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Commit Media is a socially entrepreneurial company created to utilize the power of entertainment to raise awareness and funds for non-profits and philanthropic organizations, such as SOS Children's Villages USA, Best Friends Animal Society, Rotary International, and altruistic individuals, such as Kevin Bacon and Harrison Ford. It was was founded in 2006 by entertainment industry executive and two-time Grammy nominee Paul Katz. (1)http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-discovers-good-turning-profit-91293

Content: 1. Founding The founding of Commit Media in 2006 evolved from Paul Katz's extensive entertainment and business experience and his ongoing involvement with charitable causes. (#)http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/commit-media-makes-change-takes-cause-and-entertainment-to-new-levels-63764242.html “I have learned over the years that when talented people who are in the public eye, like these musicians, come together for a greater good the end result is nothing short of amazing,” said Katz. “Entertainers can make people aware of a cause and inspire us to make a difference.” (#)http://feature.le gacyrecordings.com/betweenthecovers/

2. Projects A. Give Kids A Smile The American Dental Association’s Give Kids A Smile program was created to enhance the oral health of large numbers of needy children – over 400,000 in 2009. Give Kids A Smile aims to eliminate all cavities in children under five by 2020. Commit Media advised the Give Kids A Smile board and staff on marketing, communications, cause marketing, and strategy to reach those most in need of medical care.This includes deep research to identify suitable celebrity candidates, shaping the request, and managing the relationship. Amongst the marketing tools created for GKAS is a PSA featuring Albert Pujols, which was executive produced by Commit Media. Commit also commissioned the production company, the director, and the PSA distribution company. Currently the PSA is one of the most successful on TV and cable, garnering millions of dollars in free advertising time and hundreds of million of impressions for the campaign.(#)http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/commit-media-makes-change-takes-cause-and-entertainment-to-new-levels-63764242.html

B.Between the Covers Commit Media created and produced "Between The Covers", an album to benefit the T.J. Martell Foundation, which supports research on leukemia, cancer and AIDS. Singers and Songwriters such as Eric Clapton, Madonna, Alicia Keys, Sheryl Crow, Lenny Kravitz, Norah Jones, Mick Jagger and David Bowie, The Dixie Chicks and Sarah McLachlan contributed to the album, bringing together thirteen cover versions of all-time classic songs. "Between The Covers" was released by SONY BMG in the U.S. and Nettwerk in Canada. VH1, VH1 Classic and VH1 Logo aired a half-hour "Between the Covers" special hosted by actor/director Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael, and regularly rebroadcast the show. The Bacon Brothers perform their rendition of the Beatles' "If I Needed Someone" on both the VH1 special and the album.(#)http://feature.legacyrecordings.com/betweenthecovers/

C. Mrs. Rosa Parks Tribute Commit Media advised and supports Environmental Defense Fund and its programs in two main capacities. (#) http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/commit-media-makes-change-takes-cause-and-entertainment-to-new-levels-63764242.html

Firstly, Commit Media brokered, and continues to facilitate, a new relationship between Environmental Defense Fund and Gibson maker of the worlds leading guitar. The first collaboration took place at this year's Country Music Association Festival in Nashville, where Gibson hosted a booth on Global Warming. Alongside powerful visual depictions of the impacts of climate change, Gibson displayed its unique custom Environmental Defense Fund-themed guitar. Climate experts staffing the booth offered information for visitors on how to save energy and our planet.

Commit Media also worked on Discovering Hetch Hetchy, a film that recreates America's first conservation battle that resulted in the loss of a valley in Yosemite National Park. The film, directed by David Vassar, is the centerpiece of an Environmental Defense Fund campaign to restore HetchHetchy. Commit Media identified and invited Harrison Ford to narrate, and appear in the production. The film and its PSA won a Silver and Gold Medal respectively for Public Service Video at the Summit Awards, "Best Short" at the 2006 Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival and was a finalist in the upcoming Jackson Hole Wildlife Festival awards. (#) http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-discovers-good-turning-profit-91293

D. Rotary International's "This Close" Campaign Rotary International launched their public awareness campaign "This Close" to encourage further membership support and support for ongoing polio vaccination efforts internationally. The campaign includes a select group of major public figures who participate in individual public service announcements. These public service announcements emphasize that Rotary is 99% closer to eradicating this crippling childhood disease. The PSAs encourage the public to support the effort of finishing off the final one percent. The campaign's tagline is: "We're this close to ending polio." The "This Close" PSAs promote Rotary's End Polio Now campaign and its $200 Million Challenge (to match a $355 million polio eradication grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation). Commit Media continues to executive produce components of select PSA campaign, including those of Angelique Kidjo, ETC, ETC, ETC. Commit also executive produced the "Concert to End Polio" with the New York Philharmonic and Itzhak Perlman, which took place in December 2009 and raised over $125,000 for the cause. Commit Media has also collaborated with Rotary to secure the supporters of the campaign and to executive produce the components of the PSA campaign. Commit also executive produced the 2009 "Concert to End Polio" with the New York Philharmonic and Itzhak Perlman, which raised over $125,000 for the cause. In 2011, (Chicago) (#)http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-discovers-good-turning-profit-91293 (#) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/itzhak-perlman-and-the-ne_n_323151.html

3. Current Projects A. Rotary? B. Best Friends Animal Society