<div>To whom ever it may concern,</div>
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<div>The Sydney University Media and Communications department is hosting a series 'Media at Sydney' seminars represemting some of the best in contemporary research and perspectives media and cultural studies field.
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<div>I've attached the flyer for our next speaker, Jock GivensI'd appreciate it if you would send this out to the all those at CSAA.</div>
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<div>Thanks for your time.</div>
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<div>Regards,</div><span></span><span><span>
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<div>Ellen Wong</div>
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<div><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><strong>Public Talk: Moving to Sydney: The Geography of the Australian Media </strong></font></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align="left"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><strong>Guest Speaker: Jock Givens </strong></font></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align="left"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><strong>Date: Friday, September 14th </strong></font></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align="left"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><strong><font size="4">Venue: Room 209 RC Mills Building (A26)</font></strong> </font></span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align="left"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman"><span></span><font size="2">The company that dominated the early development of wireless in Australia, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia), or AWA, was always headquartered in Sydney. When it was formed in 1913, the NSW capital had just taken over as the country's most populous city, but Melbourne was still home to much of corporate Australia, the federal Parliament and
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align="left"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="2">In this talk Jock Givens will explore the reasons behind this trend and the impact for the Australian media business.
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align="left"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Jock Given is the author of Turning off the Television: broadcasting's uncertain future and America's Pie: trade and culture after 9/11.
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align="left"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">He recently submitted a doctoral thesis in the Department of History at the University of Melbourne about Ernest Fisk, managing director of AWA from1917 to 1944 and EMI in London from 1945 to 1951.
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align="left"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">He is Professor of Media and Communications at Swinburne University's Institute for Social Advisor at the Australian Film Commission and Director Legislation and Industry Economics at the federal Department of Transport and Communications.
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align="left"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman">'Media at Sydney is supported by the School of Letters, Art and Media, Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney
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