C.W. Henderson
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Charles W. Henderson is an American media executive, technology executive, and journalist.
Early life and education
Henderson was born in
At 18, he enrolled in the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication,[1] where he wrote news releases at the university's News Bureau, the university's Office of Public Relations, and, over the summers, the Georgia Regional Hospital at Atlanta.[9]
While an undergraduate at University of Georgia, he also attended Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, as a grant-funded special student where he first encountered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) located on the Emory campus.[1][3] An Emory researcher took Henderson to the CDC, where he participated in meetings concerning the center's activities.{{Citation needed|reason=Nothing found regarding this information in previously cited sources, can't find access to "A Source of News on AIDS." by Richard Larmer in order to check|date=July 2023}}
In addition to his 1971 undergraduate BA in Journalism, Henderson holds a 2006 MFA in English (Creative and Professional Writing) from
Early media projects
In 1971, Henderson launched a magazine, Real Estate Atlanta, renamed Business Atlanta.[12] Henderson later published an urban community weekly newspaper, Buckhead Atlanta.
Henderson served as press spokesman for the Atlanta city government as director of the Community Affairs Division in the Department of Community and Human Development.
Motion pictures and television
TriStar Pictures, shortly after it was created as an independent motion picture company, hired Henderson as its National Publicist, and then as vice president of TriStar Studios.[9][14] While at TriStar, he was one of three PR professionals selected in 1979 by the News Analysis Institute to receive membership in the “Over-100 Club.”[15][16] Henderson was said to represent “outstanding accomplishment…and his leadership in the creation, preparation and communication of public relations news.”[16]
Shortly before TriStar was sold to Columbia Pictures and Atlanta-based Coca-Cola in 1982, Henderson left to expand his own media company, Henderson-Crowe Communications, Inc., which founded and produced Video Concert Hall on November 1, 1979.[17][18] This was the first nationwide music video television network, referred to as the precursor to MTV and VH1.[5][17][19] Before then, it was too expensive to secure copyright privileges to air productions. Record labels featured music videos as “promotional ventures” for new albums, and Henderson secured rights to air them on national cable television.[5] It was understood that the airing would help record companies show viewers popular records in order to increase album sales.[5][17] Content on the TV network included concert footage, studio productions, and guest artists.[17]
According to media reports, by May 1980, the show appeared on more than 400 cable TV systems in 48 states, accessing about 2.5 million homes.
Current activities
In 1984, Henderson returned to news media and created a series of newsweeklies based on the CDC.
Controversy
In 1984, Henderson was co-executive producer of Halloween Thriller,{{Citation needed|reason=Can't find any reliable sources verifying this information|date=July 2023}} taped in Hollywood and Atlanta. The TV special aired in the top 20 TV markets and much of the U.S. in October 1984, including TV stations WNEW (New York), WFLD (Chicago), KTTV (Los Angeles), WPLG (Miami), WQTV (Boston), and WXIA (Atlanta), for a total of 150 TV stations.{{Citation needed|reason=Unable to verify information|date=July 2023}} Some disagreed with Henderson’s claim that the TV special contained no violence and no offensive clips, even though it targeted a mature, audience, specifically 18- to 49-year-olds. Henderson’s promotional literature claimed, “Elements include video music of the spirit of Halloween – no violence and no Satanic clips.”
Henderson was criticized for starting the AIDS Weekly newsweekly because the non-governmental publication included policy, research, and statistics that some considered exclusive to the government.
In 2010, Henderson's NewsRx branch, VerticalNews China was the subject of a denial of service cyber attack as a result of controversial news that had been reported in the publications.[37] The cyber attack was halted when the company's IP service identified the source and blocked it.[34]
Henderson was press spokesman for Kalani Rosell and his family during a Hawaii school admissions policy controversy,[14] in which Hawaii's Kamehameha Schools, founded to provide education with preference to students of native Hawaiian ancestry, admitted a non-Hawaiian student (Kalani Rosell) in 2002 for the first time in 40 years.[38]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Charles Henderson quietly built one of the largest and most successful operations in newsletter history, title by title, week by week. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- ^ Goss, Fred "Charles Henderson - 'The Rupert Murdoch of Health'." Newsletter on Newsletters May 23, 2005
- ^ a b c Laermer, Richard. "A Source of News on AIDS." Editor and Publisher September 5, 1987
- ^ a b "Index". www.siia.net. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ^ a b c d e McCullaugh, Jim. "Atlanta Firm Claims First Ever Nationwide Cable Music Show." Billboard. 3 March 1980 p. 1, p. 38
- ^ Zimmerman, David, Lou Ziegler, and Patrick O'Driscoll. "6 Who Made a Difference." USA Today December 11, 1985 p. 1
- ^ McCullough, Jim (3 March 1980). "Atlanta firm claims first ever nationwide cable music show". Billboard Magazine.
