Washington who is author of tonights book , boss of the grips, the life of James H Williams and the red caps of Grand Central terminal. This is part of an ongoing series of programs posted in conjunction with our series the ballad of harlem. If youve not had a chance to look at the exhibition it will be up through the end of december. There are all these things inside the exhibition that i think you will hear about tonight and also it might feed your own historical knowledge about how the ballot for harlem examines several strands of black place making in the 20th century offering viewsof president s and institutions dedicated to education , politicalengagements , cultural affirmation and creativity. The exhibition as i was mentioning earlier highlights includes the brotherhood of sleeping car porters which was the first union of black workers particularly plowman porters and youll also find selections from ruby dee and aussie davises collection which we recentlyacquired. Also items fr
Think that we would be a lot more successful by now and for us they are doing it at the local level using the county stakeholders and we are very fortunate that we have the counties support to allow us to tap into these different resources but we have to replicate that acceptability in every county and in every city if it doesnt come topdown. Typically at the end of the four runs people leave more depressed than when they came. At times we have been accused of designing before in the floor in the program to make people more worried. I dont know about everybody else, but i at least am more optimistic and hopeful and i think that we should end this on an upbeat note so please join me in thanking our speakers and i look forward to seeing you again and i can promise you that it will be less optimistic. Plus a live picture from the Brookings Institution as we bring you a discussion this morning on the military Health Care System we hear from a number of Defense Department officials as well
They are partners in the Moffett Nathanson research firm. Mr. Moffett, lets begin with you. Whats the impact, whats your initial reaction to what cbs, hbo have announced and then add onto that netflix and apple, etc. , and all these different services. Whats the impact on the Overall Television industry . Guest well, those are two separate categories really. The new ones, hbo and cbs, my guess is the impact will be actually somewhat limited. On the other hand, the impact of some of the ones that are already here like netflix has already been very profound. And i think what were seeing here is a real change in the viewing habits of millennials, that theyre simply watching tv in a very different way than my generation watched tv, and youre starting to see all the Media Companies embrace that and recognize that they cant sort of circle the wagons and just try to protect the existing ecosystem anymore, they have to actually reach out to that set of consumers. The advertisers want to reach
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