Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 193 / Wednesday, October 7, 2009 / Notices 51605 

The notices are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices 

also will be available for inspection at 

the office of the Board of Governors. 

Interested persons may express their 

views in writing to the Reserve Bank 

indicated for that notice or to the offices 

of the Board of Governors. Comments 

must be received not later than October 

21, 2009. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480-0291: 

1. Craig E. Scherber, Mound, 

Minnesota; to acquire 10 percent or 

more of the shares of American Eagle 

Financial Corporation, Otsego, 

Minnesota, and thereby indirectly gain 

control of Riverview Community Bank, 

Otsego, Minnesota. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 2, 2009. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–24140 Filed 10–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Notice of Agreements Filed 

The Commission hereby gives notice 

of the filing of the following agreements 

under the Shipping Act of 1984. 

Interested parties may submit comments 

on the agreements to the Secretary, 

Federal Maritime Commission, 

Washington, DC 20573, within ten days 

of the date this notice appears in the 

Federal Register. Copies of the 

agreements are available through the 

Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.fmc.gov) or by contacting the 

Office of Agreements at (202)–523–5793 

or tradeanalysis@fmc.gov. 

Agreement No.: 010071–036. 

Title: Cruise Lines International 

Association Agreement. 

Parties: AMA Waterways; American 

Cruise Lines, Inc.; Azamara Cruises; 

Carnival Cruise Lines; Celebrity Cruises, 

Inc.; Costa Cruise Lines; Crystal Cruises; 

Cunard Line; Disney Cruise Line; 

Holland America Line; Hurtigruten, 

Inc.; Majestic America Line; MSC 

Cruises; NCL Corporation; Oceania 

Cruises; Orient Lines; Princess Cruises; 

Regent Seven Seas Cruises; Royal 

Caribbean International; Seabourn 

Cruise Line; SeaDream Yacht Club; 

Silversea Cruises, Ltd.; Uniworld River 

Cruises, Inc.; and Windstar Cruises. 

Filing Party: Terry Dale, President; 

Cruise Lines International Association, 

Inc., 910 SE. 17th Street, Suite 400, Fort 

Lauderdale, FL 33316. 

Synopsis: This corrects an earlier 

notice that appeared on September 23, 

2009, to reflect Pearl Seas Cruises as an 

additional party to the agreement. 

Agreement No.: 010982–047. 

Title: Florida-Bahamas Shipowners 

and Operators Association. 

Parties: Bernuth Lines, Ltd.; Crowley 

Caribbean Services LLC/Crowley Liner 

Services, Inc.; Seaboard Marine, Ltd.; 

and Seafreight Line, Ltd. 

Filing Party: Wayne R. Rohde, Esq., 

Sher & Blackwell LLP, 1850 M Street, 

NW., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20036. 

Synopsis: The amendment removes 

Atlantic Caribbean Line, Inc. as a party 

to the agreement. 

Dated: October 2, 2009. 

By Order of the Federal Maritime 

Commission. 

Karen V. Gregory, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–24238 Filed 10–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Public Workshops and Roundtables: 

From Town Crier to Bloggers: How Will 

Journalism Survive the Internet Age? 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice Announcing Public 

Workshops and Opportunity for 

Comment. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade 

Commission (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) 

announces that it will hold two days of 

public workshops on December 1 and 2, 

2009, to examine the Internet’s impact 

on journalism in newspapers, 

magazines, broadcast television and 

radio, and cable television. The Internet 

has changed how many consumers 

receive news and altered the advertising 

landscape. Low entry barriers on the 

Internet have allowed new voices of 

journalism to emerge; the Internetenabled links from one web site to 

another have given consumers easy 

access to all types of news; efficiencies 

available through the Internet have 

substantially reduced advertising costs. 

These and other changes related to the 

Internet have benefitted consumers 

greatly. 

At the same time, however, lower 

online advertising costs have reduced 

advertising revenues to news 

organizations that rely on those 

revenues for the majority of their 

funding. The explosion in the number 

and types of web sites has increased the 

supply of advertising locations. As that 

supply has increased, advertisers now 

pay less for online advertising, and 

some advertising has moved from print, 

television, or radio to online sites. In 

addition, most online news is offered 

free, so online readers of news 

frequently do not contribute 

subscription revenues to news media. 

These developments are challenging 

the ability of news organizations to fund 

journalism. The workshops will 

consider a wide range of issues, 

including: (1) the economics of 

journalism on the Internet and in more 

traditional media; (2) how the business 

models of different types of news 

organizations may evolve in response to 

the challenges associated with the 

Internet; (3) innovative forms of 

journalism that have emerged on the 

Internet; (4) how competition may 

evolve in markets for journalism and 

advertising; and (5) changes in 

governmental policies that have been 

proposed as ways to support journalism. 

The Commission seeks the views of 

the news media and the legal, academic, 

consumer, and business communities 

on the issues to be explored at the 

hearings. This notice poses a series of 

questions on which the Commission 

seeks comment. 

DATES: The dates for the workshops are 

December 1 and 2, 2009. Comments 

must be received by November 6, 2009, 

to be considered in preparing for the 

workshops. 

ADDRESSES: The workshops will be held 

at the FTC’s Conference Center located 

at 601 New Jersey Ave., N.W., 

Washington, D.C. 20001. Those who 

plan to attend are encouraged to preregister by sending an email to 

(newsmediaworkshop@ftc.gov). This 

information will be used for planning 

purposes only. Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments 

electronically or in paper form, by 

following the instructions in the 

Instructions For Filing Comments part 

of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section below. Comments filed in 

electronic form should be submitted by 

using the following weblink: (http:// 

public.commentworks.com/ftc/ 

newsmediaworkshop) and following the 

instructions on the web-based form. 

Comments in paper form should be 

mailed or delivered to the following 

address: Federal Trade Commission, 

Office of the Secretary, Room H-135 

(Annex F), 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW, Washington, DC 20580, in the 

manner detailed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Hoke, Office of Policy Planning, 

FTC, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 


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