[PLUG] AT&T/Comcast Merger: Jeff Chester talk on Broadband

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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 23:29:58 -0400
From: inja <inja@CritPath.Org>

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AT&T COMCAST MERGER and YOU
How this giant merger will impact You as a Cable Subscriber, Internet User
and Citizen

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Part of Media Tank's Speaker Series featuring
JEFF CHESTER, Executive Director of the Center for Digital Democracy

WEDNESDAY JUNE 26  *  7:00 PM
The Friends Center * 15th & Cherry Streets
Free and open to the public
Followed by Q&A discussion
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 * How will it affect cable rates when Comcast's "hometown" already pays
the highest rates in the country?

 * What influence will this new company have in shaping new Internet
technologies and content distribution?

 * What does this level of media concentration mean for the free flow of
information in a democratic society?

 * What is Comcast's track record on meeting public interest mandates?

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JEFF CHESTER is an expert in media policy and executive director of the
Center for Digital Democracy in Washington, DC.
http://www.democraticmedia.org

MEDIA TANK is a Philly nonprofit working to bring together media arts,
education and activism to build a movement for media democracy.
http://www.mediatank.org



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