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Wednesday, March 22, 2017 ~ 9:30AM – 11:00 AM
NY NATAS Office – 450 7th Avenue, Suite 808
RSVP: awards@nyemmys.org
Free for NATAS members. $15 for those without current NY NATAS membership
"NINETY MINUTES WITH TONY MONTE" 
With a career spanning more than 25 years in the music industry, Tony Monte understood the challenges colliding with the business in the early 2000s, which became his crossroad. As a senior executive at RCA Records and Capital Records, he worked closely with countless artists including Christina Aguilera, N*SYNC, Tyrese, Coldplay, Paul McCartney, George Michael and Mariah Carey independently. He later applied his understanding of the medium, its artists, trends, audience, execution, marketing and promotion, to re-enter the world of entrepreneurship.
Drawing from years of creativity, his artistic background became a source of inspiration for Monte’s newly formed MELONTE PARTNERS. With former tech executive and stylist Melinda Martinez (the Mel in MELONTE), they created and launches New Music Director, an Inside the Actors Studio inspired web series, produced solely with recording artists and bands. NMD became America’s 1st syndicated video show…for radio. Monte single handedly built a national network, consisting of commercial radio station websites, encompassing more than 70 US markets to air NMD…which soon found its way to TV sites.
Expanding to television with Tribune Broadcasting and CW Network flagship station PIX11 (WPIX), NMD became a valuable component for its digital initiatives, launching Monte’s new career in television. Once PIX 11’s General Manager saw how NMD impacted the station’s online audience, he “green-lit” Monte’s concept for the 1st broadcast TV program combining Celebrities & Food. In November of 2012, Celebrity Taste Makers debuted on PIX 11, which is now in its 5th year. Monte and Martinez became the only independent producers to have a regularly scheduled show on broadcast television in the worlds #1 Media Market…and own their content.
Moving forward, Monte Struck a friendship with Emmy ® winning News Anchor and renowned journalist, Ernie Anastos, leading to a partnership in the development and production of Ernie Anastos In New York. This weekly lifestyle/magazine TV show, airs on broadcast channels FOX 5 (WYNY) and MY 9 (WWOR).
Tony has four projects in development and a movie concept based on a fictional character that takes place in the Jersey City neighborhood he grew up in. The fingerprint of that neighborhood and the values instilled by his parents, are a reflection of Monte’s work and work ethic. Treating people properly and respecting everyone for who they are, is the foundation of how he runs his businesses and lived his life.