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Two news trade groups are talking about having a combined convent...

Two news trade groups are talking about having a combined convention in fall 2011, leaving uncertain the question of what the Radio-Television News Directors Association will do at that year’s NAB show. The RTNDA and Society of Professional Journalists’…

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joint convention -- if they agreed to hold one -- would be in addition to the first group’s annual exhibition at the 2010 NAB show in Las Vegas, the RTNDA said late Friday. No decision has been made on what to do at the 2011 NAB show, a RTNDA spokeswoman said Monday. “Our relationship with NAB is very strong and always will be.” It’s uncertain when the RTNDA and SPJ may decide whether to combine conferences for 2011, since negotiations are “at the very beginning stages,” she said. Regardless, “I'm sure we'll always have a presence at NAB,” she added. The NAB will have “discussions with RTNDA executives about the status of our two events going beyond 2010,” when RTNDA’s convention is “co-locating” with the NAB show, said a spokesman for the broadcasters’ group.