Rick Frishman

President of Planned Television Arts

Rick Frishman, President of Planned Television Arts (PTA), has been the driving force behind PTA’s exceptional growth. In 1993, PTA merged with Ruder Finn, where Rick serves as Executive Vice President. He remains one of the media industry’s most energetic and powerful publicists while supervising PTA’s success. Rick continues to work with many of the top editors, agents, and publishers in America, including: Simon and Schuster, Random House, Harper Collins, Pocket Books, Penguin Putnam, and Hyperion Books. Some of the authors he has worked with include Mitch Albom, Bill Moyers, Stephen King, Caroline Kennedy, Howard Stern, President Jimmy Carter, Mark Victor Hansen, Nelson DeMille, John Grisham, Hugh Downs, Henry Kissinger, Jack Canfield, Alan Deshowitz, Arnold Palmer, and Harvey MacKay.

Rick joined the company in 1976 after working as a producer at WOR-AM in New York City. He has a B.F.A. in acting and directing and a B.S. from Ithaca College School of Communications. Rick is a sought-after lecturer on publishing and public relations, he is a member of PRSA, and he is a member of the National Speakers Association. He and his wife, Robbi, live in Long Island with their three children, Adam, Rachel, Stephanie, plus a cockapoo named Rusty.

Rick has appeared on hundreds of radio shows and more than a dozen TV shows nationwide. He has appeared on Bloomberg TV numerous times and has also been a guest on OPRAH to see these appearances, go to www.rickfrishman.com). Rick is also the co-host of the radio show Taking Care of Business with attorney Richard Solomon. It airs every Thursday from 2:00-3:00 pm on WCWP Radio in Long Island, New York (www.tcbradio.com).

Rick is the co-author of 8 national bestselling books. These include: Guerilla Marketing For Writers: 100 Weapons for Selling Your Work with Jay Conrad Levinson and literary agent Michael Larsen (Writers Digest Books, 2000); the national bestseller, Guerilla Publicity: Hundreds of Sure-Fire Tactics to Get Maximum Sales for Minimum Dollars with Jay Conrad Levinson and Jill Lublin (Adams Media Corp, 2002); in 2006, Adams Media Corp released Rick’s new book, Networking Magic: Find the Best from Doctors, Lawyers, and Accountants to Homes, Schools and Jobs; also in 2006, Rick’s four-book series, Author 101 was released (www.author101.com). Rick is also the co-author of the new business book, 10 Clowns Don’t Make A Circus with Steven Schragis, which was published in June 2006.

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