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Time Warner Summit: Politics 2008: The Media Conference for the Election of the President
E-mail I received

Posted on 09/29/2008 8:58:51 PM PDT by Beaten Valve

I received this in my e-mail tonight.

This must be the media event of the year!

How will they get all of these egos into one room??

There's the Democratic Convention, the Republican Convention - and now there is the Time Warner Summit: Politics 2008: The Media Conference for the Election of the President. This two day conference will be held at the Time Warner Center in New York City, October 13-14, 20008. See the agenda below.

Have you made your Plans to Attend? Come Face to Face with “The Thought Leaders in Media, Politics, Technology, Finance, Entertainment and Advertising.” If you're in New York on October 13th and 14th - the Time Warner Center is the only place to be - Register Now! Online - see - http://www.digitalhollywood.com/Politics2008.html or register by phone - 212-352-9720

Politics 2008 is a Who's Who of the country's political voices! Politics 2008 is presented by TimeWarner and Co-Hosted by CNN and TIME.

Thanks, Victor Harwood, President, Digital Hollywood, Conference Director

Politics 2008 The Complete Agenda Monday, October 13th 12:30 PM - Welcome Jeffrey L. Bewkes, President and Chief Executive Officer, Time Warner

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM Keynote Roundtable The Changing Face of News and the Presidential Election: The Power, The Influence and the Challenge of the Future Moderator - Campbell Brown, CNN Anchor Speakers Richard Stengel, Managing Editor, TIME Graydon Carter, Editor, Vanity Fair Jonathan Klein, president of CNN/U.S Additional speakers to be announced

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Session I The Influencers: The Editorial, OpEd Pages, TV Analysts - Establishing and Defining the National Conversation William Schneider, Senior Political Analyst, CNN Peggy Noonan, Columnist, The Wall Street Journal Byron York, White House correspondent, National Review Jeff Greenfield, Senior Political Correspondent, CBS News Frank Rich, Op-Ed columnist, The New York Times, Moderator

Session II Media and Power: Establishing the National Dialogue – From TV News, Newspapers and Information Programming to the Broadband and Social Networks Kinsey Wilson, Executive Editor, USA Today Rome Hartman, Executive Producer, BBC World News America, former Executive Producer of The CBS Evening News Steve Grove, Head of News and Politics, YouTube Michael Oreskes, Managing Editor for U.S. News, Associated Press, former executive editor, International Herald Tribune David Bohrman, Senior Executive Producer, CNN Tuna N. Amobi, Director, Consumer Discretionary, Media & Entertainment, Standard & Poor's Equity Research, Moderator

Session III Political Advertising - The Daily Game Changers: Language, Imagery and the Always-On War Room Campaign Jimmy Siegel, Creative Director/Partner, a-political Jeffrey Tuchman, Documania Films, Executive Producer of dvertising, Hilary Clinton Campaign 2008 & "Man From Hope" 1992 Film Katie Jacobs Stanton, Principal, New Business Development group, Google Jon Fine, Columnist, BusinessWeek Joe Erwin, former chairman, South Carolina Democratic Party and CEO, Erwin-Penland,

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Session I Media Power Vs. Political Power: The 2008 Election Re-defining the Relationship Mark Halperin, Editor-at-Large and Senior Political Analyst, TIME Mark J. Penn, Worldwide President & CEO, Burson-Marsteller Howell Raines, Media Columnist, Conde Nast Portfolio, former Executive Editor, New York Times Jeffrey Toobin, Analyst, CNN Worldwide Larry Hackett, Managing Editor, People, Moderator

Session II The New "New Rules" of Religion and Politics: Just When You Thought You Understood, Obama and Palin Scramble the Religious Rules Nancy Gibbs, Editor-at-Large, TIME Ralph Reed, Political Strategist Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and author of Failing America’s Faithful Mara Vanderslice, religious outreach director, Kerry-Edwards 2004 campaign and founder and director of the Matthew 25 Network Bill Bennett, TV & Radio Analyst, former Government Official - tentative Steve Waldman, Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder, BeliefNet, former National Editor, U.S. News & World Report, Moderator

Session III Global Finance, Global Economy: Core Issue of the Presidential Election David Faber, Anchor and Reporter, CNBC Eamon Javers, Correspondent, Politico Dan Senor, founding partner, Rosemont Capital LLC, former chief spokesperson, Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq Michael Mandel, Chief Economist, BusinessWeek, Moderator

