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April 13, 2010                                                                Janice Wise: 202-418-8165
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MEDIA BUREAU ANNOUNCES AGENDA FOR ITS TAMPA, FLORIDA
MEDIA OWNERSHIP WORKSHOP
(DOCKET NO. 09-182)
Washington, D.C.:  The Media Bureau today announced further details for its April 20, 
2010, media ownership workshop being held from 3:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the Marshall Student 
Center, University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida.  The workshop will 
explore the impact of newspaper-television and newspaper-radio cross-ownership and the effect 
these combinations have on the quantity, quality, diversity and responsiveness of local news and 
public affairs programming. 
The forum is open to the public, with seating available on a first-come, first-served basis.  
The public will be given an opportunity to participate via “open microphone.”  The workshop will 
also be broadcast live over the Internet from the FCC Live web page at http://reboot.fcc.gov/live. 
Questions from the Internet audience can be submitted throughout the course of the workshop via 
email to 2010quadrennial@fcc.gov and via Twitter using the hash tag #MoWksp.
Agenda and Panelists
3:00 p.m. Opening Remarks
William Lake, Chief, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
3:15 p.m. Local Cross-Ownership
Steve Waldman, Senior Advisor to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski (Moderator)
Robert Dardenne, Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Journalism and 
Media Studies, University of South Florida
Karen Dunlap, President, The Poynter Institute
Bernard Lunzer, President, The Newspaper Guild and Vice President, 
Communications Workers of America
Patrick Manteiga, Editor and Publisher, La Gaceta
John Schueler, President, Florida Communications Group, Media General, Inc.
Ken Tonning, President and General Manager, WTSP-TV, Gannett Company, Inc.
Marc Vila, Vice President and General Manager, WQBN-AM, Radio Tropical, Inc.
Sandy Wilson, Vice President of Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Cox 
Enterprises, Inc. 
4:30 p.m. Break
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4:45 p.m. Questions and Answers
6:15 p.m. Public Comments
7:30 p.m. Adjournment
Open captioning will be provided.  Other reasonable accommodations for people with 
disabilities are available upon request.  Include a description of the accommodation you will need.  
Also include a way we can contact you if we need more information.  Last-minute 
requests will be accepted, but may not be possible to fill.  Send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or 
call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).
For further information, contact Krista Witanowski, Media Bureau, 202-418-2449.  
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