
Nov. 16, 2009: Communication Leadership CEO Series: Peter Chernin USC Annenberg’s Center on Communication Leadership & Policy (CCLP), in partnership with USC Spectrum and USC Marshall School of Business presents a conversation with legendary media executive and innovator Peter Chernin. From the mid-1990s through 2009, Chernin served as president of News Corporation, the billion multimedia conglomerate that includes Twentieth Century Fox Film, Fox Broadcasting Company and online media companies like MySpace and Hulu. He is also founder and chairman of the global health organization, Malaria No More. USC University Professor and CCLP director Geoffrey Cowan led Chernin in a wide-ranging conversation with students about the transformation of the media industry and corporate social responsibility. The program also included remarks by USC Annenberg Dean Ernest J. Wilson III and USC Marshall Dean Jim Ellis. The Art of the Long View story: annenberg.usc.edu For more information about Peter Chernin: www.malarianomore.org For more information about the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy: communicationleadership.usc.edu For more information about USC Marshall School of Business: www.marshall.usc.edu For more information about Spectrum: www.usc.edu
USC Annenberg’s Johnson Communication Leadership Center will host a roundtable discussion between Center director Christopher Holmes Smith and USC Trustee Suzanne Nora Johnson, former vice chairman of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Recently elected to the Board of Directors at American International Group (AIG), Johnson also chairs the investment committees at the University of Southern California and the Markle Foundation. The topic: “Financial democracy and the credit panic of 2008: Exploring media’s role. Panelists include George Alexander, editor-at-large, Black Enterprise magazine; Yongheng Deng, professor and director of the doctoral program, USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development; Sandy Green, assistant professor, USC Marshall School of Business; and Kathy Kristof, syndicated personal finance columnist.