Minyanville Media to Host 4th Annual Festivus Ruby Peck Foundation Charity Event

NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 3rd, Minyanville Media, the Emmy Award-winning financial media company will host its fourth annual holiday "Festivus" event at Hill Country Barbeque in New York City to benefit the Ruby Peck Foundation.

Guests of the event will celebrate the holiday season with four live bands, a silent auction, a casino tournament, all you can eat barbeque and a top shelf open bar.

Over 500 financial professionals are expected to attend, including David Stockman, Peter Atwater, and Jeff Macke, in addition to professors, partners, investors, employees, friends and family from the Minyanville community. Twenty companies are set to sponsor this year's event with TD Ameritrade featured as the headline sponsor. Yahoo Tech Ticker is also providing coverage of the event.

Net proceeds from the event's sold tickets, auction, casino tournament and donations will benefit The Ruby Peck Foundation for Children's Education. The charity organization, begun by Todd Harrison, Minyanville founder and CEO, is dedicated to promoting creative educational programs and providing children opportunities to learn regardless of socioeconomic classifications, physical challenges or geographical boundaries.

"In an age where giving back has given way to getting ahead, we're committed to doing our part to effect positive change," said Harrison. "We're excited to raise funds for a worthy cause and have a lot of fun doing it."

To attend Festivus 2010 or make a donation to The Ruby Peck Foundation for Children's Education, please visit the following URL: https://rpfoundation.org/event_form.asp

ABOUT MINYANVILLE

Minyanville Media, Inc. is a diversified next generation digital media company and community creating branded business content that informs, entertains and educates all generations about the world of investing, business and finance.  The Company creates and curates market commentary and produces Emmy Award winning video, which is then distributed through its key online properties, Minyanville.com, MinyanLand.com, the Buzz & Banter and subscription services; and is further distributed through licensing and syndication agreements with TD Ameritrade and E*Trade and leading Internet distributors including Yahoo!, AOL, Dow Jones MarketWatch and MSN. As ESPN is to sports enthusiasts or Disney is to people of all ages, the Company's mission is to create the first "Theme Brand" for business and finance.

SOURCE Minyanville Media