NAMIC Invites Reporters and Editors to Its 19th Annual National Conference, Sept. 12-13, 2005, in New York City

NAMIC Invites Reporters and Editors to Its 19th Annual National Conference, Sept. 12-13, 2005, in New York City

'Emerging Trends in Multi-ethnicity in Cable and Communications'

NOTE TO REPORTERS AND EDITORS: You are cordially invited to attend the conference, including a special pre-conference breakfast reception at 7:30 AM on September 12th in the Westin New York at Times Square, Room 935.

WHO

Cable and telecommunications industry leaders who understand the compelling business case for diversity in the media, including Robert L. Johnson, founder and CEO of BET. Also, top-name communicators, such as CNN's Soledad O'Brien, co-anchor of "American Morning." And civil rights defender Theodore Shaw, director-counsel and president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

WHAT

Sharing critical information about the connection between diversity and the bottom line at the 19th Annual Conference of the National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC), the cable industry's leading diversity organization. Titled "The Evolution Will be Televised: Diversity in Hi-Def," the conference will focus on how technology is shaping the industry today-and how the bottom-line depends on reflecting and effectively reaching the rich mosaic that is American society-and the world at large.

WHERE The Westin New York at Times Square 270 West 43rd Street, NYC 10036

WHEN Monday, September 12 and Tuesday, September 13, 2005

WHY

Globalization is generating massive change in the media industry. Among the most dramatic of those changes is the way in which multi-ethnic consumers impact the industry as the largest consumers of cable television and broadband services. A culturally diverse workforce will be necessary for companies to truly grasp the issues and trends that are changing our society.

To RSVP, schedule interviews, photography or video, please contact

Beatrice Robbio at 212-594-5985 or at beatrice.robbio@namic.com

PRNewswire -- Sept. 8

Source: NAMIC

Web site: http://www.namic.com/

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