Morning Keynote
Vivian Schiller: Chief Digital Officer, NBC News
From 2009-2011, Vivian was President and CEO of NPR. From 2006-2008, she was SVP and General Manager of NYTimes.com. From 2002-2006, Vivian was SVP and GM at Discovery Times Channel, a NY Times and Discovery Communications JV. Prior to that, Vivian served as EVP at CNN Productions (1998-2002); and as VP of Development at Turner Entertainment (1988-1998).
Programs produced under Vivian’s auspices have earned multiple honors, including three Peabody Awards, four Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Awards, and dozens of Emmys. Vivian has a Master’s degree from Middlebury College (1985); and a Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University (1983).
Noon Keynote
Jonathan Miller: Investor and former Chairman and CEO, AOL. Chief Digital Officer, News Corp.
Jonathan Miller was most recently CEO of Digital Media at News Corp. From 2002-2006, he was the Chairman and CEO of America Online. From 2000 to 2002, he ran the Internet operations of Barry Diller’s USA Networks (now IAC and Expedia). Prior to that, he was Managing Director of Nickelodeon International (1993 to 1997); and Vice President of Programming and Entertainment for the National Basketball Association (1987 to 1993).
Miller is on the Board of Directors of Ticketmaster, Clickable, Idearc Media, Next New Networks, Mahalo, Kosmix, the American Film Institute, and Hanley Wood, LLC.
Miller received his B.A. with honors from Harvard University.
Fireside Chat
David Payne: CDO Gannett Co., Inc.
David Payne was named Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer of Gannett Co., Inc. in March 2011. He also serves on the Gannett Leadership Team.David joined Gannett from ShortTail Media, Inc. where he served as President and CEO of the video ad technology start-up he co-founded in 2008.
Prior to ShortTail, David was Senior Vice President and General Manager of CNN.com, which produced and distributed all of CNN’s digital services, including CNN.com, CNN Mobile, CNN.com Live, and CNN Video on Demand from 2004-2008. David holds a law degree from Duke University School of Law (JD with Honors), and received his Bachelor’s of Arts degree, cum laude, in Public Policy Studies, from Duke University.
Featured Speaker: Teddy Goff
As Digital Director for President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign, Teddy Goff oversaw 200+ people nationwide, who collectively raised more than $690 million, registered more than a million voters online, built Facebook and Twitter followings of more than 45 and 33 million people respectively, generated more than 133 million video views, ran the largest online advertising program in political history, built groundbreaking tools for online fundraising and campaigning, and organized hundreds of thousands of volunteers and events through their proprietary organizing platform, Dashboard.
Teddy was previously AVP, Strategy at Blue State Digital, where he directed programs for Senator Edward M. Kennedy, American Express, Carnegie Hall, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others. On President Obama’s 2008 campaign, Teddy oversaw online organizing strategies and social media programs in more than 25 battleground states.
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