Consumer >> Sector Roundtables >> July 31, 2000
RICHARD J. MACDONALD is a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Securities.
He previously served as Global Research Director at TD Securities, Inc.,
as well as a Broadcasting and Cable Analyst with First Boston
Corporation. Mr. MacDonald is a graduate of Yale University and has
conducted graduate work in Economics at McGill University in Montreal. A
Chartered Financial Analyst, he was awarded a Freedom Forum Fellowship
to study Media Entrepreneurship. Profile
JAMES C. GOSS is a Vice President and Senior Research Analyst with
Barrington Research Associates, Inc., and Barrington Asset Management,
Inc. He has more than 30 years of experience in the investment
industry, with the last two decades focused on the media and
entertainment industries. Prior to Barrington, Mr. Goss was with Duff &
Phelps and Nesbitt Burns Securities, where his coverage areas, prior to
taking on media and entertainment industry responsibilities in 1985,
included retailing, consumer finance, lodging, restaurants and oil
services. Mr. Goss is a two-time winner of The Wall Street Journal's
'Best on the Street' analysts survey, once in Cable & Broadcasting and
once in Entertainment. He frequently appears in the media, including
The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Crain's, USA TODAY, various
newspapers and trade publications, Wall Street Week with Fortune, CNBC
and CNN. Mr. Goss received his Bachelor of Arts degree with high honor
in Mathematics from Lewis University and his Master of Business
Administration degree in Finance and Accountancy from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He also holds the Chartered Financial
Analyst designation and has been active in the CFA Institute and its
local affiliate, The Investment Analysts Society of Chicago, having
served as President of the Chicago Society. Profile
EDWARD T. HATCH is the Managing Director, Head of Media & Entertainment
Equity Research Group for SG Cowen Securities Corp. He has 17 years
experience, which has provided him with a broad perspective in research
coverage in the media and entertainment industry. His primary focus is
in broadcasting and filmed entertainment. Prior to joining SG Cowen in
1998, Mr. Hatch was Head of Media & Entertainment Research at UBS
Securities and the newly merged Warburg Dillon Read for seven years. He
also provided media research coverage for Nomura Securities, Merrill
Lynch, and Lehman Brothers. Mr. Hatch received an MBA from Syracuse
University and a BA from Colby College. He is a member of the Media and
Entertainment Analysts Society of New York of which he was previously an
officer. He has been ranked in The Wall Street Journal's All Star
Analysts Survey five times in six years, three of which with the Number
One ranking in stock selection and earnings forecasts. He is also ranked
by II, Greenwich Research and Reuters, for his analysis. Mr. Hatch was
ranked as the Number One Analyst for Earnings Forecasts and Number Five
for Stock Selection in 2000 Survey, Number One Analyst in the 1998 The
Wall Street Journal's All Star Analysts Survey for stock performance for
Broadcasting and Cable TV and ranked as the Number One Analyst in the
1995 The Wall Street Journal's All Star Analysts Survey for stock
performance for Filmed Entertainment. He appears regularly on CNN and
CNBC for his insights about the media industry and in The Wall Street
Journal, The New York Times, Dow Jones, Reuters and Bloomberg. Profile
entertainment industry. Which companies do you follow most closely, Ed?
Mr. Hatch: We focus on the major diversified
