Mark Cuban to Speak at the ONA Conference
Mark Cuban to Speak at the ONA Conference
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Mark Cuban, NBA franchise owner and digital visionary, will be the keynote speaker at the Online News Association annual conference Oct. 6-7 at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C.
Cuban cemented his legend early by selling his computer consulting firm MicroSolutions to CompuServe. A few years later, he sold broadcast.com to Yahoo! Today, Cuban owns HDNet and the Dallas Mavericks and jointly owns the nation's largest chain of art-house cinemas. He also is renowned for blogging about his team, technology and just about anything else. Cuban is also a majority partner in Sharesleuth.com, a blog aimed at exposing securities fraud.
Cuban will address what is expected to be the largest assembly of the Online News Association, with as many as 400 delegates attending the two-day conference Oct. 6-7.
A recent article in New Yorker called him "The South's New Mouth," adding that "rabble-rousing, hard-partying Mark Cuban is the spitting, high-def image of Ted Turner -- with technology (and Dan Rather) on his side."
Many other top journalism and Web 2.0 leaders will be on hand to share insights into commerce, content and convergence, the three tracks on which the program centers. Representatives from the following media organizations have confirmed their participation:
* Commerce panels: Consumer Reports, BusinessWeek.com, NYTimes.com, Forbes.com, Yankee Group, Slate, Gannett, MSN, PaidContent, McClatchy, Salon.com
* Content panels: USATODAY.com, MSNBC Spokane Spokesman Review, washingtonpost.com, Dragonfire, J-Lab
* Convergence panels: Delaware News Journal, washingtonpost.com, NPR.org, Yahoo!, NYTimes.com, CNN.com, BBC.
The early bird fee for ONA members to attend the conference is $399. Early bird registration lasts until Sept. 1. Thereafter, the cost will be $449 for ONA members. Fees at all times for non-ONA members are $549. For more information: www.journalists.org.
To register for ONA 2006: https://www.123signup.com/servlet/SignUpMember?PG=17208182300&P=17208191153084 300
ABOUT THE ONA
The Online News Association is an association composed largely of professional online journalists. The Association has more than 600 professional members, that is, members whose principal livelihood involves gathering or producing news for digital presentation. The membership includes news writers, producers, designers, editors, photographers and others who produce news for the Internet or other digital delivery systems, as well as academic members and others interested in the development of online journalism. ONA also, in partnership with USC Annenberg School for Communication, administers the prestigious Online Journalism Awards.
We believe that the Internet is the most powerful communications medium to arise since the dawn of television. As the Net becomes a primary source of news for a growing segment of the world's population, it presents complex challenges and opportunities for journalists as well as the news audience.
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Source: Online News Association
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