Important Media Conferences in New York Next Week
Those familiar with the media goings in New York in early December are anticipating the 31st annual UBS Media Week Conference that heats up on Monday December 8 and runs through Thursday December 11. Credit Suisse First Boston will also run its Media and Telecom Week in parallel (and in competition) with many presenters duplicating their efforts at each conference. The verticals include entertainment, ad agencies, broadcasting, publishing, newspaper publishers, video games, multichannel and international. For a full list of the UBS speakers, log on to www.ibb.ubs.com.

My interest centers on the market data companies like Reuters, McGraw-Hill (Standard & Poor�s), Thomson Corporation (Thomson Financial) and Dow Jones.

Over the years, these presentations give investors (and competitors) a pulse on what�s going on in the final month of the calendar year, and in some instances, a forecast for the next year. But, in these uncertain times, I feel most will defer any meaningful projections until after the turn of the year.

Log back here next week to see if any of the subject companies say anything of interest above the ordinary.