5:00 - 6:00 PM End-of-Day Keynote Roundtable The Presidential Inner Circle - Braintrust for the Candidate: The Media and the Election Anderson Cooper - Moderator Mike McCurry, principal, Public Strategies Washington, Inc., Additional speakers to be announced

Tuesday, October 14th 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM Keynote Roundtable Defining the American Experience - the State of the Global Superpower - How the World Sees Us - How We See the World Fareed Zakaria, GPS, CNN and editor, Newsweek International Christiane Amanpour, Chief International Correspondent, CNN Romesh Ratnesar, Deputy Managing Editor, TIME Wolf Blitzer, Anchor, CNN, Moderator

10:45 AM - Noon Session I Media: Biased and Elitist? Or a Campaign Tactic to Dissuade Tough Questions? Dan Rather, Host and Global Correspondent, "Dan Rather Reports" Jeffrey Brown, Senior Correspondent and Senior Producer, NewsHour PBS Dorothy Rabinowitz, Columnist, Wall Street Journal, Pulitzer Prize Winner David Sirota, Author, Columnist & Journalist, "The Uprising" Josh Silver, Executive Director, Free Press Howard Kurtz, Media Reporter, The Washington Post, Host, CNN Reliable Sources, Moderator

Session II Digital Politics: The Game Changer of 2008; The 24/7 Hyper Campaign + New Media Platforms + Millions Connected = Politics in 2008 Alan Warms, General Manager, Yahoo! News Lee Brenner, Executive Producer of Political Programming and Director, IMPACT (Public Affairs), MySpace Ari Melber, Journalist, The Nation Brian Scanlon, Director of Election Services, Associated Press Josh Tyrangiel, Editor, Time.com, Moderator Additional speakers to be announced

Session III The Election and Pop Culture: Strategies for the Broadband, Late Night, Talk & Comedy Television Joel Stein, columnist, Los Angeles Times and TIME Ben Relles, founder and CEO of BarelyPolitical.com (Creator Obama Girl) Sarah Bernard, President, 236.com Gregg Spiridellis, co-founder, JibJab Fred Goldring (Executive Producer, "Yes We Can Song" Video, and Former Chairman, Rock the Vote), Moderator

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM Session I Puppet Masters and Policy Maestros: Analyzing the Brains, Architects and Strategies of the Modern Campaign Donna Brazile, Political Activist and Strategist Mark McKinnon, Vice Chairman, Public Strategies, former strategist, George W. Bush and Senator John McCain Hilary B. Rosen, CNN Political Contributor; and Political Director and Washington Editor at large, HuffingtonPost.com Matthew Dowd, Chief Strategist, Bush-Cheney '04, Political Contributor, ABC News John King, Chief National Correspondent, CNN, Moderator

Session II A Republican Administration – Speculation on the Next Four Years: The Implications of Party Victory on Foreign and Domestic Policy & the State of the Nation Ronald Kessler, Chief Washington Correspondent, Newsmax, George Polk Award Winner Bradley A. Blakeman, former President & CEO, Freedom's Watch Victoria Toensing, former deputy assistant attorney general David Goodfriend, former Deputy Staff Secretary to President Bill Clinton, co-founder Air America Radio Jay Carney, Washington Bureau Chief, TIME, Moderator

Session III Women and the 2008 Election: Playing Politics with Gender - Media, Candidates and the Majority Vote Rachel Sklar, Senior Contributing Editor, Huffington Post, editor, "Eat The Press" Carol Jenkins, President, The Women's Media Andrea Tantaros, Political and Media Commentator, Fox News Channel, CNN, CNBC and MSNBC Center Tentative - Karen Tumulty, TIME Tentative - Katha Pollit - The Nation Lisa Witter, Chief Operating Officer, FENTON | communications, Moderator

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Session I The Candidate & the Media: Creating the Brand, Maintaining the Brand, Preserving the Brand Mark McKinnon, Vice Chairman, Public Strategies, former strategist, George W. Bush and Senator John McCain Joe Trippi, Democratic Strategist, Edwards 2008, Kerry 2004 Co-Moderators - Bob Safian, Editor and Managing Director, Fast Company and Ellen McGirt, Senior Writer, Fast Company Additional speakers to be announced

Session II Energy, the Election and Economic Emergency: Investment and Change in the Nation's Future Anne Korin, co-director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) David Manning, Executive Vice President, National Grid Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund and author, "Earth: The Sequel" John Rennie, Editor-in-Chief, Scientific American Rick Kessler, President, DowLohnes Government Strategies, Moderator

