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By Lee HallSpecial to TelevisionWeek A career in the cable business came almost as an afterthought for Glenn Britt, chairman and CEO of Time Warner Cable. A magna cum laude graduate in economics from Dartmouth College, he went on to…
By Lee HallSpecial to TelevisionWeek The Walter Kaitz Foundation is recognizing three executives from Cox Communications for their work in developing and implementing one of the cable industry’s most aggressive and wide-ranging diversity programs. Named 2005 Diversity Champions are Mae…
By Sherri Killam-WilliamsSpecial to TelevisionWeek Government can help, but fostering diversity in the workplace is primarily the job of private enterprise, said Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., who will receive the Diversity Advocate Award from the Kaitz Foundation at its annual…
Debbie Smith has been executive director of the Walter Kaitz Foundation for the past year and a half, and in her first year oversaw one of the most successful fund-raising dinners in the foundation’s history. This year’s foundation dinner is…
By Sherri Killam-WilliamsSpecial to TelevisionWeek More students than ever before are getting a leg up in the broadcasting and cable industries, thanks to the Emma L. Bowen Foundation.The program currently enrolls 220 junior and senior high school students, who receive…
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By Sherri Killam-WilliamsSpecial to TelevisionWeek A cross-continental leap and a bolstered staff highlighted the 25th anniversary year for the National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications.The organization had its roots on the West Coast, where it was founded in 1980 by…
By Sherri Killam-WilliamsSpecial to TelevisionWeek A lot has changed in the 25 years that the Women in Cable & Telecommunications organization has existed.One thing that hasn’t changed is the group’s mission: to develop leadership programs and research that will place…
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