Paul Sweeting is an experienced writer, editor and analyst covering the intersection of media, technology and public policy. After a 25-year career as a reporter and columnist for media, entertainment, and technology industry publications including Billboard, Variety, Video Business, and Publishers Weekly, Sweeting launched Concurrent Media Strategies, a research and editorial services firm based in Washington, DC and specializing in digital media, technology and IP policy and content monetization issues. From 2010 to 2015 he was a digital media analyst with the the GigaOM Research Network and curator of the GigaOM Research Connected Consumer portal. From 2012 to 2016 he was editorial director of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance family of newsletters. In 2016 Concurrent Media Strategies and Digital Media Wire jointly launched, RIghtsTech.com and the RightsTech Summit, which focus on emerging technologies for digital rights clearances, authentication, royalty tracking, licensing and payments. Sweeting is editor of the RIghtsTech website and newsletter and co-chair of the Summit. Specialties: Writing, editing, communications, trend analysis, business analysis, media & entertainment, intellectual property policy, new technology.