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

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

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.

Source: Digital Media Wire

CONTACT: Ellen Gildersleeve, Digital Media Wire, +1-310-855-0033,
ellen@digitalmediawire.com; Hal Bringmank, NVPR, +1-323-851-6877,
hal@nvpr.com

Web Site: http://www.digitalmediaconference.com/
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