Session III The Power of Polling, Daily Snapshots, Influencing Policy, Influencing the Election Evans Witt, principal and CEO, Princeton Survey Research Associates Brad Kates, President and COO, Opinion Dynamics William Schneider, Senior Political Analyst, CNN Stanley B. Greenberg, CEO, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner David Iannelli, Managing Director, Public Strategies Inc Clifford Alexander Young, Senior Vice President, Ipsos Public Affairs, Moderator

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM Session I A Democratic Administration – Speculation on the Next Four Years: The Implications of Party Victory on Foreign and Domestic Policy & the State of the Nation Mark Green, Democratic Party Leader, President, Air America Radio Ron Reagan, Jr., Political Commentator Jennifer M. Palmieri, Senior Vice President of Communications, Center for American Progress, National Press Secretary for the 2004 Edwards for President campaign Alice Germond, Secretary, Democratic National Committee Bill Hess, Senior Vice President, Programming, Air America, Moderator

Session II The Digital Election: The Activist System and the Political Blogosphere Ed McFadden, Advisor - Speechwriter, Sen. Fred Thompson, Director, Corporate New Media Strategy, Verizon Jonathan Martin, Reporter, Politico Jon Henke, Blogger, The Next Right Nathan Daschle, Executive Director, Democratic Governors Association Liba Rubenstein, Manager and Co-founder, IMPACT/Public Affairs, MySpace Pete Snyder, Founder & CEO, New Media Strategies, Inc., (Media consultant to Rudy Giuliani), Moderator

Session III Spin, Flip-Flops and Reality Checks on the Campaigns: Manipulation, Clarification or Distortion of Reality Bill Adair, Washington Bureau Chief, St. Petersburg Times, Editor, PolitiFact.com

Session IV Race, Media & Politics Speakers to be announced

Coming Digital Hollywood Produced Event Schedule Time Warner Summit: Politics 2008, October 13 and 14, 2008 - see http://www.digitalhollywood.com/Politics2008.html Digital Hollywood Fall, October 27-30, 2008, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel http://www.digitalhollywood.com/LAFall08Agenda.html 2009 International CES - Including Reinventing Advertising, Game Power and Mobile Entertainment at CES and Digital Hollywood at CES, January 7-10, 2009, Las Vegas Convention Center http://www.digitalhollywood.com/CES2009.html Media Summit New York, March 18-19, 2009 – see http://www.digitalhollywood.com/MediaSummit.html Digital Hollywood Spring, Los Angeles May 4-7, 2009 Advertising 2.0, New York, June 2-3, 2009 - http://www.digitalhollywood.com/Advertising08.html

Victor Harwood President http://www.digitalhollywood.com Digital Hollywood 421 Hudson St., #320 New York, NY 10014 212-352-9720


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blitzer; election; media; reporters

1 posted on 09/29/2008 8:58:52 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
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To: Beaten Valve
A Media Conference, huh? They may as well call it what it really is:

How To Effectively Manipulate The American People Into Voting For Our Candidate Without Getting Caught.

2 posted on 09/29/2008 9:05:04 PM PDT by T Lady (The Mainstream Media: Public Enemy #1)
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To: Beaten Valve

Looks like it will be a target rich environment.


3 posted on 09/29/2008 9:07:10 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby (I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request.)
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To: T Lady

Yep, and I bet that will be one doozie of a conference. LOL

Like we are going to believe those yo yos anyway.


4 posted on 09/29/2008 9:08:27 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: T Lady

It’s probably the revised and updated version of the Salinsky rules for radicals. LOL


5 posted on 09/29/2008 9:09:11 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: freekitty
LOL!

Yes!

6 posted on 09/29/2008 9:12:28 PM PDT by T Lady (The Mainstream Media: Public Enemy #1)
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To: T Lady

I thought you would like that. LOL


7 posted on 09/29/2008 9:14:29 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: Beaten Valve
"3:45 PM - 5:00 PM Session I A Democratic Administration – Speculation on the Next Four Years..."

Won't they be surprised when Obama loses 3 weeks later!

8 posted on 09/29/2008 10:07:55 PM PDT by Theresawithanh (I've got the fevah! McCain/Palin 2008!!!)
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To: abigailsmybaby

Hmmm, New York in October. I think we should all register.


9 posted on 09/29/2008 11:25:05 PM PDT by Grams A
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To: Grams A

My birthday is that weekend. Could be a great gift to myself.


10 posted on 09/29/2008 11:31:55 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby (I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request.)
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