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Reuters Global Media Summit
What’s ahead for the changing media landscape, and what will it mean for the business of media, video games, publishing, sports and entertainment?
The traditional media business cannot find its footing. Just as advertising spending has begun to bounce back, fresh macroeconomic troubles have emerged that could persuade corporations to think twice before buying billboard space, radio commercials, newspaper pages or TV spots.
The newspaper business can hardly afford another setback, after a tough summer in which ethical questions were raised by News Corp's hacking and circulation scandals. The video game industry has its own set of problems, as traditional companies face a growing threat from young upstarts like Zynga. And everyone -- from Google to Apple to Facebook -- wants a piece of the $80 billion U.S. television business.
Reuters reporters will examine the media industry's deep, difficult challenges during closed interviews at the Reuters Media Summit, which will generate exclusive stories and analysis, as well as videos and blogs, which will be immediately available ONLY to Thomson Reuters clients during the sessions.
The Summit will involve leading advertising authorities as well as top executives from the gaming, sports, TV and publishing businesses, who will be asked about the changing media landscape, where it stands now and where it will be in another year. Can sports rights keep spinning higher? Is Angry Birds the way of the future for the $64 billion video game industry? When will publishers finally learn how to balance print and digital businesses? And is all the power moving into the hands of a very few new media companies?
Some key interviews will air live exclusively on Reuters Insider - our multimedia platform delivering relevant news, analysis and trade ideas.
Speakers include:
WPP CEO Martin Sorrell
Financial Times CEO John Ridding
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong
Clear Channel International CEO William Eccleshare
Activision Blizzard CEO Robert Kotick
ESPN President George Bodenheimer
Layar Co-FounderMaarten Lens-Fitzgerald
Sirius XM Radio CEO Mel Karmazin
Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick
Penguin Books CEO John Makinson
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber
Veteran Fleet Street Editor David Montgomery
Nintendo U.S. President Reggie Fils-Aime
Perform Joint CEO Oliver Slipper
Bluecava CEO David Norris
Publicis CEO Maurice Levy
Hearst Magazines CEO David Carey
NFL COO Brian Rolapp
Canal+ Chairman Bertrand Méheut
Criteo Head of Europe Gregory Gazagne
THQ Inc CEO Brian Farrell
Eutelsat CEO Michel de Rosen
Hachette Book Group CEO Arnaud Nourry
Universal McCann Global CEO Jacki Kelley
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot
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