<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Cambria;
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoPlainText, li.MsoPlainText, div.MsoPlainText
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Plain Text Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.PlainTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Plain Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Plain Text";
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:none">
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ AND YAHOO TO LIVE STREAM BLONDIE PERFORMANCE FROM SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST ON
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:none">
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">THURSDAY, MARCH 13</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:none">
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:none">
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Smithsonian Channel Presents Blondie Powered By Yahoo Live From Brazos Hall In Austin, Texas</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:none">
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:none">
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Smithsonian Channel Sponsoring Blondie Show in Support of Cable Network’s Premiere of “Blondie’s New York” on Friday, March 21 at 10PM ET/PT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:none">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><img width="344" height="257" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CF3DFE.703C9600" alt="shot006_723_JPEG"></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:none">
<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">(Credit: Danielle St. Laurent)</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:none">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Smithsonian Channel is sponsoring Blondie's South By Southwest (SXSW) live performance from Yahoo's Brazos Hall on March 13th to support the upcoming world premiere of BLONDIE'S NEW YORK, a one-hour documentary that explores the rise
of the legendary band.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Smithsonian Channel Presents Blondie Powered By Yahoo, a rare live performance by the iconic band, will be available to fans across the country via a LIVE stream on Smithsonianchannel.com and on Yahoo Screen and on mobile via the Yahoo
Screen app on Thursday, March 13 beginning at approximately 11:45pm CST.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Blondie got their start in New York City in the 1970s, and their influence on music, fashion, and art has never waned. Today they are still rocking, 40 years after their inception, and will release a double-disc album package later this
Spring in celebration of their momentous 40<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Year. <o:p>
</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The real story behind their breakout success in 1978 is looked at in BLONDIE'S NEW YORK, narrated by Kim Cattrall, the definitive account of the making of Blondie's
<i>Parallel Lines</i>, premiering on Smithsonian Channel Friday, March 21 at 10 PM ET/PT.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">For the last four decades, Blondie has become and still remains a true national treasure; one whose influence both shaped and continues to inform the worlds of music, fashion and
art. From an irreverent Lower East Side punk outfit to bona fide international ambassadors of New York cool, Blondie will forever be synonymous with that punk spirit that lives somewhere in all of us. Their chart-topping success, fearless spirit and rare longevity
led to an induction into the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 and more than 40 million albums sold worldwide to date.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Smithsonian Channel web and social media: <a href="http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/blondie">
http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/blondie</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">@SmithsonianChan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">#BlondiesNY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Yahoo Screen: </span><u><span style="color:blue">http://screen.yahoo.com/sxsw</span></u><span style="color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">App link: </span><u><span style="color:blue">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yahoo-screen/id694865999?mt=8</span></u><span style="color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">ABOUT SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Smithsonian Channel™, owned by Showtime Networks Inc. and the Smithsonian Institution, is where curiosity lives, inspiration strikes and wonders never cease. This is the place for awe-inspiring
stories, powerful documentaries and amazing entertainment across multiple platforms. Smithsonian Channel combines the storytelling prowess of Showtime®<b>
</b>with the unmatched resources and rich traditions of the Smithsonian, to create award-winning programming that shines new light on popular genres such as; air and space, history, science, nature, and pop culture. Among the network’s offerings are series
including <i>Aerial America</i>, <i>L.A. Frock Stars</i>, <i>Secrets</i>, <i>Mighty Ships, Mighty Planes</i> and <i>Air Disasters,</i> as well as critically-acclaimed specials that include
<i>Civil War 360</i>, <i>9/11: The Heartland Tapes;</i> <i>MLK: The Assassination Tapes</i> and <i>The Day Kennedy Died</i>. Find out more at
</span><a href="http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">www.smithsonianchannel.com</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">###<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-autospace:none">
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Blondie Press Contact:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Press Here<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Linda Carbone <a href="mailto:linda@pressherepublicity.com">
<span style="color:windowtext">linda@pressherepublicity.com</span></a> / Sarah Usher
<a href="mailto:sarah@pressherepublicity.com"><span style="color:windowtext">sarah@pressherepublicity.com</span></a> / Carla Senft
<a href="mailto:carla@pressherepublicity.com"><span style="color:windowtext">carla@pressherepublicity.com</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-autospace:none"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Josh Gross / Smithsonian Channel<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">212-708-1578 <a href="mailto:/josh.gross@smithsonianchannel.com">
/josh.gross@smithsonianchannel.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Becky Auslander / Yahoo <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">212-381-6909 / <a href="mailto:beckya@yahoo-inc.com">beckya@yahoo-inc.com</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Carla Senft</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#C00000">PRESS HERE </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">(New York)</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">138 W. 25<sup>th</sup> St., 9<sup>th</sup> Floor, New York, NY 10001</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">P: (212) 246-2640</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:carla@pressherepublicity.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0563C1">carla@pressherepublicity.com</span></a><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> </span></b><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#C00000">PRESS HERE </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">(Los Angeles)</span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">8105 West Third St.,</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#C00000"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Los
Angeles, CA 90048</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#C00000"> </span></b><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">P: (323) 556-9752 </span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> </span></i><a href="http://www.twitter.com/presshere"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">www.twitter.com/presshere</span></i></a><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Click to view website:</span></i><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.presshere.com/"><span style="color:blue"><br>
</span></a><a href="http://www.presshere.com/"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="79" height="33" id="_x0038_a724a77-e6ca-48b0-a773-3b58e45c2f7f" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CF3DFE.332B7FB0" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CD8066.258ADF10"></span></a><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.presshere.com/"><span style="color:blue"><br>
</span></a><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>