ABCNEWS.com to Stream Spanish-language Audio Of ABC News "Nightline" Town Meeting Friday, April 7, Addressing Elian Gonzalez Case.Business Editors/Interactive & Multimedia Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2000 Special Spanish-Language Message Boards Available To Users ABCNEWS.com, the 24-hour Internet operation of ABC News, will steam live Spanish-language audio of the ABC News "Nightline" town meeting Friday, April 7 (11:35 p.m. ET), in Miami addressing the issues surrounding the case of Elian Gonzalez. ABCNEWS.com, part of GO.com (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GO), is also creating special Spanish-language message boards to accompany traditional English-language boards, enabling visitors to the site to post their opinions and exchange ideas with others. Ted Koppel will anchor the 90-minute "Nightline" town meeting focusing on the case of the six-year-old Cuban refugee. Mr. Koppel will moderate a discussion with an audience and a group of guest panelists whose expertise ranges from the fields of immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. and family law to child psychology and politics. The "Nightline" town meeting will be broadcast from the campus of Florida International University Florida International University, primarily at University Park, Miami; coeducational; chartered 1965, opened 1972. A research university, it has 18 colleges and schools and many specialized centers and institutes, including those in biomedical engineering, database in Miami. The audience will be comprised of a diverse cross-section of the Miami community. Panelists on the broadcast will be announced closer to the broadcast date. ABCNEWS.com is part of GO.com (NYSE:GO), the Internet business of The Walt Disney Company. GO.com manages some of the Internet's most popular Web sites, including the GO.com portal, which specializes in the areas of entertainment, recreation and leisure, as well as ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. .com, ABCNEWS.com, ABCSports.com, Disney.com, Disneystore.com, DisneyTravel.com, Family.com, ESPN.com, ESPNstore.com, EXPN EXPN Expand .com, Mr. Showbiz, NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Online, NBA.com and NFL.com. Steven M. Bornstein is the chairman of GO.com, which is headquartered in North Hollywood, California, with operations in Sunnyvale, California, Seattle, New York, Bristol, Connecticut, and London. |
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