{"id":46232,"date":"2014-10-14T12:23:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T17:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=46232"},"modified":"2014-10-14T12:23:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T17:53:10","slug":"wwe-shocking-news-lou-schwartz-named-wwe-chief-digital-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=46232","title":{"rendered":"WWE SHOCKING NEWS: Lou Schwartz Named WWE Chief Digital Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=46232\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=46232\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-37782\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"WWE Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/WWE-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced the appointment of Lou Schwartz as the company\u2019s Chief Digital Officer. Schwartz, who previously held executive level positions at UUX, Piksel and Multicast, will report directly to WWE Chairman &amp; CEO Vince McMahon.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartz will lead WWE\u2019s Digital Media division and be a key member of the company\u2019s senior management team. Schwartz\u2019s primary focus will be on expanding WWE\u2019s digital and social media presence and profitability. He will also be responsible for developing strategic plans and initiatives for all digital platforms including WWE.com, WWE App and social media where WWE has a passionate fan base of nearly 415 million worldwide. In addition, Schwartz will oversee product development and operations for WWE Network, the first over-the-top (OTT) 24\/7 streaming network with scheduled and live programming as well as a massive video-on-demand library.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Schwartz is a seasoned technology and digital media executive who brings more than 20 years of experience in strategy, marketing, product development, finance and operations management. Schwartz is known as a key pioneer in the development of Internet video management and delivery, and the emerging OTT multi-screen TV market.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining WWE, Schwartz was CEO of UUX, where he successfully led the merger of Totalmovie, a leading Latin American retail OTT service, with OTT Networks, a best-in-class Brazilian content management software and service company, to form the first cloud based OTT platform for next generation operators around the world.<br \/>\nBefore UUX, Schwartz was CEO of the Americas and General Counsel for Piksel, one of the world\u2019s premier providers of advanced online video software and services, where he led regional operations, corporate governance, business development, strategic direction, product management, software development and delivery processes. Earlier in Schwartz\u2019s career, he co-founded and served as Chairman and CEO of Multicast Media Technologies Inc., one of the first Internet video platform companies, which was sold to Piksel in March 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartz graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Real Estate Finance before receiving a Juris Doctorate from the Mississippi College School of Law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=39305\"><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">RSR is NOW Hiring Wrestling Writers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced the appointment of Lou Schwartz as the company\u2019s Chief Digital Officer. Schwartz, who previously held executive level positions at UUX, Piksel and Multicast, will report directly to WWE Chairman &amp; CEO Vince McMahon. Schwartz will lead WWE\u2019s Digital Media division and be a key member of the company\u2019s senior management [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10768],"class_list":["post-46232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-wwe-shocking-news-lou-schwartz-named-wwe-chief-digital-officer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46232"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}