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Producer behind Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday tribute returns for new Global Campaign - March 2022

Tony Hollingsworth is the esteemed producer behind nine of the world's largest broadcast events over the last three decades.......to read more Click

Iconic NFT marks Nelson Mandela’s release from jail 32 years ago - February 2022

Listen Collectibles Auction & Shop is Issuing an NFT commemorating Nelson Mandela's release from jail more than three decades ago.....to read more Click

Business Journalist for the BBC and Telegraph, Samant Bhatia talks to Tony Hollingsworth about how NFTs can help the Listen Campaign for vulnerable and disadvantaged children - September 2021

Tony Hollingsworth on the Listen Campaign, Listen NFTs and Listen Token

BBC and Telegraph business journalist Sumant Bhatia sits down with Tony Hollingsworth to find out how Tony is turning his life's work into star-studded NFTs to raise money to help the world's 1 billion vulnerable and disadvantaged children.....to watch more Click

NFTs For A Cause: Star-Studded Listen Campaign Unveils Listen Collectibles Auction & Shop - January 2022

LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / January 5, 2022 / "It's undeniably exciting" concludes Hollingsworth, "Listen Collectibles Auction & Shop is ready to go -we are just undergoing tests.....to read more Click

NFTs For A Cause: Star-Studded Listen Campaign unveils Listen Collectibles Auction & Shop January 2022

“It’s undeniably exciting,” concludes Hollingsworth, “Listen Collectibles Auction & Shop is ready to go – we are just undergoing tests.....to read more click

A music producer who helped found the Glastonbury festival is entering the NFT market to support 1 billion children in poverty - December 2021

A music producer who helped found the Glastonbury festival is entering the NFT market to support 1 billion children in poverty. He explains his $100 million per year campaign to harness blockchain for social good.....to read more Click

7 Ways Brands can help with the world's 1 billion disadvantaged Children - Ad Age October 21

Marketers have a unique ability to positively impact the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children ....to read more Click

EXCLUSIVE Interview: NFTs Raising Money for Nonprofits - November 2021

Interviews with NFT Projects that are raising funds for nonprofits…....to read more Click

Advertising Week New York - October 2021

Video Interview by Robert Apatoff with Tony Hollingsworth at Advertising Week Conference in New York …...to view more Click

NFTs for a cause: The Listen Campaign to auction original creative arts for underprivileged children - October 2021

Inspired to help vulnerable children around the world, renowned producer Tony Hollingsworth announced the Listen campaign, a large-scale global media initiative that would shed light on inequities faced by more than 1 billion children globally…... to read more Click

A New Way for Brands to Maximize Their Cause Marketing Impact - October 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has left untold devastation around the world, and it has exacerbated one of the most pressing crises we face: The plight of the world’s 1 billion vulnerable and disadvantaged children….....to read more Click

'Listen Campaign' Aims To Ease Plight Of At-Risk Kids Worldwide - Media Post - September 2021

There are more than 1 billion vulnerable and disadvantaged children living in the world today, among whom 640 million lack access to shelter, 400 million have no safe drinking water and 270 million receive no health services….....to read more Click

This world-famous producer tells us why he is venturing into NFTs - Cryptoslate - October 2021

Tony Hollingsworth is the Founder of Listen Campaign — using NFTs as social impact digital collectibles from the world’s top musicians, artists, creatives and celebrities….....to read more Click

NFTs for a cause: The Listen Campaign to auction original work for underprivileged children - October 2021

Inspired to help vulnerable children around the world, renowned producer Tony Hollingsworth announced the Listen campaign, a large-scale global media initiative that would shed light on inequities faced by more than 1 billion children globally…... to read more Click

India's Top Business Newspaper on the global Listen Campaign coming to India - December 2019

British communications specialist Tony Hollingsworth of the 'Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute' fame uses stars and creative artists to show solutions to the problems faced by vulnerable and disadvantaged children…to read more Click

Tony Hollingsworth on The Global Listen Campaign - Provoke Podcast - December 2019

Producer Tony Hollingsworth has worked with companies, governments and charitable foundations on campaigns that sit at the intersection of comms, media and popular culture, including Nelson… to hear more Click

Cyprus could see important investement in Global Campaign for Children - Cyprus Mail - June 2021

Before Covid, there were 1 billion vulnerable and disadvantaged children in the world. Covid is thought to have increased this number by 20 per cent.Tony Hollingsworth, a veteran producer, is managing a massive annual and global campaign to help these children. …...to read more Click

Legacy Coverage

BBC World News interviews Tony Hollingsworth about his film "One Humanity" - April 2014

BBC interviews Tony Hollingsworth about his feature documentary "One Humanity" that looks back at all the forces that brought an end to Aparthied and the part played by his two global broadcast events that repositioned Mandela as a "black leader"…...to view more Click

CNN asks Tony Hollingsworth how he moved Nelson Mandela from a "black terrorist" to a "black leader" - December 2013

In 1988 Tony Hollingsworth's "Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute which reached an audience of 600m for 11.5 hrs repositioned Mandela. CNN's Nischelle Turner has the story…... to view more Click

100 years since the birth of struggle icon, Nelson Mandela CNBC interviews Tony Hollingsworth on Nelson Mandela's legacy.

CNBC Africa interview the producer of the two global broadcast events that repositioned Mandela and demanded the end of Aparthied about Mandela's legacy. ….to view more Click.

South African Broadcast News interviews Tony Hollingsworth after the death of Nelson Mandela - December 2013

SABC interviews Tony Hollingsworth about the death of their beloved Madiba and asks what he felt when he heard the news…to view more Click.

Canadian Broadcast Corporation interview Tony Hollingsworth the day after Mandela dies - Dec 2013

That first global broadcast event was an act of political repositioning that helped turn the tide of public opinion against the South African apartheid regime. When Mandela saw the tapes in prison he sent his lawyer to see producer Tony Hollingsworth to see if Tony would produce a second global broadcast to allow Mandela to speak to the world ...to hear more Click.

The Rock Concert that helped Spring Mandela - Al Jazeera - December 2013

Even a quarter of a century on, Tony Hollingsworth sounds incredulous as he remembers the conversation with a Los Angeles-based music industry agent about the global broadcast event he was organising to mark the 70th birthday of the then-jailed South African icon….......to read more Click

M-Net TV Across Sub Saharan Africa "Ridding Mandela of the Terrorist Label " - July 2014

In Tony Hollingsworth's interview with Carte Blanche, South Africa's leading current affairs programme on M-Net, Tony discusses how his global broadcast - Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute - helped rid Nelson Mandela of the 'Terrorist' label….to view more Click.

BBC World Service Radio interview with Tony Hollingsworth about his campaigning for Mandela's release - July 2013

In Tony Hollingsworth's interview with Carte Blanche, South Africa's leading current affairs programme on M-Net, Tony discusses how his global broadcast - Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute - helped rid Nelson Mandela of the 'Terrorist' label….to view more Click.