Investing Expert Pam Krueger of the Janson Media-distributed business series, MoneyTrack, was featured as a talking head on several national and local talk shows and print publications recently. Co-host and Executive Producer of MoneyTrack, Krueger is well known for her expertise and dedication to teaching investors how to protect themselves against potential abuse. Pam has guested on Fox shows locally in Boston, Houston, Rhode Island and Naples, and appeared on national broadcasts of Fox and Friends, ABCNews, and the CBS Early Show.  Clips of these media appearances, as well as helpful budget tips as provided to Bridal Guide Magazine can be seen in the Latest News section of the MoneyTrack website.  For more essential money management advice, be sure to check your local listings to catch episodes of MoneyTrack, currently in its third season, airing on U.S. public television stations nationwide.

On the third season of MoneyTrack (36 x 30′), co-hosts Pam Krueger and Jack Gallagher cut through the clutter to offer need-to-know- information on investing money in real estate, stocks, bonds and commodities. Topics include: thriving during a recession; navigating retirement; finding the best 401K plans; managing the financial and emotional strains of caring for children and aging parents and avoiding investment fraud. Pam and Jack are joined by guests such as TV personality Ben Stein, syndicated personal finance writer Jane Bryant Quinn, and “Investing 101″ reporter Rob Black, who provide tips for those seeking to take greater control over their finances.

MoneyTrack is funded entirely through a grant from the Investor Protection Trust (IPT) (www.investorprotection.org), a nonprofit organization devoted to investor education. Since 1993 the IPT has worked to provide the independent, objective investor education needed by all Americans to make informed investment decisions. MoneyTrack is distributed exclusively through Janson Media to international TV, VOD, DVD, Non-Theatric, and New Media markets.

Janson Media today announced the release of the third season of the finance series MoneyTrack (36 x 30′) to international TV, VOD, DVD, Non-Theatric, and New Media markets. Each episode of MoneyTrack shares stories from real people and unbiased education from experts that help viewers take control of their finances and get their money management on the right track.

On the third season of MoneyTrack, co-hosts Pam Krueger and Jack Gallagher cut through the clutter to offer need-to-know- information on investing money in real estate, stocks, bonds and commodities. Topics include: thriving during a recession; navigating retirement; finding the best 401K plans; managing the financial and emotional strains of caring for children and aging parents and avoiding investment fraud. Pam and Jack are joined by guests such as TV personality Ben Stein, syndicated personal finance writer Jane Bryant Quinn, and “Investing 101″ reporter Rob Black, who provide tips for those seeking to take greater control over their finances.

“Part of the series is dedicated to teaching investors how to protect themselves against potential abuse,” said Pamela Krueger, executive producer and host of MoneyTrack. “This is an entirely new breed of personal finance programming designed to educate consumers about saving, investing and protecting their assets. We recognize that many consumers are threatened by their lack of understanding about finances,” said Krueger. “MoneyTrack is designed to show consumers that they do not have to know everything about business or Wall Street in order to retire and live well.”

The series also includes a layman’s guide to the global economy that explains what a global economy means to every investor’s future. Each show also includes a “Scam Alert” report to help viewers avoid the most common frauds.

MoneyTrack is funded entirely through a grant from the Investor Protection Trust (IPT) (www.investorprotection.org), a nonprofit organization devoted to investor education. Since 1993 the IPT has worked to provide the independent, objective investor education needed by all Americans to make informed investment decisions.

Founded in 2001, NETworth Television Productions has produced seven programs for public television including Networth, a one-hour special that teaches viewers how to use online tools to manage their finances. The show was broadcast on more than 70 PBS stations. NETworth also produced, IPO: Investing Pays Off! The IPO series consisting of 15 short stories features young teens as hosts and teaches kids about investing, saving, philanthropy, becoming an entrepreneur, and other essential life skills. The children’s series earned a CINE Award and was nominated for an Emmy® in 2004.

