USC Center for Communication Law and Policy
presents a public forum on MEDIA CONSOLIDATION:
Where are we and what’s next?

Tuesday, February 18, 2003
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
registration begins at 8:30 a.m.

USC Davidson Executive Conference Center
3415 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0871

Panels will discuss the impact of media ownership rules on diversity in programming, viability of independent production, variety of editorial voices
and barriers to industry entry.
Federal Communications Commissioners
Michael Copps, Kathleen Abernathy, Kevin Martin and
Jonathan Adelstein will attend and speak.

Participants include:
Leslie Moonves, president, CBS Television Network
Alex Wallau, president, ABC Television Network
Randy Falco, group president, NBC Television Network
Paula Madison, president, NBC4 LA
Jim Ladd, radio industry veteran and author
Geoffrey Cowan, dean, USC Annenberg School for Communication
Matthew Spitzer, dean, USC Law School

This event is open to the public.

RSVP by Friday, February 14, by calling 213-740-5658 or e-mailing ascevent@usc.edu. Parking is available on campus for $6.
See www.law.usc.edu/news for more detail.
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thanks for posting this info on the FCC meeting

I hope many many folks in LA will attend
and show the FCC who the PUBLIC is !

I hope you are allowing the greatest access possible to this forum that it is possible to stream your discussion on the internet, present a video to your local public access facility, even use your local classified to offer a transcript. Provide an audio tape to any one who has interest. This issue is being "stealthed" by the powers that be, yet you have many ways to keep it in the public eye. Please let me know if any of the methods suggested , the easiest in your area would be through the facilities of Pacifica foundations radio station, KPFA and your local cable public access stations. I watched and listened in New York City over radio station WBAI-fm 99.5 and of the Manhattan Neighborhood Network, via Time-Warner cable. You should use similar facilities so this will not be just another academic discussion listed in the local weeklies. Sincerely, James D. Smith
Producer of Free Books Exchange, a periodic program presented over the Manhattan Neighborhood Network in New York City, N.Y.