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NetLibrary's Freedom of Expression Chat Session to Feature
Terry Gross, Host of NPR's Fresh Air
BOULDER, COLO.—Jan. 7, 2000—NetLibrary (www.NetLibrary.com),
the world's premier provider of electronic books over the Internet,
today announced its next online chat featuring Terry Gross, host of National
Public Radio's Fresh Air (www.freshair.com), produced
at WHYY in Philadelphia. The chat session will be held at the NetLibrary
website, www.NetLibrary.com, on Thurs., Jan. 27, 2000, 9-10 p.m., EST.
The chat with Terry Gross is the latest in NetLibrary's Freedom
of Expression online discussion series which launched during the American
Library Association's Banned Books Week in October 1999. The Freedom of
Expression Series is a yearlong effort to promote freedom
of speech and uncensored access to information. The series features a number
of today's most talked-about and thought-provoking authors, thinkers, and
free speech advocates.
In this free, public chat event, Terry Gross will discuss freedom
of expression from her own perspective as the host of a sometimes controversial
public radio program.
"In her long and notable career as an interviewer and
commentator, Terry Gross has tackled some of the most controversial issues head-on, probing
ideas and bringing out the fresh thoughts and opinions that help keep awareness and appreciation
of the freedom of speech alive," said NetLibrary President and Chief Executive Officer Timothy
R. Schiewe.
Fresh Air is a Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of
contemporary arts and issues and one of public radio's most popular programs. Each week nearly
two and a half million people tune in to the show's intimate conversations broadcast on more
than 250 National Public Radio stations across the country as well as in Europe on the World
Radio Network. The one-hour program features in-depth interviews with prominent cultural and
entertainment figures, as well as distinguished experts on current affairs and news.
"The free and open exchange of ideas is a right that
must be defended," said Schiewe. "By establishing a forum that enables Internet users to voice
their opinions on censorship, freedom of expression, and access to information, NetLibrary is
helping take part in that defense."
NetLibrary provides readers anytime/anywhere
access to an extensive collection of trade, reference, scholarly, and professional
eBooks that can be viewed, searched, and checked out via the Internet. NetLibrary
offers books from more than 120 publishers including AMACOM Books, Harvard Business
School Publishing, Houghton Mifflin Company, The McGraw-Hill Companies, O'Reilly &
Associates, and Oxford University Press.
Contact:
Brian Bell
NetLibrary, Inc.
(303) 381-8703
bbell@NetLibrary.com
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