An Evening with the Billion Dollar Host, Forbes Riley September 13, 2007

Who - The Los Angeles Press Club

What - "An Evening with the Billion Dollar Host, Forbes Riley" moderated by Seth Lubove, the Los Angeles Bureau Chief of Bloomberg News

When - Thursday, September 13th; Drinks and networking at 7 p.m.
Program starts at 7:30 p.m.
Where - The Steve Allen Theater at the LA Press Club; 4773 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, 90027; Plenty of free parking behind the building (enter off of Berendo Street);
Metro: Red line, Sunset/Vermont station
Why - The Press Club continues to provide interesting and exciting events for its members and friends. Forbes Riley is one of the most recognized product spokespeople on television, and has sold over 1 billion dollars in product on such networks as HSN and QVC.

Cost: Free to Press Club members; all others pay $10; you can become a Press Club member that evening at a discounted rate.
FYI: RSVP to [email protected] or contact the e-mail/phone numbers above;
Light refreshments and hors d'oeuvres will be served at no additional cost

Forbes Riley, recently called the "Queen of Infomercials" by the CBS Morning News' Bill Geist, has hosted more than 80 long-form DRTV shows, including the $350 million Jack LaLanne Power Juicer. Her career in the business kicked off as a host for Jake Steinfeld's FitTV cable network in the 1990s, and since she has hosted infomercials for products like Hydroderm, Buns of Steel, Orbitrek and more. She has also excelled in the home shopping arena, spending more than 16 years as a spokesperson on HSN and QVC in both the United States and United Kingdom . Riley has also acted in and hosted dozens of TV series, including ESPN's X-Games, Fox's 24 and Lifetime's Strong Medicine.

Seth Lubove is Los Angeles bureau chief for Bloomberg News, and a senior writer for Bloomberg Markets magazine. He joined Bloomberg in April of 2006 after 16 years at Forbes, where he also served as Los Angeles bureau chief, deputy bureau chief, associate editor and staff writer. His areas of coverage include corporate strategy, entertainment, and companies in the Western U.S. Prior to
joining Bloomberg and Forbes, Lubove was a staff writer at Florida Trend magazine from 1987 to 1990. He was also a staff reporter in the Pittsburgh bureau of The Wall Street Journal from 1985 to 1987 and a business reporter at The Miami Herald from 1983 until 1985. Lubove has a B.A. in English from the University of Pittsburgh and an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University .

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