I'm thrilled to let you know that we will be launching an inaugural executive conference in September of this year, TheGrill.
We've just put out an official announcement, which follows. I hope you'll check out the pages we've just published about the event, and keep checking it in the coming weeks as we add speakers and panels.
THE WRAP NEWS INC. ANNOUNCES
INAUGURAL ENTERTAINMENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
“THEGRILL”
Invited Panelists Include Howard Schultz, Tim Armstrong,
Lloyd Braun and FTC Chairman Jon Liebowitz
(Santa Monica, CA) – July 6, 2010 –TheWrap News, Inc., the leading digital news organization covering the business of entertainment and media, announces its inaugural entertainment and media leadership conference, TheGrill, to take place at the Broad Theatre in Santa Monica, California, September 20 - 21, 2010.
Featuring the most innovative thinkers and commanding voices at the intersection of entertainment, media and technology, TheGrill will be moderated by leading independent journalists including TheWrap.com Editor in Chief Sharon Waxman, AllThingsD executive editor Kara Swisher and PaidContent founder Rafat Ali.
The theme of the inaugural conference is “Content, Interrupted.”
“At a time of unprecedented change, we believe that it is vital to foster high-level discussion about the future of entertainment and the challenges of the digital age,” said Waxman. “While there are many business conferences convened across the country, TheGrill will be the first of its kind placing content at the heart of the discussion about the future of the entertainment economy.”
Conceived to create a high-level forum for discussing the transformational forces in the rapidly evolving entertainment industry, TheGrill will feature a community of influential leaders, deciders and disrupters from across the entertainment and media spectrum.
The panelists and conference advisors comprise leading figures on the cutting edge of change as content grapples with the interruptions posed by technology:
- Tim Armstrong, CEO, AOL
- Joanne Bradford, CRO, Demand Media
- Lloyd Braun, Principal, BermanBraun
- Ryan Kavanaugh, CEO, Relativity Media
- Jon Liebowitz, Federal Trade Commission, Chairman
- Jon Miller, Chief Digital Officer, News Corporation
- Scott Moore, US Executive Producer, MSN
- Bruce Rosenblum, President, Warner Brothers Television
- Howard Schultz, CEO, Starbucks
- Ben Silverman, CEO, Electus
- Andy Wing, President and CEO, Cantor Entertainment
Research Partnership with Ipsos OTX Media CT
TheGrill also will release original research from a leading global consumer research firm, Ipsos OTX, highlighting exclusive insights related to the movie going experience and the consumption of movie marketing and digital media.
TheWrap.com, founded by award-winning journalist Sharon Waxman in 2009, has established itself as the leading voice in entertainment business news, reaching over 1 million unique visitors per month. Winner of the National Entertainment Journalism Award for news in 2009, TheWrap.com delivers high-profile newsbreaks, investigative stories, and authoritative analyses as a reliable and independent source for media and industry professionals.
