ADVISORY: FTC plans audio streamcast of next week's "Future of Journalism" workshops
Bill Densmore
Jessica Hoke of the Federal Trade Commission advises that the federal agency intends to provide an audio streamcast next week of two days of workshop-style hearings entitled: "How Will Journalism Survive the Internet?"
The sessions run from 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m. on Tues., March 9 and from 10 a.m. to approximately 3:30 p.m. on Wed., March 10. The only question is which URL will work, says Hoke, a FTC policy planner who organized next week's sessions and an earlier one Dec. 1-2.
SEE: http://www.newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Ftc
"Right now, we're trying to confirm that with the providers," Hoke writes in an email today. "It will be at one of the following two places: Main workshop page http://www.ftc.gov/opp/workshops/news/index.shtml . . . or the webcast index page . . . http://htc01.media.globix.net/COMP008760MOD1/ftc_web/FTCindex.html . . . There is also a section on ftc.gov for news and media - there is a remote chance it might be there - but try the first two links first."
Here's a link to a PDF of the agenda: http://www.ftc.gov/opp/workshops/news/mar9/agenda.pdf
After introductions, Google Inc. Chief Economist Hal R. Varian will lead off at 10:10 a.m. with a half-hour discussion that will include slides entitled: "Newspaper Economics, Online and Offline." Varian is also a University of California-Berkeley business-school professor.
A six-member panel will tackle copyright issues and journalism from 10:40 a.m. to noon. At 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, NPR's "On the Media" host and Advertising Age columnist Bob Garfield will overview "The State of Advertising."
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Sarah Cohen, who recently joined Duke University's effort to understand and promote computational journalism will talk for 15 minutes at 2 p.m. about technologies to lower the cost of journalism.
See: http://news.duke.edu/2009/04/cohen.html
Tuesday will wrap up from 2:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. with discussions and a panel on corporate and tax approaches ot restructuring news organizations, including Bob Lang, the originator of the "L3C" corporate form which allows for-profit companies to legally operate with a social mission which trumps profits.
See: http://www.newshare.com/wiki/index.php/L3c
The highlight of Wednesday's sessions is a 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m. panel entitled "Competitor Collaborations to Aid Journalism," a title which neatly sidesteps the key issue here -- is it possible for news organizations to collaborate on business issues without violating antitrust laws? The panel includes tree lawyers, a law professor, and Stephen Nevas, executive director of the law and media program and senior research scholar at Yale Law School.
See: http://www.journalismtrust.org
-- submitted by Bill Densmore
Montgomery, Leigh
Apologies for cross posting, just a reminder:
FCC seeking response and public comment to 42-question survey on the future
of media by March 8.
Whether or not you choose to respond, there are some poignant questions to
at least think about that are in the first few, such as:
What information does a community need?
How should libraries contribute to that, as well as including citizens and
their interests in creating / curating / sharing information?
There are some questions on traditional media pertaining to staffing levels
and coverage priorities as well.
ŒThis project seeks to ³review the state of traditional sources of news and
journalism, and new models for providing information to consumers and
communitiesŠ The goal: to help ensure that all Americans have access to
vibrant, diverse sources of news and information that will enable them to
enrich their families, communities, and democracy.²
Sincerely,
Leigh
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Colin Rhinesmith
deadline has been extended to May 7: http://reboot.fcc.gov/futureofmedia/blog?entryId=179318
"FCC finds that a limited extension of time will further the public
interest by allowing all commenters additional time to file studies,
analyses and other submissions in response to the Public Notice,
facilitating the compilation of a more complete record. The deadline
is therefore extended to Friday, May 7, 2010."
Best,
Colin
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Josh Stearns
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And also include links to PDFs of many of the presentations. Stay tuned for more at SaveTheNews.org.
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Josh
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SEE: http://www.newshare.com/wiki/index.php/Ftc
See: http://news.duke.edu/2009/04/cohen.html
See: http://www.newshare.com/wiki/index.php/L3c
See: http://www.journalismtrust.org
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