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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear FoME-Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Craig La May argues in his book “Exploring
Press Freedom” (2007):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>“Many media in developing countries
have been or are grant-dependant. When grants are exhausted or withdrawn, media
that were funded to further democratic consolidation typically wither and die.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>An important reason for this can be found
in a chapter written by Tim Carrington and Mark Nelson for the book “The
Right to Tell” (2002):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>“Many countries have little
infrastructure for such training [on financial sustainability]: most journalism
schools in the developing world focus on journalistic skills, that is,
reporting and writing. Few developing countries have media business consultants
who can advice media companies and their media strategies.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Marketing for Media Development (M4MD)
wants to help build financially sustainable media for a better world! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Please find further information on the
following new website:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.m4md.de/"><span lang=EN-US>www.m4md.de</span></a><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Furthermore, I would like to put forward
the idea of a future FoME-Symposium on the crucial aspect of “Making
media development financially sustainable”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Dan Blank<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Dr. Daniel Blank<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Dy Managing Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Head of Marketing Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>OWC – Verlag für
Außenwirtschaft GmbH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Hohenzollernstr. 11-13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>D-40211 Düsseldorf, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Phone: +49 (0) 211-55 04 26-0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Fax:
+49 (0) 211-55 04 26-55<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>eMail: <a
href="mailto:db@owc.de"><span style='color:black'>db@owc.de</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>URL: </span><span
style='color:black'><a href="http://www.owc.de/"><span lang=EN-US
style='color:black'>www.owc.de</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Board of Directors: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Dr. Jutta Falkner, Klaus Leger,
Norbert Mayer, Dr. Daniel Blank<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>HRB 4574 - Amtsgericht Münster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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