PRSRT STD US Postage PAID Permit #1081 Bellmawr, NJ THE PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL BUSINESS/MARKETING NEWS 29 Bala Avenue, Suite 114, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 The longest established business-to-business newspaper for company owners and © 2015 Advertising/Communications Times $4.00 Founded July, 1976 Volume #42, Issue #1 executives in Philadelphia, Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey & Delaware ... on the 200th Anniversary April/May 2015 Mailed direct to buyers of business services & products of the United States of America Hard Rock Café Hosting TV’s Lane & Mendte To Philly-Area Networking Event Battle Legally — Again! The internationally famous Hard Rock There’s a saying: Allan L. Tereshko. Café will host the next ACT-produced Exec- “Litigation must end at some Pennsylvania’s Superior Court utive Card Exchange. time.” revived the civil suit recently. It will be held inside the Philadelphia But, evidently, not for two Next step: A trial! location, NE corner of 12th and Market former CBS-TV-3 co-anchors. The crust: Jamie Apody Sts., Phila. – where the giant outdoor gui- The civil suit by claimant CBS is accused by Lane tar sign is a Phila. landmark. Alycia Lane vs. defendant Larry of negligence for not stopping The event will be Tuesday, June 23, History’s Mendte & CBS3, is on – again. Mendte’s alleged hacking into from 4:45PM to 7:15PM. The case had been thrown her personal e-mail, plus, plus. Admission is free with a business card. Holocaust Is out about three years ago by For more information, Large Attendance Common Pleas Court Judge Google. Typically, about 150 business owners Official Greeter: MMA the Personal for and decision makers are in attendance. Model Management Agen- There will be a free buffet, courtesy of cy will introduce Victoria TV-6 Staffer the Hard Rock Café. Massey, a new local model Television sports reporter, Special low-cost parking nearby at the Executive Network- (TV6-ABC) Jamie Apody was ($8.00/car) will be available. ing event to be held at the especially mindful of the recent MMA/Model Management Agen- Hard Rock Cafe, corner of 70th commemoration of the Na- cy, 106 S. Bellevue Ave., Langhorne, PA 12th & Market Sts., Phila. zi-led Holocaust, and their con- (215-752-8603) will attend with a repre- RSVP your attendance to centration camps (over 200 of Continued on page 3 [email protected]. them) where over 6,000,000 people were exterminated. Her grandparents – all four of them – were in the Auschwitz Area Business-Related and other death camp. Radio Interview Shows to Continued on page 3 Continue throughout 2015 Larry Mendte and Alycia Lane The radio division of ACT, ness” is heard every Monday Publisher Inc., 29 Bala Ave., Bala Cyn- & Wednesday 6:00 PM to 6:30 wyd, PA 19004 has contracted PM and on Thursday 12:30 PM Named City Ave. Section To be to own and produce two 30-min- to 1:00 PM. ute information/interview shows The “Lifestyles” show is throughout 2015, Joe Ball, exec- heard every Monday & Wednes- Named After Ed Bradley utive producer reported. day 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM & on A former Philadelphia tional prominence, will be memo- They are entitled “Lifestyles” Thursday 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM. broad-caster, who went on to na- rialized here. & “The Marketing of Business”. There are different guest He is Ed Bradley, a major They feature interviews of interviewees every week. domino for 26 years on the “60 local business and organiza- Those wishing to speak Minutes” TV news-feature show. tion owners and decision mak- about their business or organiza- Mr. Bradley, who was born ers, speaking about their expe- tion – for which there is no charge in Philadelphia, died in 2006 riences in becoming successful – should contact the Radio Di- from Leukemia complications. Steven Rosenberg, formerly Mar- leaders and individuals. vision of ACT, Inc., at 29 Bala Most fittingly, he will be re- keting Director for the Jewish Fed- The shows are broad- Ave., Ste. 114, Bala Cynwyd, PA membered via having City Ave., eration of Greater Philadelphia, has cast over Beasley Broadcast- 19004, Ph: 484-562-0063, email: between Presidential Boulevard been named publisher of Philadel- ing Company’s Philadelphia [email protected] . and Monument Road – where phia’s Jewish Exponent newspa- station WWDB 860 AM, and The Radio Division of ACT NBC-TV10 and ABC-TV6 are lo- per. It is the second-oldest Jewish are also rebroadcast constantly also will produce and broadcast cated – named after him. newspaper in the country, founded over the internet. radio and internet shows for other Pennsylvania State Senator in 1887. The weekly newspaper is “The Marketing of Busi- organizations and corporations. Vincent Hughes promoted the located at 