Press Amicus Curiae Brief

United States Court of Appeals

for the

First Circuit

Case No. 09-1090IN RE: SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT; WARNER BROS.RECORDS, INC.; ATLANTIC RECORDING CORPORATION; ARISTARECORDS, LLC; and UMG RECORDINGS, INC.,

Petitioners.

BeforeTorruella, Selya and LipezCircuit Judges.ON PETITION FOR EXTRAORDINARY WRIT TO THE UNITED STATESDISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

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DISTRICT COURT CASE NO. 07-11446-NG (D. MASS.) HON. NANCY GERTNER,UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE, PRESIDING

AMICUS CURIAE

BRIEF OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,COURTROOM TELEVISION NETWORK LLC, DOW JONES &CO., INC., GANNETT CO., INC., THE HEARST CORPORATION,INCISIVE MEDIA, LLC, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, INC., NBCUNIVERSAL, INC., THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, RADIO-TELEVISION NEWS DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, THEREPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS,E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY, TRIBUNE COMPANY ANDWASHINGTON POST DIGITAL IN OPPOSITIONTO THE PETITION

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DISCLOSURE OF CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS

Pursuant to Rules 26.1 and 29(c) of the Federal Rules of AppellateProcedure, the Press Amici provide the following disclosures:

The Associated Press

(“AP”)

is the world’s largest source of independent news gathering. AP gathers and distributes news of local,national and international importance to more than 15,000 newspapers, broadcast stations, and other news outlets in all media across the UnitedStates and throughout the world. AP is a New York not-for-profitmembership corporation. It has no parents, subsidiaries or affiliates thathave any outstanding securities in the hands of the public.

Courtroom Television Network LLC d/b/a/ truTV (“truTV”)

is anational cable network that serves as a window into the American justicesystem through its daytime programming block

In Session

(f/k/a

CourtTV

).Programming consists of live coverage of criminal and civil trials fromaround the country, as well as expert analysis from the network’s award-winning legal journalists. The network has covered over one thousand trialssince its inception and is considered the leading media outlet for trialcoverage by many in and out of the courtroom. truTV is a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Inc. company.