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Offices: Washington, DC
NAB is a full-service trade association that promotes and protects the interests
of radio and television broadcasters in Washington and around the world.
NAB is the broadcaster's voice before Congress, federal agencies and the
Courts. They also serve a growing number of associate and international
broadcaster members.
Offices: Carlsbad, California
The International Music Products Association, commonly called NAMM in reference
to the organization’s popular NAMM trade shows, is the not-for-profit association
that unifies, leads and strengthens the $16 billion global musical instruments
and products industry. NAMM’s activities and programs are designed to promote
music making to people of all ages. NAMM is comprised of approximately 8,000
Member companies.
Offices: Chicago, Illinois
NARM is the not-for-profit trade association founded in 1958 whose nearly
1000 member companies represent the retailers, wholesalers, and distributors
of prerecorded music in the United States. Their members include such
familiar retailing names as Tower, Best Buy (Musicland, Sam Goody), Wherehouse,
TransWorld Entertainment (Camelot, Coconuts, Record Town, Specs, Strawberries,
The Wall, Waxie Maxie, FYE), Borders Books and Music, Target, Newbury Comics,
Waterloo Records, CDNow, and Amazon.com.
Offices: Washington, DC & North Hollywood, California
NATO is the largest exhibition trade organization in the world, representing
more than 26,000 movie screens in all 50 states and in more than 20 countries
worldwide. Their membership includes the largest cinema chains in the world
and hundreds of independent theatre owners too. NATO represents its members
in the heart of the nation's capital as well as the center of the entertainment
industry.
Offices: Santa Monica, California
NATPE is a global, non-profit organization dedicated to the creation, development
and distribution of televised programming in all forms, across all platforms.
NATPE provides valuable information and resources to its membership, which
is comprised of companies and individuals involved in or wanting to become
involved with the creation, development and distribution of television programming.-National Conference-
Offices: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Founded in 1947, The National Conference of Editorial Writers is a nonprofit
professional organization that exists to improve the quality of editorial
pages and broadcast editorials, and to promote high standards among opinion
writers and editors. Members can take advantage of an expanding array of
year-round benefits including: writing and broadcast critiques, their annual
convention, low-cost seminars and workshops, the NCEW Job Bank, The Masthead
magazine, regional conferences, foreign tours, their e-mail discussion group,
and more.
Offices: Oakland, California
The National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) is a national alliance
of stations, producers, and others committed to community radio. NFCB advocates
for national public policy, funding, recognition, and resources on behalf
of its membership, while providing services to empower and strengthen community
broadcasters through the core values of localism, and public service.
Offices: Washington, DC
NPR is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial
news, talk, and entertainment programming. A privately supported, not-for-profit
membership organization, NPR serves a growing audience of 26 million Americans
each week in partnership with more than 780 independently operated, noncommercial
public radio stations. Each NPR Member Station serves local listeners with
a distinctive combination of national and local programming.
Offices: Washington, DC
The National Press Club has been a part of Washington life for more than
90 years. Its members have included 17 consecutive Presidents of the United
States--from Theodore Roosevelt to Bill Clinton. Most have spoken from The
Club's podium, some to declare their candidacies for the highest office
in the land. On March 12, 1908, 32 newspapermen with $300 met in the Gridiron
Room of the Willard Hotel (across 14th street from the current location
of the National Press Building) and framed a constitution for the National
Press Club.-Newsletter-
Offices: Arlington, Virginia
NEPA is the international trade association dedicated to advancing the interests
of for-profit subscription newsletter publishers and specialized-information
services. The mission of the Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Association
is to serve its member newsletter and other specialized-information publishers
worldwide through education, training, networking and advocacy to foster
growth, profitability and professional excellence.
Offices: Vienna, Virginia
NAA is a nonprofit organization representing the $55 billion newspaper industry.
Its members account for nearly 90% of the daily circulation in the United
States. It also has many Canadian and International members. The Association
focuses on the key strategic priorities affecting the newspaper industry:
marketing, public policy, diversity, industry development, newspaper operations
and readership.
Offices: New York, New York
New York Women in Film & Television is an organization for professional
women in film, television and new media. A champion of women's rights, achievements
and points of view in the film and television industry, NYWIFT is an educational
forum for media professionals, and a network for the exchange of information
and resources. NYWIFT brings together more than 1,500 professionals including
EMMY and Academy AwardŽ winners, who work in all areas of the entertainment
industry—above and below the line.
Offices: Toronto, Ontario
NABA provides a forum where broadcasters can interact to share best practices,
discuss common challenges and opportunities and advance the interests of
broadcasting. Founded in 1972, the organization is actively involved in
issues relating to digital technology, intellectual property, spectrum allocation,
journalistic standards, new media operational issues and broadcasters' use
of distribution technologies including satellites and fibre. NABA plays
a key role representing North American broadcasters with status as a non-governmental
organization at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and
the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
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