2100 Arch St.; 215-832- honor. ~ See Recent Radio Guests Pictures on Page 4 ~ 0577; www.jewishexponent.com. Ed Bradley Continued on page 3 Area Ad-Publishing Vet Authors Book on S.J. Gangsters Sam Valenza, founder & pub- edges was part of illicit gambling the young art directors at the adver- homelessness, while his father lisher of the former “Lottery Play- activities in Mt. Holly, NJ. tising agency I founded in 1956. enjoyed the high life with … er’s Magazine” and priorto that an He admits to having fiction- (He remembers in joining gangster associates”. advertising artist /retoucher at the alized through careful research my agency, “It was an easy jump Valenza tells his story of “a life Philadelphia Inquirer, has authored some background to actual from purchasing type & print- lived in the shadow of the Mafia”. a book that reports on South Jer- events. He tells the story through ing for government manuals to In real life, Valenza went on sey unknown and/or forgotten ma- the eyes and memories of a char- (creating) advertising brochures to serve as a U.S. Marine & at- fia activities many years ago. acter named “Tuck” – whom he for everything from conventions tended the U.S. Naval Academy. What makes the book un- created as his third-person iden- shows to cemeteries”.) He later originated “Lottery usual is that Valenza tells his tity he created of himself. Tuck’s life, an admitted par- Player’s Magazine” which become stories through his own eyes and Publisher’s Note: Sam Valen- allel of Valenza’s young life, “is his father’s life, who he acknowl- za in his early twenties, was one of Sam Valenza scarred with violence, fear … Continued on page 3 SPECIAL EVENTS SOURCES MEETINGS AVAILABLE FOR SEMINARS IDEAS * PRODUCTION ENTERTAINERS * MUSIC GRAND OPENINGS FULL COORDINATION OR PLANNING * SPEAKERS PUBLICITY PROPS OPEN HOUSES PER-NEED HELP 29 Bala Ave., Ste. 114, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 29 Bala Ave., Ste. 114, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 29 Bala Ave., Ste. 114, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 29 Bala Ave., Ste. 114, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 29 Bala Ave., Ste. 114, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 484-562-0063 Fax: 484-562-0068 484-562-0063 Fax: 484-562-0068 484-562-0063 Fax: 484-562-0068 484-562-0063 Fax: 484-562-0068 484-562-0063 Fax: 484-562-0068 www.PhillyBizMedia.com www.PhillyBizMedia.com www.PhillyBizMedia.com www.PhillyBizMedia.com www.PhillyBizMedia.com email: [email protected] email: [email protected] email: [email protected] email: [email protected] email: [email protected] Page 2 Advertising/Communications Times April / May 2015 Are They Nationalizing the Internet? The FCC Is Doing the Job It Was Made To Do By Mike Mallowe not be allowed to create sepa- authority in maintaining this free FRC, or Federal Radio Commis- There’s a juicy rumor mak- rate and unequal Internets for access. sion, back in 1934 when owning ing its way around the conspira- their highest paying customers. Big media corporations are a radio was less common that cy blogs and the deep Internet, What that would mean in arguing just the opposite – the driving an automobile. as well as some right-wing politi- practice, with no net neutrality, FCC is too stupid, too politicized Both Commissions came cal circles, that the recent action is that your friendly, neighbor- and too traditional to be allowed into existence to guarantee, as by the Federal Communications hood cable and Internet provider to step in like the honest cop that much as possible, open access Commission (FCC) to do every- would be able to detour you and the FCC has always strived to be. to public airways, either radio or thing in its power to guarantee I to a sloooooow Internet. So far, Congress has wisely television. “net neutrality” is an attempt by There we would wait as long backed away from hindering the as we had to, while the big pay- FCC in its crusade for net neu- the US government to “national- ers would have super-quick ac- trality. ize” the Internet. cess to the Internet on special- Mike Mallowe But, of course, that could First things first: “Net Neu- ly designed speed routes that change. trality” means that big media connection is slow now, just wait could only be accessed for the The first calls that usually companies, big cable compa- until that kind of multi-tiered In- right price. get answered in Congress are nies, big phone companies, and ternet takes effect, if it ever does. the ones from the lobby groups anything else that’s big in the Internet 3.0 The FCC is demanding that that represent the big industry communications industry, will If you think your Internet it be recognized as the ultimate organizations. The danger here is palpable because the Internet, if nothing else, is ever changing.