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Leading Media Industry CEOs to Discuss Future of Media at Reuters Media Summit in New York, Nov. 27 - Dec. 1.


* Richard Parsons, Barry Diller, Mel Karmazin, Edgar Bronfman, Doug Morris, Lawrence Probst, Anne Sweeney, Susan Lyne, Howard Draft and Other Media Leaders to Attend

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* Continuous Summit Coverage and Analysis on Reuters.com

* Summit Marks Official Launch of MediaFile Blog on Reuters.com

NEW YORK -- Starting today, 24 of the media industry's most influential executives will share their views on the future of media at the Reuters Media Summit in New York. The Reuters Media Summit will produce an entire week (Nov. 27 - Dec. 1) of news from exclusive Reuters (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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)interviews with the likes of Richard Parsons, Edgar Bronfman, Barry Diller, Mel Karmazin, Bud Selig, Howard Draft, Doug Morris, David Stern and other media, sports and advertising industry leaders.

Continuous coverage of the Summit is available to subscribers of Reuters desktop services and on Reuters.com at www.reuters.com/summits. An RSS feed of summit news is also available on Reuters.com.

Throughout the Summit, Reuters journalists will conduct exclusive interviews with top media industry executives about their strategies for growth, new media and the future of the industry. Leaders of the three biggest U.S. sports associations will also speak exclusively to Reuters about the future of their leagues and the ways they plan to build on their marketing power.

Confirmed summit participants include:

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Disney/ABC Networks Co-Chairman Anne Sweeney

Draft FCB CEO Howard Draft

Electronic Arts CEO Lawrence Probst

Getty Images CEO Jonathan Klein

IAC/InterActiveCorp Chief Executive Barry Diller

JP Morgan Managing Director and Head of Sports Finance, Richard Walden

Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (MSLO, NYSE: MSO) is publishing and content provider founded by Martha Stewart. The Company's business activities center around the domestic arts. In 2005 MSLO reported revenues of US$209.5 million compared to US$187.  Inc CEO Susan Lyne

Mediaedge:cia Global CEO Charles Courtier

Merrill Lynch Analyst Jessica Reif Cohen cohen
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NBA Commissioner David Stern

Netflix CTO Neil Hunt

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell

Nielsen Media Research CEO Susan Whiting

Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime

Regal Entertainment Group Chairman and CEO Michael Campbell

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 Chief Executive Mel Karmazin

TBWA/Chiat/Day Worldwide CEO Jean-Marie Dru

Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons

Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris

Vonage Chairman Jeffrey Citron

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 Chairman Dick Cook

Warner Music Group Warner Music Group (WMG) is one of the four major record labels.

Warner Music Group also has a publishing arm, Warner/Chappell Music, which dates back to 1929, when Jack Warner, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.
 CEO Edgar Bronfman

Reuters MediaFile Launched: This week also marks the official launch of MediaFile, a blog led by Reuters technology and media reporters Eric Auchard and Ken Li. MediaFile, with posts contributed by Reuters journalists around the globe covering the crossroads of media and technology, allows Reuters journalists an opportunity to share additional knowledge and offer reader feedback.

MediaFile will be updated throughout the week with exclusives and insights from the Reuters Media Summit, continuing as one of several ongoing blogs on Reuters.com. Online at: http://blogs.reuters.com/category/themes/mediafile/

"Reuters Summits are carefully monitored by business decision-makers, market followers and other news outlets for breaking news," said Guhan Selvaretnam, Vice President, Reuters Media. "This summit has unparalleled depth and intensity with exclusive Reuters interviews with leading media, advertising and sports league executives. Throughout the Reuters Media Summit, we will examine the challenges of the new and old media landscapes and the crucial strategic decisions facing these top executives."

"The world's largest media companies are grappling with the need to invest in new ventures for growth, while not undermining existing business models," said Michele Gershberg, Deputy Editor for Technology and Media at Reuters. "In this summit, we expect to hear from some of the most powerful media executives about finding opportunities in a time of rapid change."

Since 2004, Reuters Summits have featured exclusive panel discussions and one-on-one interviews with CEOs of major companies, industry analysts and government and policy officials to discuss current business, trade and regulatory issues, industry and economic trends as well as specific company news.

Reuters Industry Summits for the remainder of the 2006 include the Reuters Aerospace and Defense Summit, Dec 04 - 07, in Washington, DC, and the Reuters Investment Outlook 2007 Summit, Dec 11 - 14, in New York. For more information, visit www.reuters.com/summits.
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