UNITED STATIONS RADIO NETWORKS ADD "THE BUSINESS BRIEF with ANDREW ROSS SORKIN"

New York, NY – May 17, 2010 -- United Stations Radio Networks, Inc., (USRN) an independent leader in the creation and marketing of network radio programming, will launch a new series of short-form business news reports by Andrew Ross Sorkin, the award-winning business columnist of The New York Times.  USRN’s Chairman and CEO, Nick Verbitsky, announced that the new program, THE BUSINESS BRIEF with ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, will begin on July 12, 2010.
                                                                    
THE BUSINESS BRIEF with ANDREW ROSS SORKIN will be available to affiliates as three daily, one-minute pieces each weekday.  The reports will feature Sorkin’s exclusive insights and perspectives on daily activities in the world of business and finance.   The three daily pieces will provide updates for morning drive, midday and afternoon drive programming.
 
USRN’s Nick Verbitsky said: “Andrew Ross Sorkin is truly one of the most respected journalists in financial news today.   His insights are unparalleled and we’re certain that his fresh approach and intimate knowledge of business and deal-making will have a lasting impact on business reporting in American radio. Andrew is the latest addition to Unites Stations Radio Network’s already impressive Business News offerings that include Bloomberg Radio and the Lou Dobbs Financial Report.”   Andrew Ross Sorkin noted: “United Stations has been great to work with in developing a fresh approach to business content and distribution on the radio. I look forward to bringing listeners a unique perspective on the latest business news and helping them make sense of it all.  Business news has increasingly become part of the national conversation and it is unlikely to go away anytime soon.”  

Andrew Ross Sorkin, award-winning journalist and author, is The New York Times’ chief mergers and acquisitions reporter and a columnist. He is also the founder and editor of DealBook (nytimes.com/dealbook), a financial-news website and email newsletter published by The New York Times.   He recently authored the best-selling book, Too Big To Fail, which is being made into a movie by HBO.  Sorkin is a frequent guest host of CNBC’s Squawk Box and has also appeared as a guest on the Today show, Good Morning America, MSNBC's Hardball and Morning Joe, PBS’ Charlie Rose, HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Comedy Central's The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.
  
United Stations Radio Networks, Inc. is America's leading independently owned and operated radio network.   USRN currently produces and distributes dozens of format-specific programs and services accounting for nearly 5000 affiliations with commercial radio stations across the country.  The New York-based company maintains programming, sales and affiliate marketing offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Washington and Nashville.   USRN was founded in 1994 by radio pioneers Dick Clark and Nick Verbitsky.

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