"Scott Kirsner is a journalist who writes about innovation, with a special focus on the ways that new technologies are changing the entertainment industry. His most recent book is """"Fans, Friends & Followers: Building an Audience and a Creative Career in the Digital Age,"""" published in May 2009. Scott writes regularly for Variety and The Boston Globe, and edits the blog CinemaTech (
http://cinematech.blogspot.com). His earlier books include """"Inventing the Movies,"""" a technological history of Hollywood. Scott has spoken at events including SXSW, the Sundance Film Festival, the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Harvard Business School Media & Entertainment Conference, Internet Week, the Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup, Making Media Now, and the Consumer Electronics Show. Scott can be reached at kirsner@pobox.com."
