American Horizon Awardees |
Freedom of Speech Awardees |
| 2011 |
Randall Stephenson
Chairman and CEO
AT&T
Presented by Ben Jealous |
2011 |
Robert M. McDowell
FCC Commissioner
Presented by Rod Smolla |
| 2010 |
Rupert Murdoch
Chairman & CEO
News Corporation
Presented by Joel I. Klein |
2010 |
Kyle E. McSlarrow
President & CEO
National Cable &
Telecommunications Association
Presented by Decker Anstrom
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| 2009 |
Gary Shapiro
President & CEO
Consumer Electronics Assn.
Presented by Rep. Darrell Issa
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2009 |
Rep. Rick Boucher
U.S. House of Representatives
Presented by Lucy Dalglish |
| 2008 |
Andrea Wong
President & CEO
Lifetime Entertainment Services
Presented by Kyle E. McSlarrow |
2008 |
Peter Chernin
President & COO
News Corporation
Presented by Sen. Patrick J. Leahy |
| 2007 |
Kenneth W. Lowe
President & CEO
E.W. Scripps
Presented by Pat Mitchell |
2007 |
Tony Snow
Press Secretary
White House
Presented by Ann Compton |
| 2006 |
Glenn A. Britt
President & CEO
Time Warner Cable
Presented by Decker Anstrom |
2006 |
Sumner M. Redstone
Chairman
CBS Corporation & Viacom
Presented by Dan Glickman |
| 2005 |
David J. Barrett
President & CEO
Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc.
Presented by Wade Hargrove |
2005 |
Roger Ailes
Chairman & CEO
Fox News
Presented by Alan Frank |
| 2004 |
Geraldine Laybourne
Chairman & CEO
Oxygen Media
Presented by Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy |
2004 |
Bob Wright
Chairman & CEO
NBC Universal
Presented by Tim Russert |
| 2003 |
Dennis FitzSimons
CEO
Tribune Company
Presented by Don Cornelius |
2003 |
Brian Lamb
Chairman & CEO
C-SPAN
Presented by Dr. Michael Kelley |
| 2002 |
Ralph Roberts
Chairman
Comcast
Presented by Charlie Rose |
2002 |
James Kennedy
Chairman & CEO
Cox Enterprises
Presented by Ambassador Andrew Young |
| 2001 |
Charles Dolan
Chairman
Cablevision Systems Corp.
Presented by The Honorable William Kennard |
2001 |
Barbara Cochran
President
Radio-Television News Directors Assn.
Presented by Judy Woodruff |
| 2000 |
Robert L. Johnson
Chairman & CEO
BET Holdings II
Presented by Chairman William Kennard |
2000 |
Jeff Bezos
CEO
Amazon.com
Presented by Tom Brokaw |
| 1999 |
Decker Anstrom
President & CEO
The Weather Channel
Presented by Judith McHale |
1999 |
Comm. Michael K. Powell
Federal Communications Commission
Presented by The Honorable Harry Edwards |
| 1998 |
Steve Case
Chairman & CEO
America Online, Inc.
Presented by Commissioner Susan Ness |
1998 |
Robert Decherd
President & CEO
A.H. Belo Corporation
Presented by Leslie Moonves |
| 1997 |
Edward O. Fritts
President & CEO
National Association of Broadcasters
Presented by Jack Valenti |
1997 |
Richard M. Schmidt, Jr.
General Counsel, ASNE
Cohn and Marks
Presented by Geneva Overholser |
| 1996 |
John S. Hendricks
Founder, Chairman & CEO
Discovery Communications, Inc.
Presented by James Billington, Librarian of Congress |
1996 |
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy
U.S. Senate
Presented by John Perry Barlow of Electronic Frontier Foundation |
| 1995 |
Rep. Jack M. Fields, Jr.
U.S. House of Representatives |
1995 |
Donald V. West
Editor & Senior Vice President
Broadcasting & Cable Magazine |
| 1994 |
Frank J. Biondi, Jr.
President & CEO
Viacom Inc.
Presented by Ivan Seidenberg, President of NYNEX |
1994 |
Nadine Strossen
President
American Civil Liberties Union |
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1993 |
John Seigenthaler
Chairman
The Freedom Forum |
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1992 |
Richard E. Wiley
Senior Partner
Wiley Rein & Fielding |
Special Guest Speakers |
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| 2011 |
Senator Mark Warner
United States Senate |
| 2010 |
Commissioner Meredith
Attwell Baker
FCC |
| 2009 |
David Westin
President
ABC News |
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| 2008 |
Floyd Abrams
Senior Partner
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP |
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| 2007 |
Peter Pritchard
President
The Newseum |
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| 2006 |
Commissioner Robert McDowell
FCC |
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| 2005 |
The Hon. Bruce Cole
Chairman
National Endowment for the Humanities |
| 2003 |
Commissioner Kevin Martin
FCC |
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| 2002 |
Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy
FCC |
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| 2001 |
Rep. Fred Upton
U.S. House of Representatives |
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| 2000 |
Rep. Rick Boucher
U.S. House of Representatives |
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