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Digital News South Africa

Meet digital giants online at BBC.com

Yesterday, Tuesday, 9 March 2010, marked the first day of a series of interviews with the world's digital giants on BBC.com, with Intel as its global brand partner, to bring 11 of the world's most prolific minds in digital media to share their vision of the future.

Sam Pitroda, advisor to the Indian government, kicked off the series, which will feature:

  • Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google;
  • Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia;
  • Daniel Ek, founder of Spotify;
  • Victor Koo, founder of Youku;
  • Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft;
  • Evgeny Morozov, Georgetown University;
  • Martha Lane Fox, web entrepreneur;
  • Ge Wang, Stanford University professor;
  • Joe Rospars, director of Barack Obama's digital strategy campaign;
  • Philip Emeagwali - Nigerian born internet scientist.

"Through our use of the internet, mobile phones and a huge array of new technologies, digital media is undoubtedly part of our everyday lives. I'm pleased we're running this series in partnership with Intel, it promises to be fascinating for our audiences all around the world to understand what the future holds,” commented Luke Bradley-Jones, EVP and MD of BBC.com

Commented Ric Peeler, director of corporate marketing strategy at Intel, "We are pleased to be exclusive global brand partners for this video series and share the critical insights of these digital giants. As part of an on-going campaign focused on a vision for our industry and technology leadership, this provides an exciting opportunity to explore how technology can help solve problems and create new possibilities for tomorrow."

The series is part of a wider Superpower season running across the BBC's international news services. The 3-minute video interview series will run on the technology pages www.bbc.com/digitalgiants.

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