NAMIC Hosts Annual Awards Breakfast April 11th at NCTA National Show

NAMIC Hosts Annual Awards Breakfast April 11th at NCTA National Show

Turner Broadcasting Chairman & CEO Philip I. Kent Named Honorary Chair Next Generation Leader Awards To Highlight Industry's Brightest New Stars

NEW YORK, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association for Multi- ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) today announced plans for its 2006 Annual Awards Breakfast. Held in conjunction with the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) National Show in Atlanta, Georgia, the event is scheduled for Tuesday, April 11 at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center from 7:00 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

Philip I. Kent, Chairman and CEO, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. is the event's Honorary Chair. A NAMIC annual corporate sponsor, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. is a longtime supporter of the organization's national agenda. "Our company is proud to partner with NAMIC to help further diversity as a goal and practice throughout the communications industry," said Kent.

Highlighting the 2006 Annual Awards Breakfast will be the inaugural presentation of the Next Generation Leader Awards. Up-and-coming business leaders demonstrating managerial practices and ideologies that reflect NAMIC's mission to educate, advocate and empower to achieve multi-ethnic diversity will be honored. Honorees in three categories: MSO, programmer, technology company, and as many as 10 emerging leaders will be recognized.

"It is with a great sense of pride and excitement that we present the Next Generation Leader Awards," said Manish Jha, NAMIC national president, and Senior Vice President and General Manager, ESPN Mobile and ESPN, Inc., "By honoring this diverse and visionary group of executives, NAMIC continues its tradition of cultivating and recognizing emerging talent as they prepare to lead the cause of industry diversity."

Other annual corporate sponsors include: Comcast, MTV Networks, Disney & ESPN Media Networks, Lifetime Entertainment Services, Time Warner Cable, Showtime Networks, Inc., Advance Newhouse Communications & Bright House Networks, A&E Television, BET, Cox Communications, Discovery Communications, Fox Cable Group, HBO, Scripps Networks, Starz Entertainment Group and The Weather Channel.

NAMIC is the premier organization focusing on ethnic diversity in the communications industry. Founded in 1980 as a nonprofit trade association, today NAMIC is comprised of nearly 2,000 professionals belonging to a network of chapters nationwide. Through initiatives that focus on education, advocacy and empowerment, NAMIC champions equity and inclusion in the workforce, with special attention give to ensuring that the leadership cadres of our nation's communications industry giants reflect the multi-ethnic richness of the populations they serve.

For more information on the 2006 Annual Awards Breakfast log onto http://www.namic.com/ or call the NAMIC national headquarters at (212) 594- 5985.

Source: NAMIC

CONTACT: Charmaine Chapman of BTB Communications +1-310-242-8407, or
mobile: +1-310-902-8617, for NAMIC

Web site: http://www.namic.com/

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