Spanning sports partnerships, digital revenue innovation, corporate strategy, and media investment, our speakers are the executives and capital allocators driving the future of content and deal-making.
Headline Fireside Chat
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Headline Fireside Chat 〰️
Robert Kyncl
CEO of Warner Music Group
Robert is an entrepreneurial leader and creator economy pioneer. He joined WMG in January 2023 from YouTube, where he served as Chief Business Officer. During his 12-year tenure at YouTube, he played a central role in defining the company’s strategy and leading its impact on entertainment and culture, including overseeing its creative and commercial partnerships and operations. He drove the development and expansion of YouTube’s creator, artist, and media company ecosystem, while leading the build out of its paid subscription services – YouTube Music, YouTube Premium, and YouTube TV.
Prior to YouTube, Robert spent seven years at Netflix, where he led its expansion into streaming film and TV content, helping it evolve into an entertainment giant. Recruited by the company to work on its DVD-by-mail business, he volunteered to explore the potential of streaming video in 2005 and helped deliver the debut of Netflix’s streaming service in 2007. Robert began his career in the mailroom of a talent agency, J. Michael Bloom, and then worked for HBO International, before joining a kids entertainment start-up, ALFY.
Robert and his wife Luz run the Kyncl Family Foundation, which provides financial assistance to students from underrepresented communities pursuing STEM degrees. A sought-after speaker on cultural trends and technology, he is the co-author of Streampunks: YouTube and the Rebels Remaking Media. He holds an MBA from Pepperdine University and a BS in International Relations from SUNY New Paltz.
In Conversation With:
Steven Markowitz (Hoodie Allen)
Musician
Hoodie Allen (Steven Markowitz) is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied marketing and finance. While at Penn, he began building a following through independently released music and campus performances, laying the foundation for his career. After graduation, he worked at Google before leaving to pursue music full-time.
Known for his breakout EP All American , debut album People Keep Talking, second album Happy Camper , and third album The Hype which all have charted on the Billboard 200, Hoodie Allen has built a successful independent career with a loyal fanbase and millions of streams. His music blends hip-hop, pop, and storytelling rooted in the college experience.
The Sports Media Flywheel: The role of sports in the media landscape
Andrea Pascual
Vice President, The Raine Group
Craig Jacobs
LinkedIn ↗
Vice President, Apple Partnership at MLS
Associate Vice President, Content Strategy at NBA
Louis Gilbert
Andy Oh
Principal, Sports Partnerships at Amazon Prime
Rob DiGisi (Moderator)
Sports Management Lecturer & Wharton MBA
Monetization Reimagined: The changing revenue strategies of media companies
Jonathan Knight
Head of Games, New York Times
SVP of Corporate Strategy & Development, NBCUniversal
Adam Kessler
LinkedIn ↗
Head of Consumer Products & Experiences Strategy, Paramount
Drew Feldman
Senior Partner and Chair, Global Institute for the Future of Television (GIFT), at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Neal Zuckerman (Moderator)
Fireside Chat
Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer, Puck
Liz Gough
SVP, Revenue Strategy & Operations, Morning Brew
Rob Lutin
LinkedIn ↗
Content and Capital: The investment thesis behind media assets
Vice President, HarbourView Equity Partners
Amir Javaid
Gabe Brotman
Media Partnerships & Investments, Soros Fund Management
Paul Nary (Moderator)
Assistant Professor of Management, The Wharton School
Closing Keynote
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Closing Keynote 〰️
William Cohan
Co-founder at Puck, Five-Times NYT Best-Selling Author
William D. Cohan, a former senior Wall Street M&A investment banker at Lazard Frères & Co., Merrill Lynch and JPMorganChase, is the New York Times best-selling author of three non-fiction narratives about Wall Street: Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World; House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street; and, The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co. He is also the author of The Price of Silence; Why Wall Street Matters; Four Friends; and Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon.
Cohan is a founding partner of Puck, a digital publication owned and operated by journalists, and a writer-at-large for Air Mail. He was a special correspondent at Vanity Fair and has written for ProPublica, the Financial Times, the New York Times, Institutional Investor, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, BloombergView, The Atlantic, Fast Company, The Nation, Fortune,Politico, ArtNews, and Barron’s. He appears on CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, and BBC-TV. He has been a guest on the Daily Show, with Jon Stewart, The NewsHour, CBS This Morning, NPR, and Bloomberg radio, among others.
Cohan is a graduate of Phillips Academy (Andover), Duke University, Columbia University School of Journalism, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts, and lives in New York City with his wife and his two sons.