Gannett Newspaper Division President and Detroit News Publisher to Address Online Publishing Seminar
April 20, 2004
For Immediate Release Reston, VA - Gary Watson, president of Gannett's newspaper
division, and Mark Silverman, president and publisher of The Detroit News, will
lead discussions at The Media Center's flagship online publishing strategies
seminar, Partnership for Online and Beyond: Strategic Thinking for a Multi-Platform
World, April 26-30 in Reston, Virginia. Watson and Silverman join a lineup of discussion leaders representing some
of the world's most knowledgeable leaders and innovators in online publishing
and management. They include: - Len Apcar, Editor-in-Chief, The New York Times on the Web
- Jennifer Carroll, Director of News Development, Gannett Company
- Phil Currie, Senior Vice President for News, Gannett Company
- Alan Gregerman, Author of "Lessons from the Sandbox"
- Jonathan D. Hart, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLC, Washington, DC
- Retha Hill, Vice President for Content Development, BET.com
- Gary Kebbel, Director, AOL News Services
- Dick Mallary, Senior Vice President, Gannett Broadcasting
- Chris McGill, Director of News, Yahoo!
- Nic Newman, Head of Editorial Development and Technology, BBC News Interactive
- Chris Peacock, Executive Editor and Vice President, Fortune.com / Business2.com,
TIME Inc.
- Chris Schroeder, Vice President of Strategy, The Washington Post Company
- Michael Silberman, Managing Editor/East Coast, MSNBC.com
- Carlos Silva, Senior Vice President, AOL News and Sports
- Jeff Webber, Senior Vice President and Publisher, USAToday.com
- Jack Williams, Senior Vice President for Diversified Business and Development,
Gannett Company
- Kinsey Wilson, Editor in Chief, USAToday.com
- Scott Woelfel, Co-Founder of CNN.com; President & CEO of Armchair
Media
- Carin Dessauer, senior fellow of The Media Center and a former CNN executive,
is program chairwoman and moderator. Partnership for Online and Beyond is an intense, small-scale seminar that gathers
senior executives from both Web and traditional media operations to tackle the
challenges and opportunities of aligning online and offline news and information
strategies, workflow and operations. It is designed to boost cross-company teamwork
and sharing of the core knowledge and strategies required for building lasting
multi-platform news operations. Participants will visit The Freedom Forum and the headquarters of America Online,
and spend a day at the media conglomerate of Gannett and USAToday/USAToday.com. Online publishing expert and former LATimes.com editor Leah Gentry will prepare
a written strategic analysis of every participating company's Web site. For more program details, visit www.mediacenter.org/04/OnlineBeyondApril About The Media Center at the American Press Institute The Media Center is a non-profit research and educational think tank committed
to building a better-informed society in a connected world. The Media Center
conducts research, seminars and symposia and facilitates private strategic conversations
and planning on issues shaping the future of news, information and media. The
Media Center helps leaders, organizations and educators around the world understand
and create multimedia futures. Its programs and engagements provide innovation,
knowledge and strategic insights for personal, professional and business growth. A division of The American Press Institute, The Media Center was established
in 1997 to help the news industry devise strategies and tactics for digital
media. In September 2003 it merged with New Directions for News, an independent
media futures think tank. The merger created a global, multi-disciplinary network
of researchers and leading thinkers focused on the future of media and the behaviors
of consumers in a media-centric world. For more on The Media Center's upcoming seminars , research and services, go
to www.mediacenter.org Gloria Pan
Communications Director
The Media Center at API
11690 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, VA, 20191-1498
(703) 715-3301
gpan@mediacenter.org
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