page_title: Arick Wierson
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caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph taken at the 2009 Monte-Carlo Television Festival in Monaco. Pictured: Albert II and film producer Arick Wierson. Location. June, 2009, Monte-Carlo, Principality of Monaco.
context_page_description: Arick Wierson is an American television and media executive, columnist, public relations strategist and international political consultant.
  Wierson first gained national prominence as a senior communications and political aide to former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Along with co-founder Seth Unger, Wierson was responsible for the creation and launch of NYC TV, a network that has been recognized as an innovator and pioneer in public broadcasting across the United States and internationally, and is credited with spurring the revolution in hyperlocal non-news format programming in the broadcasting world. At the time, Wierson was described as "one of the most important people in New York media" by the television industry's weekly "Bible", Broadcasting & Cable magazine.
  Wierson has also been credited as a major force behind the creation of the first private television station in Angola, TV Zimbo, and the establishment of Luanda Fashion Center, the largest department store in Angola.
context_section_description: Arick Wierson (born November 23, 1971) is an American television and media executive, columnist, public relations strategist and international political consultant.
  Wierson first gained national prominence as a senior communications and political aide to former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Along with co-founder Seth Unger, Wierson was responsible for the creation and launch of NYC TV (now known as NYC Media), a network that has been recognized as an innovator and pioneer in public broadcasting across the United States and internationally, and is credited with spurring the revolution in hyperlocal non-news format programming in the broadcasting world. At the time, Wierson was described as "one of the most important people in New York media" by the television industry's weekly "Bible", Broadcasting & Cable magazine.
  Wierson has also been credited as a major force behind the creation of the first private television station in Angola, TV Zimbo, and the establishment of Luanda Fashion Center, the largest department store in Angola.
  In the United States, Wierson played a key role in the launch of the annual Manova Summit, a large annual event on the global health calendar that brings together leaders from healthcare and retail, an event that has been called the "Davos of Health." 
  Wierson is a regular contributor for CNN, Vice and CNBC, and a columnist writing for the New York Observer on politics, business and health.
  Wierson played a well-documented role as an external advisor to the campaign of presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro who was elected President of Brazil in October 2018. with the campaign's strategic messaging and television advertising. In 2020, Washington Compol named Wierson as one of world's 100 most influential political marketers for his work on the Bolsonaro election.
caption: Arick Wierson (right) alongside Albert II, Prince of Monaco (left) at the 2009 Monte-Carlo Television Festival
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