The Media Institute Adds to Board of Trustees

Gannett Senior VP/General Counsel Kurt Wimmer Appointed by First Amendment Think Tank

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/12/2008 1:51:00 PM

Washington, D.C.-based First Amendment think tank The Media Institute named Kurt Wimmer to its board of trustees.

Wimmer, senior vice president and general counsel of Gannett, is already a member of the institute's First Amendment advisory council.

The board comprises media-company representatives and is chaired by former Federal Communications Commission chairman and current communications superlawyer Richard Wiley.

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