ADVISORY/Leeza Gibbons, Natalie Cole Headline Reisenbach Foundation 10th Anniversary Tribute To AOL / Time Warner's Gerald Levin

Business Wire, Nov 28, 2001

Entertainment Editors

ADVISORY...for Monday, December 3, 2001

--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)

      WHAT: 10th anniversary gala of The John A. Reisenbach Foundation,
        which raises money from New York's media community for quality
        of life programs in NYC--Gerald Levin, CEO of AOL /
        Time-Warner to receive inaugural John A. Reisenbach Award for
        Distinguished Citizenship.

      WHERE: Rainbow Room, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 65 floor, Manhattan.

      WHEN: Monday, December 3, 2001
          5:30 pm VIP Cocktail Reception
          6:30 pm general reception
          7:30 pm dinner & program
          8:50 pm entertainment by Natalie Cole

      WHO: Leeza Gibbons, host of TV' s "Extra," is MC
         Natalie Cole, singer, to entertain
         Gerald Levin, CEO, AOL / Time-Warner, to  be honored

      Attending:
Alec Gerster, chair, Mediacom Worldwide, Media Dir., Grey Advertising
Jon Mandel, Chairman, NATPE, co-managing director, Mediacom
Sumner Redstone, Viacom
James H. Rosenfield, JHR Associates, ex pres, CBS TV network
Arnie Semsky, media advisor
Michael Weiden, Pearson Television
Robert Lilley, Chairman, John A. Reisenbach Foundation
Richard Masur, actor
Doug McCormick, iVillage
Dennis Swanson, Gen. Mgr. WNBC-TV
Terry Semel, Warner Bros.
Barry Meyer, Warner Bros.
Larry Divney, Comedy Central
Warren Lieberfarb, Warner Bros.
Sandy Reisenbach (father of John A. Reisenbach), Warner Bros.

      DETAILS: Founded in 1991 after the July 30, 1990 unsolved murder
of its namesake, then 34-year-old vice president of national
advertising sales for All American Television (now Pearson) at the
corner of Greenwich and Jane Streets in Manhattan, The John A.
Reisenbach Foundation is supported by members of New York's media,
advertising, and TV communities. The foundation raises money for
programs to improve the quality of life in New York. It has given $3
million to programs such as:
      The John A. Reisenbach Charter School in Harlem. New York's first
non-profit charter school.
      Cab Watch, a program to put 911-only wireless phones in medallion
taxis.
      The John A. Reisenbach Neighborhood Safety Project helps block
associations and tenant groups "take back the streets" from criminal
elements.
      John A. Reisenbach Awards given to outstanding New York City
Police Department employees.
      John Jay College of Criminal Justice Masters Scholarships &
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships.
      "Criminal Justice Close-Up," the nation's only regularly scheduled
TV program devoted to issues in law enforcement.