as foreign editor and reporter. She also worked as London-based News Editor for NBC News, and as a field producer for ABC News. email: mshiels@medialink.com



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