Telemundo And Billboard Unite For The Future Musicians Of Puerto Rico

With the goal of helping in the education of students with limited economic resources with aspirations to become musicians, a donation will be given to the Escuela Libre de Música in Hato Rey in Puerto Rico by Don Browne, President of Telemundo, and Lisa Ryan Howard, Publisher of Billboard, at a symbolic event to take place at the school's facilities on Thursday, April 29th.

The Escuela Libre de Música is the only school in Puerto Rico, with a general education program, majoring in music, from 7th to 12th grade. The school was founded in 1946 and currently has over 600 students registered in their academic program. Its mission is to develop the student musical artistic sensibility through an educational and learning plan. In addition, it strives to create a sense of love towards the musical instrument and prepare the student to enter the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico, an institution that has developed top Puerto Rican performing artists.

The donation of $10,000 will help fund the trip of the school's Symphonic Orchestra to participate in the upcoming World Music Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York and to acquire sound systems and related equipment for the school's Guillermo Figueroa Theatre.

This contribution takes place as Telemundo and Billboard bring to Puerto Rico the 12th annual Billboard Latin Music Awards and the Billboard Latin Music Conference.

About Telemundo:
Telemundo Communications Group ("Telemundo"), a division of NBC Universal, is a world-class media company, leading the industry in the production and distribution of high-quality Spanish-language content across its multi-platform portfolio to U.S. Hispanics and audiences around the world. Telemundo's multiple platforms include Telemundo, a Spanish-language television network featuring original productions, theatrical motion pictures, news and first-class sports events reaching 93% of U.S. Hispanic viewers in 210 markets through its 15 owned-and-operated stations, 45 broadcast affiliates, and 800 cable affiliates; mun2, the preeminent voice for bicultural Hispanics in the U.S. reaching over 34 million U.S. TV households nationwide on digital and analog cable, satellite and free television; Telemundo Digital Media, which offers Telemundo's original content for distribution across digital and emerging platforms including mobile devices and www.telemundo.com and www.holamun2.com; and Telemundo Internacional, the company's international distribution arm which has positioned Telemundo as a leading provider of Spanish-language content worldwide by syndicating content to more than 100 countries in over 35 languages.

About Billboard:
Now in its 116th year, Billboard is the world's premier music brand consisting of Billboard magazine, Billboard Events and Billboard.com - the online destination of choice for millions of music fans. The Billboard brand is built on its exclusive charts and unrivaled reporting on the latest news, issues and trends across all genres of music. The brand reaches tens of millions of consumers daily through many strategic relationships with major companies, including Reuters, SanDisk, Telemundo, Ticketmaster, Microsoft Zune, Napster, MTV, GTech, Virgin Mobile, AT&T, SonyBMG and Amazon. These relationships leverage Billboard's brand recognition, proprietary chart data and information resources to develop products, live events and print, television, radio, digital and mobile platforms for music consumers.

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