Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Convention to be simulcast in Spanish

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Surprising this hasn’t been done before:

The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) announced today that Comcast Corporation will produce simultaneous, online streaming coverage of the Convention in Spanish at DemConvention.com and make available a broad range of Convention content through its signature On Demand service.
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From the Comcast Media Center, based in the Denver metro area, Comcast will provide live, gavel-to-gavel Spanish-language interpretation of all Convention activities from the Pepsi Center to be streamed online at DemConvention.com from August 25-28. This marks the first time a national political Convention has been completely simulcast in Spanish and made available to a worldwide audience. – DNCC Press Release Continue Reading...

Friday, June 20, 2008

Convention Celebrity Watch

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Superdelegates won’t be the only celebrities in Denver in August. A large number of stars from the entertainment industry will also be in town for the convention.

The Creative Coalition announced today that it will host a series of events at both Presidential Nominating Conventions, including exclusive performances by some of the biggest headlining artists in music. Scheduled for the third night of each Convention, the benefit performances, presented by Target, promise to be the most sought after gala events of either week. Continue Reading...

Friday, June 20, 2008

Host Committee Volunteer Coordinator Resigns

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The shortage of money plaguing local efforts to finance the Democratic National Convention played a role in the resignation of the top official in charge of volunteers — and concerns are growing that Barack Obama won’t be able to help. Continue Reading...

Thursday, June 19, 2008

The Big Tent

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The convention blogger gathering/party run by Markos Moulitsas and Progress Now rolled out their new website today.

The Big Tent will be the place to be for new media journalists, bloggers, reporters, and non-profit leaders covering the Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer. Continue Reading...

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Another chance to win a trip to the convention…

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We’ve told you about the DCCC contest to donate your way into the convention.
You may have also read about the DNCC’s Write to Lead Contest.

Now you have another chance to get inside the Pepsi Center for the big event (as long as you’re a 16-22 year old female and can write or make a video!) Continue Reading...

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Denver Agrees to Disclose Jail Policies and Procedures Manual

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Just announced by the ACLU…

ACLU Announces Settlement of Recently Filed Lawsuit; Denver Agrees to Disclose Jail Policies and Procedures Manual Continue Reading...

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Obama and Convention Funding

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The LA Times has an interesting article today that explains the state of funding for the both the Democratic and Republican Conventions. Unlike Barack Obama’s campaign, convention funding comes primarily from lobbyists and corporations.

The person in charge of coming up with the money to fund the Democrats’ convention, Steven Farber, is a federal lobbyist. Farber, a partner at the law firm of Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber & Schreck, which has offices in Denver and Washington, remains $11.6 million short of the $40.6 million the Denver host committee pledged to raise to help fund the convention, which has a budget of about $70 million. Continue Reading...