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Cary Ian Glotzer is an American entrepreneur, broadcast and digital media executive, Executive Producer and content creator.
He is currently the CEO of Tupelo Raycom and RTM Media, both wholly-owned by Raycom Media, headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama. Raycom owns or operates 65 local TV stations covering 16% of the US. Raycom Media has over 8300 employees and also owns CNHI, Raycom Sports, Pure Cars and Broadview Media.
EARLY LIFE AND CAREER
Glotzer was born to father Jerry, who worked in the Garment district in NYC and mother, Elayne, who worked to assist Vietnam Veterans establishing their post-war lives. A hospital wing in upper NYC was dedicated in her name following her early death at age 38. Jerry was also an actor in the mid 1990's who appeared in a series of commercials. Glotzer has an older brother, Neil, who graduated from Syracuse and works in accounting. Growing up on the South shore of Long Island, Cary developed a lifelong passion for athletics and played on the basketball team at Lawrence (NY) High School.
While still in his junior year of high school, Glotzer became one of the youngest interns in the history of NBC Sports, serving as a runner and production assistant to legendary Sports Broadcasters Bryant Gumbel and Mike Adele on NFL '79 (eventually became NFL Live). Glotzer went on to attend the University of Arizona, then transferred to New York University, graduating from the Tisch School of the Arts in 1984.
While in college, Glotzer continued to work part-time at NBC Sports, working his way up from a graphics coordinator to a production associate by the age of 19. In this role, he had the responsibility of hiring over 50 freelance professionals on a weekly basis in the highlights department, including loggers, production assistants, graphics assistants, typists, coordinators, script writers, video editors and highlights associate directors.
By the time Glotzer had graduated New York University, he had already travelled the world for NBC, working on live broadcasts including NFL Football, College Basketball, Major League Baseball, Boxing, Ice Skating, the Seoul Olympics and Sumo Wrestling. It was during the 1980's that Glotzer met the two men that he considers his mentors and lifelong friends. Michael Weisman, then Executive Producer of NBC Sports, and John Filippelli, then Coordinating Producer of NFL Live pre-game show.
"John Filippelli and Michael Weisman are my mentors, both personally and in business. They always told me to go with my gut, stick with it and be confident. Don't look back, but be smart. If something's not going well, have the ability to switch gears, but be confident and go with your instincts. They taught me that."
From 1990 through 1998 at NBC, Glotzer had many roles, including associate producer, segment producer and profile producer, affording him the opportunity to work with announcers like Bob Costas, Bill Macatee, Dick Enberg, Paul McGuire and Ahmad Rashad. In 1988, he directed and produced the ten-minute opening for the Seoul Olympics which had multiple prime-time airings. He also helped produce two major projects in this timeframe, the first being an all-athlete version of We are the World, which included the top sport stars in the world from Ali to Kareem Abdul Jabbar. His other major project was a memorial tribute to Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney. Glotzer also worked as a segment producer on three Super Bowls.
In 1989, Glotzer left NBC, and at the age of 28, partnered with Select Media in NYC and created and sold a syndicated weekly sports and celebrity series called InSport. The show was hosted by Ahmad Rashad and Robin Swoboda, and aired in over 170 markets from 1990 to1991. Glotzer then went on to work on a non-wrestling project called "BodyStars" for WWE.
In 1992, Glotzer was hired by Raycom Sports to jump start their entertainment division, working under the direction of founder Rick Ray. He produced the first-ever live coast to coast New Year's Eve special titled New Year's Eve Coast to Coast Live from Universal Studios Hollywood and Orlando. The show featured Boyz II Men and Brandy. He also produced three specials about Elvis Presley, and the Holidays at Home Christmas music special with Mariah Carey, Aaron Neville and Martina McBride both for national syndication and cable. Ray would become one of Glotzer's mentors and was instrumental in teaching him the business side of the broadcasting industry.
Glotzer was hired by Sports Illustrated Television to produce the 1995 Sport Illustrated Swimsuit Issue primetime NBC special, shot in Bermuda and Costa Rica, and hosted by Super Model Vendela. This marked the first time that Sports Illustrated revealed their cover on the internet the night before the broadcast, which garnered over one million views.
