DaimlerChrysler Financial Services and NNPA Foundation Partner for Third Year to Celebrate the Entrepreneurial Spirit of the Bla
06 Décembre 2006 - 12:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
* Applications Available Now for 2007 DaimlerChrysler Financial
Services/NNPA Foundation Entrepreneurial Award * Competition Open
to All NNPA-member Publications * Winner Receives $10,000 *
Deadline for Entries is February 14, 2007 FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.,
Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DaimlerChrysler Financial Services
is now accepting entries for the 2007 DaimlerChrysler Financial
Services/NNPA Foundation Entrepreneurial Award. This is the third
year for the competition, which was created to celebrate the
entrepreneurial spirit of the nation's Black Press. Members of the
National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), also referred to
as the Black Press of America, can win $10,000 for their
publication by demonstrating their business savvy and
community-minded spirit. "The DaimlerChrysler Financial
Services/NNPA Foundation Entrepreneurial Award is designed to
encourage NNPA-member publications to seek alternative and
innovative ways to promote and build their publication's business,"
said Klaus Entenmann, President and CEO, DaimlerChrysler Financial
Services Americas LLC. "This is a unique opportunity since the
award does not focus on the editorial content of the publication,
but is earmarked for those publications which have established
creative campaigns to stay most relevant to the readers and the
communities they serve." Winner of the 2007 DaimlerChrysler
Financial Services/NNPA Foundation Entrepreneurial Award will be
announced at the Newsmaker Awards at the Newsmaker Awards Dinner
during the 2007 NNPA Black Press Week in Washington, D.C.,
scheduled for March 15, 2007. The winning publication will receive
a cash prize of $10,000, travel and accommodations to Black Press
Week in Washington, D.C. and the use of a Chrysler Group vehicle
for one week. In addition, the winning publication will receive an
originally designed sculpture commissioned by DaimlerChrysler
Financial Services especially for the DaimlerChrysler Financial
Services/NNPA Foundation Entrepreneurial Award competition.
DaimlerChrysler Financial Services also added an Honorable Mention
category in 2006. The winner of that award will receive $2,500, a
plaque and travel and accommodations to Washington, D.C. for Black
Press Week. Past winners of the DaimlerChrysler Financial
Services/NNPA Foundation Entrepreneurial Award include Dr. Donald
Suggs, publisher of the St. Louis American newspaper (2005), and
Raymond H. Boone, Sr., publisher of the Richmond Free Press (2006).
Mason McCullough, publisher of The County News in North Carolina
received Honorable Mention (2006). The DaimlerChrysler Financial
Services/NNPA Foundation Entrepreneurial Award is open to all NNPA
member publications. Interested publications can receive a copy of
the official rules and entry form online at http://www.nnpa.org/ or
by visiting the DaimlerChrysler Financial Services contest Web site
at http://www.daimlerchryslerfinancialservices.com/NNPA . Deadline
for entries is Wednesday, February 14, 2007. The winners will be
notified by Wednesday, February 28, 2007. Entries should be
delivered or mailed to: Daimler Chrysler Financial Services
Americas LLC NNPA Foundation Entrepreneurial Award Competition
Contest 13 Knodishall Way Hampton, VA 23664 About DaimlerChrysler
Financial Services Americas LLC DaimlerChrysler Financial Services
Americas LLC provides brand-specific financing for automotive
dealers' inventories and their retail consumers, and conducts
business as Chrysler Financial and Mercedes-Benz Financial. As
DaimlerChrysler Truck Financial, it also finances commercial
vehicles for affiliate products such as Freightliner, Sterling and
Western Star. The company serves as the headquarters for operations
in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina,
Brazil and Venezuela, and has approximately 5,600 employees who
manage a portfolio of more than $104 billion with nearly five
million contracts. DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas LLC
is a company of the DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Group,
headquartered in Berlin, Germany, which operates in 39 countries
with an employee base exceeding 11,000 and a global portfolio of
approximately $144 billion. DaimlerChrysler Financial Services is
one of the leading financial services organizations worldwide.
DATASOURCE: DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas LLC
CONTACT: Stephan Koller of DaimlerChrysler Financial Services
Americas LLC, +1-248-427-3120, ; or Linda Smith, +1-757-851-2139, ,
for DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas LLC Web site:
http://www.daimlerchryslerfinancialservices.com/na
http://www.nnpa.org/
Copyright