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Corporate Board Member Launches Weekly On-Demand Webcast Series Offering Advice, Insight and Expert Dialogue on Corporate Governance Issues

Posted on: Friday, 11 September 2009, 09:46 CDT

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning today, Corporate Board Member magazine is launching "This Week in the Boardroom," a weekly, on-demand webcast series designed to educate directors and C-suite executives on current issues that impact their strategic and operational decisions. "This Week in the Boardroom" is produced onsite at the NYSE and features weekly commentary from NYSE Euronext executives and knowledge partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Each Friday, the program will feature interviews with corporate leaders and board experts who will offer advice and concise analyses on regulatory changes, significant litigation, proxy/annual meeting developments, and other critical corporate governance issues. The program's first guest this Friday, September 11 is NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer.

"NYSE Euronext's support for Corporate Board Member reflects its ongoing commitment to provide effective forums for corporate directors to learn and share corporate governance best practices," says Scott Cutler, EVP and Head of Listings, Americas, NYSE Euronext. "Our support of this new series aligns perfectly with our commitment to director education, and we are very pleased to provide the NYSE venue as the primary location where this unique content is generated."

"This Week in the Boardroom" will change the way directors receive information to prepare for their next board and committee meeting. "On-demand web programming gives executives the opportunity to access information at their convenience," says Corporate Board Member CEO TK Kerstetter. "With all the changes occurring in the corporate environment these days, board members need this type of support to be prepared."

Each program will consist of concise segments focused on industry events, governance and boardroom educational updates, as well as an interactive Q&A on hot boardroom topics submitted by viewers each week. Access to each webcast is free and conveniently available on-demand each week on www.boardmember.com, www.nyse.com, www.nyseconnect.com and linked via www.pwc.com/uscorporategovernance.

About Corporate Board Member

Corporate Board Member is the leading information resource for senior officers and directors of publicly traded corporations and large private companies. The quarterly publication provides readers with decision-making tools to deal with the corporate governance challenges confronting their boards. Corporate Board Member further extends its governance leadership through an online resource center, conferences, director training programs, roundtables, and timely research. The magazine maintains the most comprehensive, up-to-date database of directors and officers serving on boards of publicly traded companies listed with the NYSE Euronext, The NASDAQ OMX Group and NYSE Amex stock exchanges. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee with an editorial office in New York, Corporate Board Member is published by Board Member Inc. and is the sister publication of Bank Director magazine, the leading information resource for officers and directors of financial institutions. For more information, visit www.boardmember.com.

About NYSE Euronext

NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With more than 8,000 listed issues, NYSE Euronext's equities markets -- the New York Stock Exchange, Euronext, NYSE Arca and NYSE Amex -- represent nearly 40 percent of the world's equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, the leading European derivatives business and the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index, and is the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index and Fortune 500. For more information, please visit: www.nyx.com.

About PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwc.com) provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for its clients and their stakeholders. More than 155,000 people in 153 countries across our network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice.

"PricewaterhouseCoopers" refers to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or as the context requires, the PricewaterhouseCoopers global network of other member firms of the network, each of which is a separate and independent legal entity.

More Information on PricewaterhouseCoopers' Corporate Governance Services Group

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is committed to helping boards of directors and audit committees understand today's dynamic and challenging corporate governance environment and providing solutions to improve board and committee effectiveness. Our publications of special interest to board members and audit committees include Corporate Governance and the Board - What Works Best, Audit Committee Effectiveness - What Works Best, 3rd edition, and the Current Developments, and To The Point series. PricewaterhouseCoopers also is active in hosting regular webcasts, including This Week in the Boardroom webcast series with Corporate Board Member, and director education programs on critical issues of interest to directors.

Visit www.pwc.com/uscorporategovernance for additional information on publications, webcasts and director education programs.

Kim James Corporate Board Member magazine (615) 309-3203 / kjames@boardmember.com

SOURCE Corporate Board Member

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