From 1996 to 1999, he worked with ABC and co-packaged several episodes of their In Concert series, showcasing live performances from bands of the era. Outside of television, Glotzer served as campaign manager for Tupelo, Mississippi County Supervisor (District 3) Charles Duke, from 1988-2008. Duke won five consecutive terms.
TUPELO-HONEY PRODUCTIONS
In 1997, the entrepreneurial bug bit Glotzer again. He formed his first full-service production company, Tupelo-Honey Productions, named after his wife's hometown of Tupelo, Mississippi (also the birthplace of Elvis). That same year, he signed one his first and longest-standing clients, Major League Soccer, whose twenty-year relationship has yielded production of championship game highlight films along with live game coverage for franchises like Chicago Fire, Real Salt Lake, DC United, Houston Dynamo, and FC Dallas.
Since Tupelo-Honey's inception in 1997 (now known as Tupelo Raycom), the company brand has generated over two hundred million dollars in total revenue. Over the years, Tupelo has produced content and programming for first tier broadcast and digital platforms including Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, NFL Network, HBO, BET, BigTen Network, YES, SNY, BounceTV, MTV, VH1, SPIKE, DirecTV, Food Network, MLB, CMT, ESPN, MSG, YouTube, Travel Channel and ESPN's linear and digital networks.
Tupelo-Honey also shot hundreds of major music stars performances across all platforms, including over 20 Pay-Per-View concerts for artists like Chicago, Allman Brothers, Martina McBride, Hall and Oates, Barenaked Ladies, Bad Company and multiple music festivals. In 2000, Glotzer produced the series Thunder Box, which was the first-ever mix of boxing and live music, nationally syndicated to 50% of the US. In 2000, Glotzer and Emmy-Award producer, Bill Bonnell co-produced ABC's four-hour Super Bowl XXXIV pre-game show in Atlanta. John Filippelli oversaw the production, and shortly after went on to become YES Network's president of programming and production. Glotzer ended up producing YES Network's inaugural Preview Show program.
From 2002-2005, Glotzer and Tupelo-Honey produced a number of music videos and live concerts for Universal music executive and legendary music video producer, Jeff Panzer. Those included productions for 98 degrees, Brian McKnight, Kem, Cash Money Millionaires and Lil Wayne.
By 2005, Glotzer and Tupelo-Honey were attracting a number of high profile clients, and expanding into all genres with multi-year projects including: Co-creating the Time Out NY on Demand channel with former HBO executives Eric Levin and John Ovrutsky, a VOD platform on Time Warner Cable. This joint venture between Time Out Magazine, City on Demand and Tupelo-Honey created over 300 pieces centered around NYC's culinary world. Atlanta Underground's live New Year's Eve Concert, broadcast for eight years, featuring music stars like Miranda Lambert and Julianne Hough. Over 100,000 people attended in person each year. Producing over 200 original digital pieces for AT&T's Blue Room, a joint venture between CBS radio and AT&T from 2005-2008. Country Music Awards Red Carpet shows with CMT. Mets Weekly, SNY's signature series that ran from 2006-2009. CenterStage, YES Network's in studio/live audience interview series hosted by New York Yankees announcer Michael Kay since 2007. Executive Producer and packager for three live Daytime Emmy Red Carpet shows shot from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and The Kodak Center in Hollywood. Produced the pre-game concert and opening for the 2007 NHL All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas. Packager for David Beckham's Soccer USA series, broadcast both domestic and international. Because of its rapid growth and huge success between 2000-2006, Glotzer was able to sell Tupelo-Honey to Sports Capital Partners (run by David Checketts, Michael McCarthy, Ken Munoz and Chris Bevilaqua) in 2007. Sports Capital Partners become SCP Worldwide in 2005. Prior to the sale to SCP, Glotzer retained majority ownership of Tupelo-Honey, along with partners Stephen Wallen and Paul Goldberg.
MY-TUPELO ENTERTAINMENT
With the purchase of Tupelo-Honey, and seeing the incredible success of reality TV, Glotzer orchestrated SCP to start a joint venture with veteran television executive, Michael Yudin. Together, they formed a new venture called MY-Tupelo Entertainment.
