Michael Wolf (economist)

Michael Wolf (economist)
Michael Wolf (economist)

Michael Wolf 2010

Michael Wolf is the founder and managing partner of ACTIVATE, a technology and strategy firm. He also currently serves on the boards of Entercom Communications Corporation.[1] (NYSE: ETM), the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States, iAmplify.com,[2] a Web-based content publisher and syndication network and the world's largest selection of expert video and audio downloads, and on the Board of Advisors for Slide.com,[3] the world’s leading social entertainment company, which was sold to Google for approximately 200 million dollars in August 2010. Michael Wolf was formerly the president and COO of MTV Networks.[4][5] During his tenure at MTV Mr. Wolf became one of Mark Zuckerberg's early mentors, as chronicled in "The Facebook Effect", by David Kirkpatrick[6] Wolf formerly was a Director of McKinsey & Company,[7] the international consultancy, and head of its Global Media and Entertainment Practice. Before joining McKinsey in 2001,[8] Wolf was a senior partner with Booz & Company, where he spearheaded its media and entertainment group.[9] Wolf is the author of publications on the subjects of entertainment,[10] economics,[11] non-fiction, e-business[12] strategies and the development of global media. Michael was named by Silicon Alley 100 as one New York's Coolest Tech People In 2010.[13]


His bestselling book on entertainment economics, The Entertainment Economy: How Media Forces Are Transforming Our Lives was published in the U.S. in 1999 and then globally. He is a frequent contributor and op-ed columnist for publications such as the Wall Street Journal,[14][15][16] Forbes,[17] and the New York Times, and has written for a number of journals and business publications.


Michael Wolf is also a well-known public speaker,[18] entertainment economist and leader of media and entertainment programs, including heading panels[19] at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2009. Participants in the 2009 conference included: Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Michael Wolf, Bono, Paulo Coelho, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair.


Contents

Publications

  • The Entertainment Economy - Random House, New York, 1999, ISBN 0812930428

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 'Entercom Communications Corp. Appoints Michael Wolf to Board of Directors.” Reuters. February 12, 2008' (02.12.2008) Reuters at Reuters.com
  2. ^ iAmplify, Searching for online video's holy grail.” Fortune. February 4 2008.” Reuters. February 12, 2008' (02.04.2008) Fortune at CNNmoney.com
  3. ^ HollywoodReporter, Michael Wolf joins Slide advisory board” Hollywoodreporter.com." April 30, 2009' (04.30.2009) Hollywood Reporter at Hollywoodreporter.com
  4. ^ MTV Is Expected to Appoint Media Strategist as President.“ The New York Times. November 01, 2005.' (11.01.2005) NY Times at nytimes.com
  5. ^ Wolf is big dog at MTV.” Daily Variety. November 2, 2005' (11.02.2005) Daily Variety at findarticles.com.com
  6. ^ The Facebook Effect, by David Kirkpatrick, (05.06.10), CCN at CNN.com
  7. ^ 'McKinsey WEF Biographies” ' (2004) Mckinsey & Company at mckinsey.com
  8. ^ 'Michael Wolf Joins Rival McKinsey & Co.” The Los Angeles Times. March 9, 2001.” LA Times. March' (03.09.2001) LA Times at latimes.com
  9. ^ Forbes Magazine, "Mergermania in Medialand”, Interview with Michael J Wolf, Forbes. Published Forbes Magazine, October 23, 1995, (10.23.1995)
  10. ^ The Wall Street Journal, "Here Comes Another Wave Of Media Mergers.”, Published Wall Street Journal, (02.21.2002)
  11. ^ The Wall Street Journal, "Digitizing MGM's Roar.” The Wall Street Journal.”, Published Wall Street Journal, (04.27.2004)
  12. ^ "Will Social Networks on The Web Ever Make Money?" Forbes Online' (02.19.2009) Forbes at Forbes.com
  13. ^ "Michael was named by Silicon Alley 100 as one New York's Coolest Tech People In 2010." Business Insider' (10.26.2010) Business Insider at businessinsider.com
  14. ^ The Wall Street Journal, "Musical Bandits”, (05.01.2003)
  15. ^ The Wall Street Journal, "In TV Land, Bigger Is Better”, (08.21.2000)
  16. ^ The Wall Street Journal, "The Triumph of Broadband", (Jan.2000)
  17. ^ Forbes Magazine, "Convergence", (August.2000)
  18. ^ 'Michael J Wolf, The customer is in control.” SIME Conference 2008.' (2008) Blip.tv
  19. ^ 'World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009', (Jan.2009), Info Systems at infosys.com

References

External links

MTV Networks

MTV Networks: CMT | Comedy Central | Logo | MTV | MTV2 | MTV En Español | MTV Networks Europe | MTV Networks Latin America | Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite/Nick Jr. | Noggin/The N | Spike TV | TV Land | VH1 | iFilm | Neopets | GameTrailers | NickToons Network | Nick GAS
Misc. Assets: BET | Paramount Pictures | Republic Pictures | Famous Music | DreamWorks


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