Archives: Media Ownership

On March 16, 2006, Consumers Union hosted an afternoon of open discussions on international and grassroots media issues at the New America Foundation.

Introduction and Welcome

A look forward at working together with the Media and Democracy Coalition from Gene Kimmelman.

Followed by remarks by Morgan Jindrich about progress and latest developments on HearUsNow.org.

"Telecommunications and Media Around the World"

Jonathan Lawson, Reclaim the Media

Pete triDish, Prometheus Radio Project

Thenmozhi Soundararajan, Third World Majority

Jamie Love, Consumer Project on Technology

Moderated by Magda Herrera, Consumers Union

"From the Ground Up: Grassroots Collaboration and Sustainability"

Charlene Allen, Funding Exchange

Jeff Perlstein, Media Alliance

Inja Coates, Media Tank

Patrice Webb, Free Press

Moderated by Jeannine Kenney, Consumers Union