Janson Media today announced the worldwide release of Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska, a DVD featuring five introductory episodes of the popular, public television series of the same name. The release marks the extension of the Simple Living brand into the DVD market, where it introduces a message in keeping with the times and the realities of the new economy: frugal, conscious, sustainable living. Simple Living – which made its debut in 2004 as the first nationally syndicated television series of its kind – offers thoughtful ideas and actionable tips for viewers to become better environmental stewards, more thoughtful consumers, fiscally responsible, and involved with community.

These five episodes travel cross country, from Chicago to San Diego to America’s “small town” of Mount Airy, North Carolina, to show you how to live simply in the city or country, to reduce your carbon footprint and fight global warming, to connect with nature and gardening, and to do a “green remodel” of your own home, as Wanda does with her 1956 brick rancher. This sampler will inspire you to reclaim the good life through simple living.

The PBS television series has been hailed by reviewers ranging from the New York Times, which called Wanda “a spokeswoman for the simplicity movement,” to O, The Oprah Magazine, which described Wanda as “the de facto Martha Stewart of the voluntary simplicity movement.” Utne Reader called it “…a kind of This Old House for the American Dream.” “If you feel overwhelmed…” said the Washington Post, “watch the series.”

Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska was produced by Simple Living, LLC, and is available for all television, DVD, VOD, non-theatric, and new media markets worldwide exclusively through Janson Media. Episodes from the TV series are available for online viewing at janson.tv.

SIMPLE LIVING WITH WANDA URBANSKA DVD
LENGTH: Program: 140 Minutes
MSRP: $24.95
CATALOG#: 20388
UPC#: 6-4603203889-7
ISBN#: 1-56839-318-0
RELEASE YEAR: 2009
PRODUCER: Simple Living, LLC
STREET DATE: May 27th, 2009

Janson Media announced today that Wanda Urbanska (host of Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska) has just signed a contract with Krause Publications for her latest book, tentatively titled, “Reclaim the Good Life: Common Sense Wisdom from Wanda Urbanska.” It is slated for publication in May 2010. Wanda’s new book will present solutions for managing money, reducing consumption and debt, while offering wisdom on issues involving work, home, family and healthy living. She’ll draw on her 20-year career as a simplicity and sustainability advocate to help readers establish common-sense habits for survival and happiness – always needed but never more so than during these challenging economic times. In the meantime, consumers can reap the benefits of the simple lifestyle through Urbanska’s nationally broadcasted Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska.

Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska (39 x 30′) HDTV
A magazine-style series advocating enhanced quality of life through environmental stewardship; thoughtful consumption; community involvement; and financial responsibility. Simple Living, hosted by Wanda Urbanska, addresses such subjects as lowering your carbon footprint, reducing your personal waste stream, buying locally, green building, and reconnecting with nature. In short, taking one’s life back from the grip of consumerism. Distributed worldwide exclusively through Janson Media, the series can be seen on your local PBS station in HD.

When O Magazine wrote a timely feature on “voluntary simplicity” in their January 2009 issue, they looked to one of the trends pioneers, Wanda Urbanska (host of Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska), for expert commentary. At a time when the “less is more” philosophy is gaining more popularity, Urbanska’s message is more relevant than ever.

Said Urbanska in the article, “People keep telling me this is just what we need at this time. They want to get back to basics, assume financial independence and environmental stewardship. For the first time, the culture is saying bigger isn’t better. When you are in debt, it’s hard to live with any pleasure. People are starting to feel there is so much more to life.”…

Download a pdf of the full article here.

Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska (39 x 30′) HDTV
A magazine-style series advocating enhanced quality of life through environmental stewardship; thoughtful consumption; community involvement; and financial responsibility. Simple Living, hosted by Wanda Urbanska, addresses such subjects as lowering your carbon footprint, reducing your personal waste stream, buying locally, green building, and reconnecting with nature. In short, taking one’s life back from the grip of consumerism. Distributed worldwide exclusively through Janson Media, the series can be seen on your local PBS station in HD.