In 2008, the Travel Channel greenlite MY-Tupelo's series Ghost Adventures, which has been running for 15 seasons and some of the highest rated shows on the Travel Channel. MY-Tupelo Entertainment also produced series for Discovery, CMT and Nat Geo.
TUPELO-HONEY RAYCOM
In 2012, Tupelo-Honey was sold to Raycom Media, one of the largest independent television station owners in the country, and became known as Tupelo-Honey Raycom. Raycom executives Paul McTear and Pat LaPlatney recognized that Tupelo would be a strategic complement to their already existing Raycom Sports brand. Tupelo moved its NYC operation to a 16,000 square foot facility in the financial district at 50 Broad Street. Since the sale, Tupelo has expanded its business to include: (partial list) Pre-Season game coverage and programming for the New York Giants, Los Angeles Chargers, New Orleans Saints and the Atlanta Falcons. Premier Boxing Champions events aired on NBC, FOX, CBS, Spike and BounceTV in afternoon and primetime windows. Professional Fighters League (formerly World Series of Fighting) on NBC. Three Country Music Television specials Kid Rock Live Bike Week From Sturgis produced at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally including Kid Rock in Concert. LA Rising live fundraising concert for Baton Rouge flood victims, co-starring Harry Connick, Jr and Randy Jackson, helping to raise over one million dollars for the American Red Cross. Holidays at Home Jewel Christmas special on CBS. Co-produce live concert streams on Twitter including artist like Imagine Dragons and Luke Bryan.
Branded digital content for ESPN, Hearst, Conde Nast, Jaguar, Under Armour, Land Rover, Ford, Chase, and Dow Jones. The Basketball Tournament on ESPN linear and digital networks, with a prize purse of two million dollars for winning teams. College football and basketball live games for ESPN, CBS and NBC. Trumpet Awards for BounceTV. Production services for the Westminster Kennel Club's Masters Agility Championship on FOX, and Best in Breed Prelims on NatGeo. First ever You Tube 2016 Presidential Election coverage. Production of Rugby broadcasts for NBC, BT and Premiership Rugby. Production company for One Night for One Drop 2018 special partnered with Jewel and Cirque du Soleil shot at the Mandalay in Vegas. Production company for 8 seasons for Arena Football League.
RTM MEDIA
In late 2014, Raycom Media purchased RTM Productions and was most recently renamed to RTM Studios. Based in Franklin, Tennessee, RTM Studios is one of the leading marketing solutions and production companies in the world, specializing in automotive "how-to" programming under the PowerNation brand. Glotzer identified the company for Raycom, becoming its CEO and helped ensure rapid expansion to Spike (now Paramount), NBC Sports, CBS Sports, Facebook, YouTube, several OTT Platforms and its own online portals. The company also provides programming for the Raycom station group with its archive and current series.
WEBSTREAM PRODUCTIONS
In 2015, Glotzer identified Webstream Productions as a strategic acquisition for Raycom Media. The company, run by founder John Servizzi and veteran executive Greg Weitekamp and based in Indianapolis, Indiana, produces and packages over 750 events per year on broadcast, streaming and in-venue platforms. WebStream features six mobile units and several fly-pack systems. Their "Next Gen" production model is regarded as one of the best in the live remote business, enabling high- quality production value delivered in a budget-conscious manner. WebStream's anchor clients include Turner Sports/NCAA, ESPN, Horizon League, Missouri Valley, Big South and Ohio Valley Conferences. In January of 2016, Glotzer and Raycom Media merged Webstream Productions and Tupelo-Honey Raycom to formally create Tupelo Raycom. Glotzer serves as CEO of the combined entity with Servizzi and Weitekamp managing the day to day operations of the business.
AWARDS National Emmy Award - NBC Sports for Seoul Olympics. Also several headliner and regional entertainment awards.
PERSONAL LIFE
Glotzer is married to Traci Duke and has three children, son Cole, and twin girls Payton and Camryn. The family resides in Nashville.
He is huge supporter in the fight against breast cancer, is a life-long NY sports fan and has spent over 30 years either living or vacationing in Quogue in the Hamptons, N.Y.
