Washington Post President and CBS Digital Media President to Share Multimedia Strategies at Media Center's Executive Seminar

Washington Post President and CBS Digital Media President to Share Multimedia Strategies at Media Center's Executive Seminar

RESTON, Va., May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Steve Hills, president and general manager of the Washington Post, and Larry Kramer, president of CBS Digital Media and founder of CBS Marketwatch, will lead discussions at The Media Center's executive program, Cross-Platform Media Teams: Strategic Thinking for a Multi-Platform World, to take place June 21 to 24, 2005, in the Washington, D.C. metro area.

Cross-Platform Media Teams is an intense, small-scale learning opportunity that gathers senior executives from both Web and traditional media operations to tackle the challenges and rewards of multi-platform media and interdepartmental cooperation. Organizations send senior representatives from both Web and legacy operations to address editorial and business issues and take a critical cross-company survey of opportunities on the media horizon.

In addition to media and technology executives, participants will include investors, thought leaders and others in the media/technology vanguard, including:

* Adriaan Bouten, VP Business Development and Technology, USAToday.com
* James Brady, Executive Editor, Washingtonpost.com
* Neil Chase, Managing Editor & Vice President for News, CBS Marketwatch
* Jeff Cole, Director, UCLA Center for Communication Policy
* Susan DeFife, President & CEO, Backfence.com
* Joe Fiveash, SVP/GM, The Weather Channel Interactive
* Craig Forman, Vice President & General Manager, News and Information,
Yahoo!
* Fran Hauser, General Manager, Time Inc. INTERACTIVE
* Caroline Little, Publisher, Washingtonpost.com
* Howard Owens, Director of New Media, VenturaCountyStar
* David Payne, SVP and General Manager, CNN.com
* Mark Potts, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, Backfence.com
* Michael Maness, VP/New Media, Delawareonline.com
* David Leavy, SVP, Corporate Affairs & Communications, Discovery
Communications
* Vivian Schiller, SVP & GM, Discovery Times Channel
* Charles Tillinghast, General Manager and Publisher, MSNBC.com
* Jeff Webber, Senior VP and Publisher, USAToday.com
* Julie Willis, SVP, USNets Marketing, Discovery Networks
* Kinsey Wilson, Vice President and Editor in Chief, USAToday.com
* Dean Wright, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief, MSNBC.com

Cross-Platform Media Teams focuses on business and social opportunities, risks, policies and strategies at the crossroads of media, technology and society. It will be an intense and intimate gathering that takes a deep-dive look at market changes and issues. Along with podcasting and blogging automation, what are the latest technology tools and trends? In open-source content, what are the editorial, business and product issues, and what are the standards? How are audiences changing?

For more information and to register, visit: http://www.mediacenter.org/05/crossplatform/

About The MediaCenter

The MediaCenter is a nonprofit think tank committed to building a better- informed society in a connected world. The MediaCenter helps individuals and organizations worldwide acquire intelligence and apply insight into the future role and use of media and enabling technology. Through research, education and unique learning experiences, The Media Center helps leaders in media, technology, academia, philanthropies, NGOs, nonprofit and other businesses understand the challenges of a changing multimedia world. The MediaCenter is a separately funded division of The American Press Institute, an independent, not-for-profit educational center with headquarters in Reston, Virginia. Through its global, multi-disciplinary network of researchers and leading thinkers, The Media Center inspires and agitates dialog and activities exploring the intersection of media, technology and society. MediaCenter research and programs provide knowledge and strategic insights for personal, professional and organizational growth. For more about The Media Center, go to: http://www.mediacenter.org/.

Source: The Media Center at API

CONTACT: Media Contact, Gloria Pan, Communications Director,
The Media Center at API, +1-703-715-3301, gpan@mediacenter.org

Web site: http://www.mediacenter.org/
http://www.mediacenter.org/05/crossplatform/

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