Brewer asks how publishers are added to or removed from marketing directory
Brewer asks how outlets get on or off the 293-plus citywide marketing directory. Sidahmed says he wants to convene publishers, academics, and Council members to define community and ethnic media publicly.
Thank you.
I'll call on Councilmember Ressler and Wilson in a minute.
Two questions.
One is, I think there are media individuals who would like to be on the 293-plus list.
How are you decide who is to be added or taken off of that list?
How is that conversation taking place?
I really appreciate that question.
That is a concern that I've heard from many publishers.
And the concerns really vary.
I think there's such a diverse number of views on...
What should be considered community and ethnic media?
You know, who should be in that list?
So what I'd like to do is actually convene a group where we have an open conversation.
about the definition of community and ethnic media, bringing together publishers, independent academics, people who have thought about this issue extensively,
members of the city council who have worked with these publications for a long time and have thoughts about how we actually define what a publication who should be in a citywide marketing directory looks like.
I'd love to do that.
I think it could be a model for the country.
A lot of cities who have tried to execute this law have stumbled on this question.
Who counts?
Who should we actually put in the 50%?
And I think we can lead by example here in New York.