Paul Schwartz
Vice President
Vice President in the Planned Television Arts (PTA) division of Ruder Finn, Paul began at PTA in 1991, and since joining the firm he has worked on and managed a variety of experts in the publishing and entertainment fields. Besides working with every major publishing house on a variety of campaigns, notable clients, authors and spokespeople include: BBC America Television, PBS Television, JWT (J. Walter Thompson), Consumer Reports, BusinessWeek, People Magazine, Ken Burns, Dave Winfield, Chuck Panozzo (Styx), Don Zimmer, Nancy Cartwright (voice- Bart Simpson), Mario Andretti, Whoopi Goldberg, Richard Belzer, John Cleese, Gore Vidal, David Remnick, Hugh Hefner, Magic Johnson, Alan Dershowitz, Max Weinberg, abebooks.com, Good Knight Child Safety, Chantal Skincare, The Guggenheim Museum, The Village Voice and The Red Bull World Stunt Awards.
Major media placements include: The New York Times, USA Today, The Associated Press, Reuters, McClatchy, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, The Miami Herald, The New York Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Fast Company, Investor's Business Daily, HR magazine and many other major daily newspapers and national magazines, National Public Radio's Fresh Air, Marketplace, a three part cover story on Entertainment Tonight, Extra and CNN.
Prior to joining Ruder Finn, he created and oversaw a staff of ten on the highly acclaimed Saturday & Sunday Night Metal (SNM) on radio station WPSC-FM in New Jersey. The show was a weekly look at new heavy metal music. Paul interviewed dozens of major band’s including Iron Maiden, Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth, Overkill, Testament, Exodus and Queensryche.
Email: schwartzp@plannedtvarts.com
