NEWS FOR SALE: INFORMATION IN THE AGE OF MARKET-DRIVEN JOURNALISM



This international conference focuses on the commercialisation of
the media. Democracy relies on access to accurate information.
Should the media be subject to market forces or treated as a public
good to be safeguarded?

The Conference will Cover: Commodification, Control and
Distribution, impact of GATS and TRIPS agreements, Internet
implications for news, EU policies, Commissions vs. Parliament,
Regulation vs. Deregulation, and the future of Public Service
Broadcasting.



Saturday, 12 March, 2005

10:00am to 17:00pm - doors open from 9:00am with catering available

Camden Centre - Bidborough Street, London WC1H



Morning 10:00-12:30

PRESENT: IMPACT OF "FREE" MARKET ON CONTENT,

CONTROL AND DISTRIBUTION OF NEWS

Chair: Victoria Brittain, writer and journalist, Research
Associate, LSE

Afternoon 13:30-16:45

TOWARDS THE FUTURE: INFORMATION AS A RIGHT & THE

VALUE OF PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING

Chair: Jeremy Dear, General Secretary NUJ



S P E A K E R S


     U.K.David Miller Prof. Sociology Strathclyde Univ.Steven
Barnett,

      Media Studies, Westminster UniversityNicholas
JonesJournalist, ex-BBC Political Correpondent

      Granville Williams

      Huddersfield Univ.,

      Editor of Free Press

     U.S.

      John NicholsAuthor & Journalist, Free Press Campaign

      Russia

      Nikolai Gorshkov, BBC Monitoring, 12 years with Soviet TV, 12
years with BBC World Service, News & Monitoring

     France

      Serge Halimi Le Monde Diplomatique

      Italy

      Marco TravaglioAuthor & Journalist

      India

      Prasun Sonwalkar, School of Cultural Studies, University of
the West of England

     New Media

      Alan Sekers

      Director of Multimedia Studies, London College of
Communication

      EU Legislation

      Rachel Craufurd-Smith'Europa' Institute, Univ. of Edinburgh



For more information see www.monde-diplo-friends.org.uk     Info
line: 07984 178 93

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