NEW YORK, May 7, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wall Street Journal's "D: All Things Digital" conference, an annual gathering of the leaders of the digital revolution, will convene technology and media heavyweights for lively, unscripted interviews on May 26-28 near San Diego, Calif.
As in past years, conference creators and executive producers Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher will put the industry's top players to the test during informal yet pointed conversations onstage. Sessions will focus on the intersection of technology and media, against the backdrop of what AllThingsD.com has termed the "Econalypse."
Tuesday's opening session features Twitter founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams. Other joint sessions include Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post with Katharine Weymouth of The Washington Post, Mozilla's Mitchell Baker and John Lilly, and Jon Miller of News Corp. with Owen Van Natta of MySpace.
Additional D7 speakers include:
* Irving Azoff, chief executive officer of Ticketmaster Entertainment * Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft * Carol Bartz, chief executive officer of Yahoo * Mark Cuban, chairman of HDNet and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theaters and Magnolia Pictures * Eve Ensler, playwright and founder of V-Day * Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, president and chief executive officer of Nokia * Mike Lazaridis, president and co-chief executive officer of Research In Motion * Roger McNamee, managing director of Elevation Partners * John Malone, chairman of Liberty Media/Liberty Global * Jon Rubinstein, executive chairman of Palm * Randall Stephenson, chairman, chief executive officer and president of AT&T * Jeff Zucker, president and chief executive officer of NBC Universal
D7 has been sold out since January, but the AllThingsD.com website will provide ongoing coverage, photos and demos throughout the conference. Deputy Managing Editor John Paczkowski and Senior Editor Peter Kafka will be live blogging the interviews, and video highlights will be posted shortly after each session.
Video and coverage of past D conferences, including the historic 2005 joint appearance by Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, are currently available at http://allthingsd.com/d/.
D7 is sponsored by Hewlett-Packard, Accenture, Houlihan Lokey, NYSE Euronext, Qualcomm, Steelcase and Thomson Reuters. Production partners include Flor de Canya Rum, Fourth Wall Media, The Glenrothes Single Malt Whisky, OneStop Media Group, Penfolds Wine, Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates, Real Networks and SmugMug.
About All Things Digital
All Things Digital (www.allthingsd.com) is devoted to news, analysis and opinion on technology, the Internet and media. Co-edited by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, the site is the online extension of the annual "D: All Things Digital" conference started by Walt and Kara in 2003 and attended by the digital elite. The site is a mix of columns, blogs and video including Walt's Personal Technology, Kara's BoomTown, John Paczkowski's Digital Daily, Peter Kafka's MediaMemo and Katherine Boehret's Mossberg Solution. AllThingsD.com is part of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network which includes WSJ.com, MarketWatch.com and Barrons.com.
The D: All Things Digital logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=5080
About The Wall Street Journal Digital Network
Marketers seeking business decision-makers and affluent and influential individuals can reach more than 38 million visitors each month across The Wall Street Journal Digital Network. All sites in the network are owned by Dow Jones & Company and include The Wall Street Journal Online (www.wsj.com), the leading provider of business and financial news and analysis on the web; Barron's Online (www.barrons.com), the site of America's premier financial magazine; MarketWatch.com, a leading investing and financial news site with 100 journalists in 10 bureaus around the world; and AllThingsD.com, a site devoted to news, analysis and opinion on technology, the Internet and media.