Press & Media

Consumer Recovery Network in the Media

• 4/21/11 Article about creditors offering short & long term hardship plans and lowering payments for consumers authored by Michael Bovee published at: http://www.credit.com/blog/2011/04/credit-card-companies-offer-hardship-plans-for-debt/
• 3/1/11 Gerri Detweiler with credit.com writes about the AACC and how we were able to accomplish a first by bringing different debt relief providers together: The diversity of the AACC
• 2/28/11 Amanda Miller interviews a CRN member after her having successfully completed the DIY Debt Settlement program: Debt Free! You Can Be Too!
• 10/18/10 Redbook Magaizine editor, Jihan Thompson, interviews Michael Bovee
• 10/15/10 Mike Hayes with WICN Radio interviews Michael Bovee
• 9/27/10 Michael Bovee live guest on Gil Ross show at KGO radio covering debt collection abuse and options consumers have when they have fallen behind with payments to creditors.
• 9/27/10 Michael Bovee interviews with Marc Pearlman on Your Money Matters, covers new rules to protect consumers from abusive debt relief companies . Listen to the Show
• 9/27/10 Michael Bovee live guest on the Bob Harden radio show at WGUF-FM, Naples FL
• 9/22/10 CRN appears in “Mired in Debt? Here’s How to Get Out Safely” by DAILY FINANCE (AOL Money)
• 9/9/10 CRN mentioned and Michael Bovee quoted in The Wall Street Journal’s “Limiting Psychological Damage from Debt Collections“
• 8/3/10 Michael Bovee of Consumer Recovery Network, quoted in USA Today’s “Thinking of debt settlement? New FTC rule can help“
• 7/30/10 Interview with Sandra Block – Personal Finance Columnist with USA Today
• 5/11/10 Michael Bovee interviews with Chris Bjorklund at AllBusiness on what small businesses can do to manage their debt in this tough economy
• 4/16/10 Consumer Recovery Network President Michael Bovee interview with momsmakingmillions.com Listen to the show: Debt Settlement: New Reforms, New Choices. Is it for you?
• 3/25/10 Detroit Free Press article with CRN member success: www.freep.com.Be sure to also read the debtbytes follow-up blog to the story: Debt Settlement in Michigan
• 3/23/10 Live guest on Alan Handelman Show, FM Talk 101.
• 3/5/10 Interview. Consumer Recovery Network mentioned, and Michael Bovee quoted in “Credit Card Debt: How to Cut a Deal” (written by Liz Pulliam Weston), on MSN Money.
• 2/15/10 7:50EST, “DIY debt settlement” radio interview with WIXM in LaCrosse, WI
• 2/1/10 Mary Reed, co-author of 22 financial and legal books, including Debt Collection Answers: How to Use Debt Collection Laws to Protect Your Rights, interviews Michael Bovee in this debt settlement podcast.
• 1/10 Consumer Recovery Network can help small businesses, Redemption at Hand for Small Businesses in Debt, reported by Carol Tice.
• 12/5/09 7:30AM PT (10:30AM, ET). Live interview with Rosemarie and John Boyd, hosts of Your Financial Compass, WCRN (8:30AM) in Worcester, MA. Show airs throughout New England. boydtalk.com
• 11/29/09 Home and Family Finance Radio with Paul Berry – Radio America network, and is presented by America’s Credit Unions and CO-OP Network, the national credit union ATM network. It also airs on American Forces Network reaching all of our overseas bases and facilities in 65 countries.
• 11/4/09 Participated as an invited panelist at the Federal Trade Commission forum for “Proposed Rulemaking to Amend the TSR to Address the Sale of Debt Relief Services”, held in Washington D.C.
  • Listen to, or read, transcripts of the forum.
  • Written commentary submitted by Michael Bovee, CRN President.
• 11/3/09 Interview with Andrea Coombes, Assistant Personal Finance Editor, MarketWatch / Wall Street Journal Digital Network
• 10/3/09 4:00ET. Michael Bovee interviews with Chris DiSimio, of “On the Money”. The truth behind the commercials for “pennies on the dollar” debt reduction. Airing on NPR affiliate WXVU-FM in Cincinnati and other affiliates in OH, KY, IN and MI.
• 10/14/09 Invited to participate as a panelist in the Federal Trade Commission’s upcoming public forum on proposed amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule regarding debt relief services. The forum will take place on November 4, 2009, in room 432 at the FTC’s Headquarters.
• 9/28/09 at 1:25PM, PT (4:25PM, ET). Live interview with Alan Handleman,host of The Alan Handleman Show, WZTK (1011FM) in Burlington, NC, which reaches listeners in NC and VA.
• 9/09 Consumer Recovery Network in the “Credit Companies, Scammers Offer out for Bankruptcy” – Washington Times
• 9/09 CRN mentioned in article, “Should you try a Debt Settlement Program?” on Dolans.com
• 8/24/09 at 11AM, PT (2PM, ET. Recorded interview with Sybil Tonkonogy, host of 1550 Magazine, WNTN (1550AM) in Boston.
• 7/31/09 Chicago Tribune – Consumer Recovery Network in “Your Creditors may Negotiate, but Beware of Drawbacks” by Kayce T. Ataiyero.
• 7/28/09 at 12:15PT. Live 45-minute interview with Gary Mantz, co-host of The Money Thing. Airs on KKNW (1150AM) in Seattle.
• 7/27/09 at Noon-1PM, (3-4PM, ET). Live interview with Jordan Goodman, host of Money Answers which airs nationally on the Business Channel of VoiceAmerica Talk Radio (Internet radio). Debt Settlement vs Debt Management.
• 7/25/09 at 7:30AM, PT (10:30AM, ET). Live interview with Rosemarie and John Boyd, hosts of Your Financial Compass, WCRN (8:30AM) in Worcester, MA. Show airs throughout New England. boydtalk.com
• 7/19/09 Interview with Marc Pearlman on “Your Money Matters”.
• 7/14/09 at 9AM, PT. Interview with Bill Earheart, personal finance reporter with The Washington Times, Washington D.C.
• 7/9/09 at 1:05PM, PT (4:05PM, ET). Live interview with Alan Handleman, host of The Alan Handleman Show, WZTK (1011FM) in Burlington, NC, which reaches listeners in NC and VA.
• 7/9/09 Interview with Joan Goldwasser, personal finance reporter with Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine.

Past Interviews:

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