Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Local T.V. Meets Global New Media PGA NMC Event Tuesday Feb 26th

Producers Guild of America
New Media Council East

Presents the

2007-2008 Panel and Salon Series

Tuesday February 26, 2008

Local T.V. Meets Global New Media: A Real-Time Interactive Session between New York and San Francisco

The emergence of new media platforms and consumer's interactive behaviors have made the local television market a different landscape, where news is now fed from online broadband channels, created by local consumers, and distributed throughout a wider, and more eclectic network of advertisers, journalists, and producers. Each location will have 4 panelists representing both traditional and new media, discussing the merging technologies and their personal experiences as they forge ahead in this ever-changing industry. Both audiences will have an opportunity to view the live bi-coastal panel discussion and participate in a question and answer session with both panels.

New York Panelists will include:
Nick Abramovich, CFO, The NewsMarket, President
Danny Passman, Vice President, DailyMotion
Andy Keidel, Founder, ModMyLife
Juliette Powell, Co-Founder, The Gathering Think Tank, Inc.
• Moderated by Chris Pfaff, President, Chris Pfaff Tech/Media, LLC

San Francisco Panelists will include:
Justin Gunn, Vice President, Online Programming, Current Media
Dan Rosenheim, Vice-President & News Director, KPIX-TV
Craig Newmark, Customer Service Rep & Founder of Craigslist.org
Mark Randall, Chief Strategist, Adobe
• Moderated by Tracy Swedlow, CEO, publisher & editor-in-chief of Interactive TV Today (itvt)

NEW YORK EVENT TIME:
8pm - 10pm EST
**A networking mixer beginning at 8pm will precede the panel programming. Wine and refreshments will be served during the mixer.**

NEW YORK LOCATION:
Theresa Lang Auditorium at The New School
55 W. 13th Street, Second Floor
Between 5th and 6th Aves.

NEW YORK RSVP:
Rsvp@pga-ny.org

SAN FRANCISCO EVENT TIME:
Promptly 6pm-8pm EST
**Networking mixer after the panel with refreshments.**

SAN FRANCISCO LOCATION:
Adobe Systems
601 Townsend Street
San Francisco, CA

SAN FRANCISCO RSVP:
sfpgamixer@yahoo.com

Event hosted by The Producers Guild of America, New Media Council East in conjunction with the Producers Guild of America San Francisco Chapter.

The Producers Guild of America (PGA) is the premier industry association for entertainment producing professionals working in film, television and digital media.

For more information about the PGA New Media Council and to access a membership application, please visit: http://www.pganewmedia.org

For more information about the PGA and to access a membership application, please visit: http://www.producersguild.org

Previous events from our 2005-2008 event series can be accessed in web cast format at: http://www.scribemedia.org/pga

For more information about ScribeStudio Productions, please visit: http://www.scribemedia.org/about.

This event is made possible through generous cooperation with the New School Department of Media Studies. Please visit http://mediastudies.newschool.edu for more information.