SATELLITE 2007, the largest conference and exhibition for satellite-enabled communications, brings together more than 7,500 professional experts and 50,000 square feet of cutting-edge satellite technology under one roof February 19-22, 2007 at the Washington Convention Center.

MTV: Music Television today announced that it will present "Spankin' New Music Week: A-List Playlists" across all of its channels including MTV, MTV2, mtvU, MTV.com and Urge from Monday, February 5 through Friday, February 9 starting on "Total Request Live" at 3:30pm-4:30pm ET/PT. Hosted by MTV VJs Damien Fahey, Vanessa Minnillo, Stephen Colletti and Susie Castillo, this week of special programming will celebrate A-List artists' favorite music and offers fans a preview of the best new music from the hottest artists out today. A-List artists will visit "TRL" and share their favorite video playlist. One chosen playlist will be played on-air each day.

Few vehicles are as effective at reaching large segments of the population as television, a fact that has established it as the favored medium for advertisers in many product categories. For as long as that has been the case, however, TV networks and advertisers have been fearful of emerging competitors and technologies that threaten their route into consumers' minds.

Chicago Tribune marks the two-year anniversary of Subscriber Advantage, the newspaper's highly successful rewards program with more benefits, more advertiser offers and a current membership of more than 230,000. "We're thrilled about the overwhelmingly positive response we've gotten about the program from both readers and advertisers," said Kathleen O'Hara, director / customer relationship marketing. "The program continues to improve, and our growing membership numbers show that our readers find value in our newspaper, chicagotribune.com and our rewards program."

washingtonpost.com, the award-winning news and information Web site synonymous with the world of politics, today announced a partnership with RealClearPolitics, a leading Web site for intelligent political opinion, news, polls and analysis. Under the terms of the agreement, RealClearPolitics will provide washingtonpost.com with a daily feed of its "Best of the Web" series, including top recommended news articles and opinion pieces, to be featured in washingtonpost.com's "Politics News & Analysis" e-mail newsletter and on the front page of the site's well-regarded "Politics" section.

Lifetime Television's popular reality series "Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead" has been renewed for a second season, it was announced today by Susanne Daniels, President, Entertainment, Lifetime Entertainment Services. The show will return this summer.

The Los Angeles Times Media Group today announced the launch of My LATimes (http://my.latimes.com/). The free, customizable news feed service utilizes the fast growing Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology and is designed to give consumers a faster, easier, and more flexible way to view information and content that is most important to them. My LATimes allows consumers to instantly read content from many online news sources on one webpage.

MTV and Verizon Wireless today announced a new event series titled "MTV Live" which will feature live artist performances from some of the biggest names in music. The monthly series will be recorded in front of a live audience at the Hard Rock Cafe NY in Times Square and will be presented as a multi-platform program across MTV, MTV2, mtvU, MTV Tr3s, MTV.com and on MTV Mobile on V CAST. "MTV Live" will be powered by Verizon Wireless and the first episode will premiere on MTV on February 6 at 11:30pm with a commercial free performance by Fall Out Boy. Artists Nas, Akon, and Gym Class Heroes have been booked for future shows.

The National Federation of the Blind, the largest consumer group of blind people in the United States, and AARP, the membership organization representing nearly 38 million Americans, have partnered to make AARP publications accessible to all blind and low vision people in the United States. AARP the Magazine, AARP Bulletin, and AARP Segunda Juventud, AARP's bilingual magazine, are now available on NFB-NEWSLINE(R), the nation's largest free, on-demand news service for the blind.

Derek Farley Public Relations, LLC (DFPR) announced today that media and press relations industry veteran Jerry Mitchell has joined its staff as Director, Client Services. "Jerry brings a wealth of experience, talent and energy to DFPR," said Derek Farley, president of DFPR. "His experience as a reporter and his leadership skills in a variety of capacities, including his experience internationally, will be of tremendous benefit to our company, and more importantly, our clients."