- ^ Vinovskis, Maris A., 2005. The Birth of Head Start, University of Chicago Press, pp.36-37.
- ^ a b c d e f Powers, Judy. "Atlantan of the Week: Charlie Henderson: the PR Man as Reporter," Atlanta Gazette, 1978, Nov. 26, Vol. 5, issue 13, p. 5
- ^ “Creating a Career” Universe volume 6 no. 2, March/April 2006
- ^ Rovzar, Chris. "Yale Publishing Course Will Be International, Business-Oriented" New York Magazine. 20 April 2010
- ^ a b c d Taylor, Ron. "Private Enterprise Jumps into AIDS Marketplace." Atlanta Constitution. February 4, 1986
- ^ "Home". ajc.com.
- ^ a b c Gordon, Mike, “Story of Kamehameha Student Might Be Filmed”, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, July 20, 2010
- ^ "Award for Movie Promotion." Atlanta Journal. 1979, July 11.
- ^ a b Hesse, Stephen. "Movie Campaign Wins Top Award." Atlanta Journal and Constitution. 1979, July 4.
- ^ a b c d "Video Concert Hall Returns to TV Screens Nationwide." On Location. January 1984
- ^ King, Bill, "Atlantans Pioneering Cable Video Music Show," The Atlanta Constitution, June 3, 1980, p. 1-B, p. 10-B
- ^ Werts, Dianne, "Din of Modern Hit Parade Invades Cable Homes," The Dallas Morning News, May 23, 1980
- ^ Denisoff, Serge R. Tarnished Gold: The record industry revisited. Oxford, UK: Transaction books, 1986. p. 369
- ^ a b The Pre-Awards Show: Sunday February 26, 1984 Metromedia, WNEW-TV New York, New York 1984.
- ^ Levy, Alan M., "Showtime-Video Concert Hall Agreement Close," Multichannel News, Fairchild Business Publications, Oct. 27, 1980
- ^ Fernandes, Manuela. "Health Letters: Let the Reader Beware." The New York Times News Service 18 Aug, 1995
- ^ Ricklefs, Roger. "Medical Newsletters on AIDS Therapies Crop Up Across U.S." The Wall Street Journal. October 4, 1988
- ^ Moore, Lisa. "AIDS Bulletin" U.S. News & World Report. June 6, 1988: 83
- ^ "NewsRx's VerticalNews Division Launches 86 Titles in Tech, Science and General Interest." Newsletter on Newsletters September 10, 2008
- ^ Oliver, Suzanne. "Peddle or Perish." Forbes. October 23, 1995: 222-232
- ^ a b Bellury, Phillip. Enlightening The World. Atlanta, GA: The Storyline Group, 2009.
- ^ Hasty, Susan. "Take Control of the News" ScholarlyNews and ScholarlyEditions. ScholarlyMedia, 2011
- ^ ScholarlyEditions." ScholarlyEditions. ScholarlyMedia, 2011
- ^ Video Concert Hall/Vincent Price Halloween Special Henderson-Crowe Syndications, Inc. Atlanta Sept 24, 1984
- ^ Vincent Price’s Halloween Thriller, Fact Sheet, Henderson-Crowe Syndications, Inc., Atlanta, September 24, 1984
- ^ Vincent Price Hosts His First American Halloween Special, News Release, September 24, 1984, Henderson-Crowe Syndications, Inc., Atlanta
- ^ a b "NewsRx; China News from U.S. Hit by Denial of Service Cyber Attack Originating from China" Wall Street Journal Professional Edition with Factiva. January 25, 2010
- ^ Fernandes, Manuela. "Reading All About It: Newsletters growing in number, but not all information is reliable." Atlanta Journal. August 16, 1995
- ^ Nicholson, Joe. "Of Mice & Men: Is there too much hype in media's medical stories?." Editor and Publisher. October 3, 1998
- ^ Higgins, Kelly. "More Victims of Chinese Hacking Attacks Come Forward" Dark Reading. January 14, 2010
- ^ Liptak, Adam, “School Set Aside for Hawaiians Ends Exclusion to Cries of Protest", The New York Times, July 24, 2002, p.1