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FRANCHISE 2008: HELP KEEP FREE SPEECH ALIVE!

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SPECIAL MNN PRODUCERS EVENT

On Monday, January 14, at 7pm

All MNN Comunity Producers, Friends and Allies

Come and Find Out What's at Stake!


In September 2008, the franchise agreements between the City of New York, NYC Public Access Centers and the cable companies will expire.

What’s at stake in the upcoming deals? What will be the future of local community voices in the NYC media landscape? What about the digital divide, the consolidation of media ownership and the ongoing threats to Internet freedom?


• Gale Brewer, NYC Councilmember, Chair, City Council’s Technology Committee

• Tony Riddle, Executive Director, Alliance for Community Media
• Jeff Chester, Founder and Executive Director, Center for Digital Democracy
• Dan Coughlin, Executive Director, Manhattan Neighborhood Network

WHERE: Manhattan Neighborhood Network—Open Studio @ 537 West 59th Street, NY 10019
(Subway: A/B/C/D/1 train to 59th Street – Columbus Circle)

Light refreshments will be served

Please RSVP ASAP by email: promo@mnn.org or by calling 212-757-2670 x 308

 

Please be sure to join us for this lively community gathering and information session with some of the country’s leading experts on community media advocates.

RSVP soon because we’ll be giving out a limited amount of materials -- DVDs and posters!