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shelli azoff and Gillian Zucker told TheWrap's founder and editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman this week how they distributed over the $100 million raised from the FIRE AID benefit concert with the assistance of the Annenberg Foundation at Pollstar Live! Since the Jan. 30 concert, $50 million has been distributed to affected residents through over 100 vetted organization partners. #fireaid #pollstar #fundraising

Dan Griffis of Oak View Group told TheWrap's founder and editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman this week that he raised $20 million in sponsorships for the FIRE AID benefit concert in just 6 days: "You build relationships with people through the industry for 20-30 years of asking them for money, and these are brands that you build trust with over time." #fundraising #fireaid https://lnkd.in/ed6gVVgF

TheWrap's founder and editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman this week moderated a conversation with Irving Azoff on how he convinced nearly every streaming service to simulcast his FIRE AID benefit concert, raising over $100 million for victims of the Palisades and Eaton fires. "This felt like, I hate to say this, cooler," the music mogul said at the Pollstar Live! conference. "Let's go streamers." #benefit #fundraising #music #pollstar

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