Viacom Inc. [VIA] [VIAB] Visit NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square, in New York City, New YorkFollowing Nickelodeon attending the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell ceremony Friday 14th September 2012, where Nickelodeon's Chief Marketing Officer, Pam Kaufman, and Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello from the cast of Nickelodeon's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" rung the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell, Nickelodeon USA and Nickelodeon's official "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Twitter feeds shared a photograph of Nickelodeon's Chief Marketing Officer Pam Kaufman and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" at the event.
Pam Kaufman, Chief Marketing Officer at Nickelodeon and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell
ADVISORY, Sept. 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
What:
Viacom Inc., a leading global entertainment content company, visited the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square.
Viacom, Inc. [VIA], is home to the world's premier entertainment brands such as MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, BET, CENTRIC, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nicktoons, Nick at Nite, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV Land, Spike TV, Tr3s and Paramount Pictures, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square.
In honor of the occasion, Pam Kaufman, Chief Marketing Officer at Nickelodeon, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles rung the Closing Bell. Nickelodeon's all-new, CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will premiere on Nickelodeon USA Saturday, September 29, at 11:00 a.m. (ET/PT) with a special one-hour television event, "Rise of the Turtles."
Where:
NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio
When:
Friday, September 14th, 2012 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET
Contact:
Nickelodeon:
Katelyn Balach
(212) 846-6283
Katelyn.Balach@nick.com
NASDAQ MarketSite:
Jen Knapp
(212) 401-8916
Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com
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Webcast:
A live webcast of the NASDAQ Closing Bell was available at:
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Photos:
To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Close, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market close of your choice.
About Viacom
Viacom (Nasdaq:VIA) (Nasdaq:VIAB) is home to the world's premier entertainment brands that connect with audiences through compelling content across television, motion picture, online and mobile platforms in approximately 160 countries and territories. With more than 160 media networks reaching approximately 700 million global subscribers, Viacom's leading brands include MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, BET, CENTRIC, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nicktoons, Nick at Nite, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV Land, SPIKE and Tr3s. Paramount Pictures, celebrating its 100th year in 2012 and creator of many of the most beloved motion pictures, continues today as a major global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. Viacom operates a large portfolio of branded digital media experiences, including many of the world's most popular properties for entertainment, community and casual online gaming.
For more information about Viacom and its businesses, visit www.viacom.com.
About NASDAQ OMX:
The inventor of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., fuels economies and provides transformative technologies for the entire lifecycle of a trade - from risk management to trade to surveillance to clearing. In the U.S. and Europe, we own and operate 24 markets, 3 clearinghouses and 5 central securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income, derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Able to process more than 1 million messages per second at sub-40 microsecond speeds with 99.999% uptime, our technology drives more than 70 marketplaces in 50 developed and emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to approximately 3,400 listed companies worth $6 trillion in market cap whose innovations shape our world, we give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today. Welcome to where the world takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to the NASDAQ OMX Century. To learn more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. Follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500)
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Source: The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
Date: September 13, 2012 10:00 ET
Tweeted (posted) by Nickelodeon USA on their official Twitter profile page (@NickelodeonTV):
The #NickTurtles were at @NASDAQ today to ring the closing bell! pic.twitter.com/pPA8Lhta.Also, Tweeted (posted) by Nickelodeon's official "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" Twitter stream (@TMNTMaste):
NASDAQ + #NickTurtles = The best closing bell ceremony ever #BOOYAKASHA! pic.twitter.com/wIfZrhGL.
