Sony Names Kazuo Hirai CEO

Kazuo Hirai

Kazuo Hirai

Sony announced that Kazuo Hirai would take over for Howard Stringer as the company’s new chief executive. Hirai is a veteran of Sony and worked to turn around the company’s videogame business. Sony hopes that Hirai’s success with the PlayStation can translate to its other ailing departments. Read the full article at NYTimes.com

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).