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Article: VH1 CLASSIC Battling to Understand Autism.(MTV Networks Inc. VH1's charities for Autism)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
- Article date:
- June 23, 2008
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Next month, VH1 will salute The Who at its annual "Rock Honors" Los Angeles concert bash. Proceeds will largely benefit long-standing charities supported by lead singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshend, and VH1's own Save the Music Foundation. But there's a fourth charity listed on the menu: VH1 Classic's Rock Autism.
"Autism is one of these [hot-button] topics, and there is a lot of passion there," says Tom Calderone, executive VP and general manager of VH1.
Calderone also oversees VH1 Classic, which started the campaign last year. "We were looking for a pro-social issue for VH1 Classic, and people who work on Classic kept saying, 'This is important ...
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