Ford Foundation President to FCC Workshop: 'In the Midst of a New Media Revolution, Public Media Must Find New Relevance.'

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NEW YORK, 30 April 2010 — Ford Foundation President Luis Ubiñas spoke today about the significant challenges facing public media in the United States today in recorded remarks delivered to amedia workshophosted by theFederal Communications Commissionin Washington. The workshop, titled "Public and other Noncommercial Media in the Digital Era," brought together a broad range of media professionals, academics, regulators and members of the public to consider the future of the public media sector, which the foundation has long supported.

We invite you to watch the video of Ubiñas below, learn more about the focus of our Advancing Media Rights and Access and Advancing Public Service Media initiatives, and read thecomplete transcriptof his remarks.

The Ford Foundation is an independent, nonprofit grant-making organization. For more than half a century it has worked with courageous people on the frontlines of social change worldwide, guided by its mission to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement. With headquarters in New York, the foundation has offices in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

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