Paley Center, Springboard Create Venture Capital Forum for Women

NEW YORK, December 6: The Paley Center for Media, formerly
The Museum of Television & Radio, has partnered with Springboard
Enterprises for the creation of ALLTHINGSMEDIA, the first venture capital forum
to showcase media companies led by women.

The ALLTHINGSMEDIA Venture Capital Forum aims to provide
talented female entrepreneurs in all media sectors with access to both human
and financial capital, and to increase quality deal flow to investors. The
forum is scheduled for October 30, 2008, following an eight-month outreach,
recruitment, and coaching program. The forum will recruit women who have
launched media-oriented businesses and are seeking institutional equity
investment to fund growth. It is open to emerging media and entertainment
businesses in all sectors, including television, radio, print, outdoor, video
games, search, social networking, digital services, e-commerce, animation and
software, among others.

A committee of leaders in the media, investment and
entrepreneurial communities is currently being formed to serve as recruiters, reviewers,
and coaches for the entrepreneurs who will ultimately be selected to present
their businesses at the October forum.

ALLTHINGSMEDIA is a new project of the Paley Center’s She
Made It: Women Creating Television and Radio initiative, which launched in 2005
to identify and recognize women who have made a mark on the world of media. At
the center of She Made It is a collection of television and radio programming
created by women, with more than 1,500 hours of programming collected to date,
compiled both from the Paley Center’s existing collection of more than 140,000
programs and from new acquisitions.

“Over the last three years, She Made It has recognized the
contributions of 150 remarkable women in media from writers, directors, and
producers, to journalists, sportscasters, and executives,” said Pat Mitchell,
the president and CEO of The Paley Center for Media. “Their work will be a
permanent part of the Paley Center collection. With the launch of
ALLTHINGSMEDIA, the She Made It initiative looks to the future of media by
empowering the leaders of tomorrow and helping women get access to the capital
they need to fuel exciting new businesses in all areas of media.”

Springboard Enterprises offers information about and support
for emerging growth ventures led by women. Springboard educates, showcases and
supports women entrepreneurs as they seek equity capital and build their
businesses.

—By Irene Lew