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Hearst Media Production Group Acquires the Jack Hanna Library

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023
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NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), a leading producer and distributor of educational/informational programming, has acquired the library of TV series hosted by legendary wildlife ambassador Jack Hanna from Into The Wild, LLC.

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  • NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hearst Media Production Group (HMPG), a leading producer and distributor of educational/informational programming, has acquired the library of TV series hosted by legendary wildlife ambassador Jack Hanna from Into The Wild, LLC.
  • In addition to its current ownership of Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures, HMPG has acquired nearly 400 episodes of the series Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown and Jack Hanna's Into the Wild for global distribution.
  • "HMPG is committed to the important work Jack started," said Suzi Hanna, wife of Jack Hanna.
  • In 2021, HMPG launched The Jack Hanna Channel, a FAST channel showcasing hundreds of episodes of Hanna's adventures in the wild.

Pianist/Composer Yelena Eckemoff Presses Forward with Her Bold, Conceptual Vision of Jazz on "Lonely Man and His Fish," Due April 28

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Saturday, March 11, 2023
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RICHMOND, Calif., March 11, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Pianist-composer Yelena Eckemoff's body of elaborate, ambitious jazz concept albums reaches a new virtuosic summit with "Lonely Man and His Fish," to be released April 28 on her own L&H Production label. A double-CD set, the album is also a long-form parable, a story of deep affection between a human and his beloved pet. An all-star lineup—cornetist Kirk Knuffke, flutist Masaru Koga, bassist Ben Street, and drummer Eric Harland—helps Eckemoff breathe life into the tale.

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  • A double-CD set, the album is also a long-form parable, a story of deep affection between a human and his beloved pet.
  • An all-star lineup—cornetist Kirk Knuffke, flutist Masaru Koga, bassist Ben Street, and drummer Eric Harland—helps Eckemoff breathe life into the tale.
  • Eckemoff, who is an artist and poet as well as a pianist and composer, typically creates imagery and text to augment her programmatic music.
  • Her unique, sophisticated, and highly expressive music continues to draw support and creative energy from the finest musicians in the world.