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Robert Berkman
(M.A., University of Montana) is author of several books, including Digital Dilemmas: Ethical Issues for Online Media Professionals (Iowa State Press, 2003), The Skeptical Searcher (Information Today, 2003), and Find It Fast: How to Uncover Expert Information on Any Subject (Harper Collins 5th ed., May 2000). He is also founder and editor of The Information Advisor, a newsletter for professional researchers. Berkman has taught at the University of Montana and has given workshops at the European Journalism Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands.

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Deanne Torbert Dunning
B.A, Fairleigh Dickinson University. Principal, Concepts/Copy, a creative consultancy in marketing communications; former creative director, N.W. Ayer; has worked for DeBeers Diamonds, AT&T, DuPont, Avon, Movado Watch, The Ad Council, U.S. Army, CBS/Fox Video, Bantam Doubleday Dell

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Steven Hammersly
(MA, Media Studies, The New School). Former economist, technology entrepreneur; currently VP/Director of Strategic Alliances at Pearson plc, where he manages media and technology partnerships, and new digital initiatives, for its higher education division.

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Kenneth Krushel
Mr. Krushel is a graduate of Amherst College. Mr. Krushel is President of Citizenews, Inc., an Internet video platform aggregating the work of international video journalists.

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Lynn Oberlander
(J.D., Columbia University) has been the editorial counsel at Forbes since 2001. She is responsible for all content-related matters for the magazine, its international editions, and its web site Forbes.com, including pre-publication review, claim resolution, libel and access litigation, newsgathering, and Freedom of Information Act requests. Prior to joining Forbes, she was senior media counsel at NBC, working with the local and network news divisions on a wide variety of pre-broadcast and newsgathering issues. She joined NBC in 1996 as litigation counsel. After clerking for the Hon. John H. Pratt of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1991-1992, Ms. Oberlander joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison as an associate specializing in litigation and antitrust. She is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Media Law and Communications Committee, the New York State Bar Media Law Committee, the American Bar Association, and Forum on Communications Law. She is also a trustee of the Jewish Home and Hospital, Bronx Division.

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Josh Rabinowitz
B.A., Music & Political Science, Tufts University. SVP/Director of Music for Grey Group, has produced 1000+ tracks for commercials internationally. These include some of the most high profile initiatives to integrate compelling music with advertising, with such artists as Black Eyed Peas, Run DMC (their last known recording together), LL Cool J, Smokey Robinson, LeAnne Rimes, Reba, Mark McGrath, Celia Cruz, B2K, Anastacia, Natasha Bedingfield, Rihanna, Queen Latifah, Macy Gray, Los Lonely Boys, Bo Bice, and Alana Davis, amongst others. He‘s been called a ³New Music Mogul² by Fast Company, Beethoven¹s Greatest Fan by NPR, and is a recognized voice in the music-branding scene. He‘s been an adjunct at NYU and the New School, a columnist for Billboard, and a bandleader and trombonist in NYC.

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Charles Warner
Charles is an active blogger at MediaCurmudgeon.com, teaches at The New School in New York, and is the Goldenson Chair Emeritus at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He is also a volunteer teaching assistant in the Family Program at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Until he retired in 2002, he was Vice President of AOL¡|s Interactive Marketing division. Before joining AOL, he was the Goldenson Endowed Professor at the Missouri Journalism School where he taught media management and sales, and he created and ran the annual Management Seminar for News Executives. Charlie¡|s book Media Selling is an update of Broadcast and Cable Selling and is the most widely used sales textbook in the field. He has also written a companion book to Media Selling titled Media Sales Management that is available free on www.medialselling.us. Charlie has also served as a management and sales consultant and trainer for CBS, ABC, ESPN, MTV, TCI, Fox, AH Belo, Hearst Magazines, Microsoft¡|s MSN, Cox Cable, and many other major media com?panies. He has also been VP, General Manager, of WNBC-AM (now WFAN) in New York, WMAQ-AM and WKQX-FM in Chicago, WWSW-AM and WPEZ- FM in Pittsburgh, and CBS Radio Spot Sales.

Michael Weiskopf
B.A., Montclair State University. Founder and chairman, Lifestyle Ventures (now Lifestyle Media), an independent privately held company consisting of 10 magazines; former executive VP and publisher, Chemical Week Assocs.;publisher of Personal Computing Magazine; group VP of Reed Exhibitions, and advertising director of East Coast Rocker.