Name: Recent Franchise Negotiations and Community Benefits
Start: 2017-07-14T10:45:00-0500
End: 2017-07-14T12:15:00-0500

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Recent Franchise Negotiations and Community Benefits

We will compare notes on what local communities have recently won in franchise negotiations with both local and state franchising, and what have been trends in community benefits being won and battled over. What are the trends in franchise negotiations across the country and regionally? We’ll also look at strategies that are being used to ensure that community information needs are being served well into the future.

Speakers

Sue Buske

President, The Buske Group

For the past 40 years, Sue Buske has represented local governments, Community Media Centers (PEG access), educational institutions, and community organizations in their interactions with cable companies. Ms. Buske is widely recognized as one of the leading experts in the United... Read More →

Gretjen Clausing

Executive Director, PhillyCAM

My independent film roots go back to late 80s in Philadelphia where I worked as a film curator and communications specialist on repertory film programs and festivals. Prior to becoming the ED of PhillyCAM in 2009, I was the Program Director at the nationally recognized media arts... Read More →

Brian Grogan

Brian T. Grogan is a shareholder and director with the Minneapolis law firm of Moss & Barnett practicing in the firm's communications, business law and infrastructure practice groups. Since 1988 Brian has worked with municipal entities in Minnesota and throughout the country on... Read More →