World media leaders meet in Beijing to discuss IPR, new media, cooperation
BEIJING. September 27. KAZINFORM Leading figures from the world's most renowned media organizations met in Beijing Tuesday morning to discuss the protection of intellectual property rights, the rise of "new media" and cooperation between international media groups.
According to Xinhua, Executive President of the World Media Summit (WMS) and President of the Xinhua News Agency Li Congjun presided over the meeting.
In his speech addressed to the meeting, Li said, since the first WMS was successfully convened, the global media landscape has undergone profound changes.
"The impact of the financial crisis has slowed down the development of the whole media industry", Li said, adding that traditional media in particular are affected.
Further, the media are increasingly using cutting-edge technology, Li said.
"Although competing with each other, traditional media and new media are also converging and developing together," Li said.
Li also welcomed the Al Jazeera Network and the New York Times Company for joining the presidium, which made the WMS presidium "more representative in terms of cultural backgrounds, media forms and authoritative perspectives."
The World Media Summit Presidium Meeting was attended by leaders and senior members of the Associated Press (AP), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), New York Times, Itar-Tass, Kyodo News, News Corporation, Thomson-Reuters, Al Jazeera Network, Google and Time-Warner's Turner Broadcasting System (TBS).
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