Digital Media Wire 'Goes West'; Expands Annual Digital Media Conference to San Francisco

• Press Release
• Source: Digital Media Wire
• On 2:00 pm EDT, Tuesday October 20, 2009

300+ Top Entertainment, Media and Tech Execs to Converge in San Francisco for Prestigious Industry Event, Oct. 28

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Media Wire announced today that it is expanding once again by adding a west coast version of their celebrated Digital Media Conference, which has been held annually in Washington, DC since 2003, assembling the best and the brightest in digital media to discuss the hot button issues shaping the industry. Digital Media Conference West (http://www.digitalmediaconference.com/west) takes place on October 28, 2009, at the Hotel Kabuki, San Francisco.

"Top thought leaders agree that in a challenging economy, increasing market share is a very strategic move. Regardless of the current state of the economy, it felt like a natural evolutionary move for us to expand DMC to San Francisco and further connect the dots between Hollywood and Silicon Valley," said Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher of Digital Media Wire.

DMC West kicks off with a packed day of in-depth discussions and networking focused on the top business issues impacting digital media companies, including online video, social media, digital media investments, online advertising, mobile entertainment, mobile apps, the future of news media and the relationship between Hollywood and Silicon Valley. The 2009 event includes two tracks, keynotes, panels, breakfast, networking breaks, lunch and reception. This is "must-attend" event for individuals and companies working at the intersection of content, technology and commerce.For more information, please visit:

http://www.digitalmediaconference.com/west

Senior decision-makers from Hollywood studios and content owners - including Disney, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate, Warner Bros., CBS, Turner, MTV and Nickelodeon - mix with top execs at leading technology, social media, online video and Web 2.0 companies, including YouTube, Cisco, Yahoo!, AT&T, LivingSocial, hi5, Kyte, Tapulous, Revision3, Meebo and many more, and venture capitalists from Velocity, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Best Buy Capital, GameStop Digital Media Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Trinity Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and many more.

Confirmed speakers include:

Jay Adelson, CEO & Co-Founder, DiggRoss Levinsohn, Partner, Velocity Interactive Group

Curt Marvis, President, Digital Media, Lionsgate

Jon Potter, Executive Director, Digital Media AssociationKate Connally, VP, AddictingGames (Nickelodeon)

Allen Duan, VP, Digital Distribution/Partner Relations, MTV Networks

Madeline Herdrich, VP, Mobile, Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment

Sharon Ringley, Co-Founder, TwinLogic Strategies

Scott Brown, Marketing Strategy, Cisco Media Solutions Group

Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid Advisors

Dave Goldberg, CEO, Survey Monkey

Erin McKean, Founder & CEO, Wordnik

Jason Lopatecki, Chief Strategy Officer, TubeMogul

Murtaza Hussain, Founder and President, Peanut Labs

Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire

Tom Burke, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Aria Finger, CMO, Do Something

Shawn Gold, CEO, Cocodot

Susan Mernit, Founder, Oakland Local

Tim O'Shaughnessy, CEO & Co-Founder, LivingSocial

Mark Fischer, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.

Tim Chang, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners

Rani Cohen, Chairman & CEO, TuneWiki

Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic

Jason Davis, Vice President, Disney.com Global Network

Adeo Ressi, Founding Member, TheFunded.com

Stephen Condon, Director Market Development, AT&T Digital Media

Mitch Galbraith, Chief Operating Officer, Funny or Die

Joy Marcus, U.S. General Manager, Dailymotion

Anthony Soohoo, SVP/GM, Ent. & Lifestyle, CBS Interactive/TV.com

Kevin Yen, Director, Strategic Partnerships, Google/YouTube

Liz Gannes, Editor, NewTeeVee

Jeremy Liew, Managing Director, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Kuk Yi, Managing Director, Best Buy Capital

Chris Petrovic, GM, Digital Media, GameStop

Jason Pressman, Managing Director, Shasta Ventures

Gus Tai, General Partner, Trinity Ventures

Charles Hudson, VP of Business Dev., Serious Business

Tom DeLuca, VP, Worldwide Interactive Mktg, Warner Home Video

Martin Green, COO, Meebo

Rob Griffin, SVP, Media Contacts, Havas Digital

Jim Louderback, CEO, Revision3 Jay Baage, VP, Content & Bus. Dev., Digital Media Wire

Colin Gillis, Managing Director, Internet Equity Research, Brigantine Advisors

Gannon Hall, COO, Kyte

Andrew Lacy, COO, Tapulous, Inc.

Are Traasdahl, Co-Founder & CEO, Thumbplay

Bryan Perez, SVP & General Manager, NBA Digital

Joe Jasin, Director, DNA Investments, LLC (Former VP, SK Telecom)

Elizabeth Churchill, Principal Research Scientist, Yahoo! Research

Mary Hodder, Founder & CEO, Dabble

Michael Trigg, VP, Marketing. & Bus. Dev., hi5

Event sponsors and media partners include Cisco, Davis Wright Tremaine, mSpot, Digital Media Association, Fish & Richardson, Peanut Labs Media, Bay Area Tech Wire, Parks Associates, PR Newswire, MultiVu, SDForum, NewTeeVee and NVPR.

For complete agenda, registration and event details please visit: http://www.digitalmediaconference.com/west.

Other prominent Digital Media Wire events include the LA Games Conference; NY Games Conference; Future of Television East and West; Digital Music Forum East and West; Future of Film Summit; Digital Strategies Conference; and Digital Media Conference East, which it produces in tandem with Potomac Tech Wire.

About Digital Media Wire, Inc:

Digital Media Wire is an events, news, and publishing company serving the digital entertainment & media industry since May 2000. Digital Media Wire produces executive forums featuring the leading executives in digital media and entertainment. Digital Media Wire also publishes an authoritative daily email newsletter and industry directory. For more information, please visit www.dmwmedia.com.

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