Ready for Digital Media Europe

Wiedlin and Portella, head of Jereissati Participações S.A. Grupo, are the opening speakers at the conference, to be held from 15 to 17 April in London. There is still time to register; full details can be found at http://www.wan-ifra.org/dme13.

Andy Wiedlin is responsible for leading revenue growth and audience outreach at BuzzFeed, which has emerged as a leading social news organisation, focused on delivering original reporting, insight, and viral content across a rapidly expanding array of subject areas.

Prior to joining BuzzFeed, Wiedlin was Senior Vice President of Sales at the Huffington Post, where he pioneered the concept of social news, built a successful sales team, developed a market strategy and defined social marketing products.

Fernando Magalhães Portella leads one of the fastest growing private investment groups in Brazil, with total assets of US$ 43bn and net revenues of US$ 16bn. Before joining Jereissati, Portella served as the chief executive officer of Organização Jaime Camara, where he transformed the publishing company; his presentation will focus on how media businesses can run a truly end-to-end digital operation.

Other companies featured at Digital Media Europe include: US-based Gannett; RCS MediaGroup, Italy; Tamedia, Switzerland; AIM Group, United States; Telegraaf Media Group, Netherlands; OgilvyAction, UK; Deloitte, UK; New York Times; Figaro Group, France; McPheters & Company, US; Qapa, France; The Associated Press; Chartbeat, US; Bild, Germany; ScraperWiki, UK; zeebox, UK; Centro, US; and many more.

Full details of #DME13, including the programme of speakers and registration information, can be found at http://www.wan-ifra.org/dme13.