Bob Wright and Mel Karmazin to Headline the 2005 Media Summit New York Presented by the McGraw-Hill Companies

Bob Wright and Mel Karmazin to Headline the 2005 Media Summit New York Presented by the McGraw-Hill Companies

NEW YORK, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bob Wright, Chairman and CEO of NBC Universal, and Mel Karmazin, CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio, two giants of the media industry, will headline the 2005 Media Summit New York on February 9th and 10th at The McGraw-Hill Companies' building in New York. The theme of the two-day event is "Global Media + Technology Innovation = Communications Revolution." The 2005 Media Summit New York is presented by The McGraw-Hill Companies and produced by Digital Hollywood.

The event brings together top executives from such media powerhouses as Time-Warner, NBC-Universal (including Telemundo), Disney (including ABC & ESPN), Viacom (including CBS & MTV Networks), NewsCorp, Discovery Networks, Comcast, IMAX, Sony Pictures, Sirius, Clear Channel, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google, Interpublic and WPP.

Those attending will have the unique opportunity to meet and share ideas with the key executives shaping the latest media trends in technology, mergers and acquisitions, advertising and marketing, digital rights management, audience habits, new business models, venture capital, international media and convergence. A detailed agenda of topics and participants, as well as information on event registration, can be found at http://www.media-summit.com/.

Bob Wright, Chairman and CEO of NBC Universal is scheduled to speak on Thursday, February 10th at 9 a.m. Wright was appointed NBC President in 1986 and was named Chairman and CEO in 2001. He spearheaded NBC's merger with Vivendi-Universal, and has led the combined NBC-Universal since May 2004.

Mel Karmazin, the new CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio, will speak on Wednesday February 9th at 9:30 a.m. Formerly President and COO of Viacom, Karmazin was named CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio in November 2004, shortly after Sirius signed radio host Howard Stern in a well-publicized $500 million deal.

Again, those wishing to attend or to become a sponsor should visit the Summit's web site at: http://www.media-summit.com/.

The 2005 Media Summit is co-sponsored by BusinessWeek and Standard & Poor's, both units of The McGraw-Hill Companies. It will take place at 1221 Ave. of the Americas.

About The McGraw-Hill Companies:

Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a leading global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's, BusinessWeek and McGraw-Hill Education. The Corporation has more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2003 were $4.8 billion. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/.

About Digital Hollywood:

Digital Hollywood debuted in 1990 and has been among the leading trade conferences, attracting more than 15,000 top executives in the film, television, music, home video, cable, telecommunications and computer industries each year. Its founder, Victor Harwood, has developed and produced more than one hundred leading conferences and events and is considered a leading authority on the convergence of the entertainment and technology industries, founding and organizing such conferences as Digital Hollywood, Game Power at CES and the Entertainment Globalization Initiative.


Source: The McGraw-Hill Companies

CONTACT: Gregory Roth
The McGraw-Hill Companies
Information and Media Services
+1-212-512-3644
gregory_roth@mcgraw-hill.com
Victor Harwood
Digital Hollywood
+1-212-352-9720
vharwood@digitalhollywood.com

Web site: http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/
http://www.media-summit.com/


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