Consumer Electronics Association Elects Illinois Journalist to 2007 Hall of Fame

Business Wire, Sept 18, 2007

Art Weinberg, Midwest Bureau Chief for Fairchild Paper, To Receive Award

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Please replace the release dated Sept. 17, 2007 with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions.

The corrected release reads:

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION ELECTS ILLINOIS JOURNALIST TO 2007 HALL OF FAME

Art Weinberg, Midwest Bureau Chief for Fairchild Paper, To Receive Award

The late Arthur Weinberg, a prominent author and journalist for Fairchild Publications from 1946 until his death in 1989, has been named to the Consumer Electronics Industry Hall of Fame. His widow, Lila Weinberg, will be present for the formal ceremony at the association's annual Industry Forum awards dinner in San Diego, CA October 16, 2007.

Mr. Weinberg covered consumer electronics for Home Furnishings Daily. He graduated from Northwestern University's famed Medill School of Journalism.

He was a past president of the Society of Midland Authors, and in 1987, he received the Midland Authors' annual award for a distinguished body of work. In addition, he was a 1988-89 Lloyd Lewis Fellow in American History at the Newberry Library, where he spent years as a researcher and scholar.

The author of seven books, his biography of Clarence Darrow, "Attorney for the Damned," was on the New York Times best seller list for 19 weeks in 1957. He also wrote a number of nonfiction books with his wife, Lila. They also worked as a teaching team at DePaul University for 16 years.

Joining Mr. Weinberg in the 2007 Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame are: industry executives Dr. Amar Bose, founder of Bose Corporation; Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft; John McDonald, former president of Casio USA; Steven J. Sasson, inventor of the digital camera at Eastman Kodak Company; retailers Richard M. "Dick" Schulze, founder and chairman of Best Buy and William Crutchfield, founder of Crutchfield Corp.; the late attorney James Edward Day, who represented the consumer electronics industry in the landmark Betamax case; and the team of Karlheinz Brandenberg, Dr. Dieter Seitzer and Dr. Heinz Gerhauser who oversaw the development of the MP3 digital music format at the Fraunhofer Institute in Erlangen, Germany.

"We are very pleased to honor such distinguished individuals through election to our industry's Hall of Fame," said CEA President and CEO, Gary Shapiro. "Their contributions played a key role in the products and technologies that provide enjoyment and a better and more productive life for consumers all over the world."

For more information on the CE Hall of Fame, visit: www.CE.org.

About CEA:

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the $148 billion U.S. consumer technology industry through technology policy, events, research, promotion and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CEA represents more than 2,100 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of audio, video, mobile electronics, wireless and landline communications, information technology, digital imaging, home networking, multimedia and accessory products, as well as related services that are sold through consumer channels. CEA's resources are available online at www.CE.org, the definitive source for information about the consumer electronics industry.

CEA also sponsors and manages the International CES - Where Entertainment, Technology and Business Converge. All profits from CES are reinvested into industry services, including technical training and education, industry promotion, engineering standards development, market research and legislative advocacy.