Can Media Artists Survive Media Consolidation?
This conference will be a watershed event in educating media artists
and the general public about the effects of media consolidation on the way films, television, music, and other popular cultural works are created, produced, and distributed.
It will bring together leading writers, directors, producers, performers, industry figures, academics, regulators, legislators, and others.
Confirmed speakers already include:
* Congresswoman Diane Watson (D-CA), Chair of the Congressional Entertainment Caucus
* Jonathan Adelstein, FCC Commissioner
* Martin Kaplan, Associate Dean of the USC Annenberg School for
Communication and Director of The Norman Lear Center
* John Connolly, President of AFTRA
* Victoria Riskin, former President of the Writers Guild, west
* Leonard Hill, Legislative Director of the Caucus for Television Producers, Writers, and Directors.
The conference is free and open to the public. Please see the website for further information.
Free Press is a national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media. Free Press does not support or oppose any candidate for public office. Through education, organizing and advocacy, we promote diverse and independent media ownership, strong public media and universal access to communications.
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