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DESCRIPTION:"The Coming Media Monopoly: Concentration of Press Ownership and Its 
 Effects on Democracy"  A panel discussion presented by the Society of 
 Professional Journalists and Media Alliance  ---  Date: Thursday, June 1, 
 at 7 p.m. — Reception at 6:30 p.m., refreshments and wine  Location: San 
 Francisco LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market St. at Octavia, SF  Admission: 
 $5 (FREE for members of SPJ and Media Alliance)  ---  The last year has 
 seen dramatic shifts in Bay Area media ownership.  MediaNews, the new owner 
 of the San Jose Mercury News and Contra Costa Times, will soon control 
 nearly two-thirds of local daily newspaper circulation; the two largest 
 weekly newspaper chains, Village Voice and New Times, merged; and there's 
 been an escalating scramble by several large media companies to control the 
 expanding market for ethnic and foreign-language readers.  Can journalism 
 survive in an era of corporate mergers and acquisitions? What about public 
 service and community needs? What can be done in response to these trends 
 to strengthen the quality of our news media workplaces?  Hear from 
 journalists and media reformers who are responding creatively to the 
 evolving media landscape.  Panelists:  -- LINDA FOLEY, president of The 
 Newspaper Guild, a union representing newspaper workers nationwide. Prior 
 to the sale of the Mercury News and Contra Costa Times, the Guild advanced 
 an ambitious plan to transfer it and other former Knight Ridder papers to a 
 "worker friendly" company.  -- TIM REDMOND, editor of the San Francisco Bay 
 Guardian. The Guardian says it has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars 
 due to unfair competition for ads since the two competing alt-weekly chains 
 merged. How can the little guy compete when the "alternative" press is 
 corporate controlled?  -- STEPHEN BUEL, editor of the East Bay Express. New 
 owner Village Voice Media is the Guardian's corporate nemesis. As a 
 reporter Buel once covered consolidation.  -- SANDY CLOSE, founder and 
 director of New America Media, plus an additional panelist to be announced, 
 will address the effects of consolidation in ethnic and foreign-language 
 media.  Moderator:  -- ERNA SMITH, professor of journalism, San Francisco 
 State University.  For more information visit http://www.spj.org/norcal or 
 http://www.media-alliance.org/calendar.php.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/05/25/103193.php
SUMMARY:The Coming Media Monopoly: Concentration of Press Ownership and Its Effects on D
LOCATION:San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center, 1800 
 Market Street at Octavia
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/05/25/103193.php
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