The Western Easterner…or Vice Versa

In the last two decades, China has grown into one of the world’s most powerful economic, social and political forces. By 2014, it’s expected to become the world’s second largest media market and, by 2020, the world’s second largest economy, thanks to a burgeoning middle class that currently numbers 115 million and growing.

Jumpstarting An Entertainment Revolution

Ben Silverman is aiming to boldly go where no media executive has gone before. Having left a two-year stint as NBC’s co-chair of entertainment, Silverman is looking beyond his roots as a successful television producer, show creator and high-powered international agent at William Morris and is in the process of creating a multi-dimensional “next generation” content company, building ideas for all distribution platforms.