VP Americas
News Republic
Robert is VP Americas at News Republic; a licensed and intelligent mobile news service that delivers news through leveraging AI. Robert’s 25-year atypical career path includes a variety of disciplines, of which the last 15 years have been focused on mobile and digital content. His current mission is based around building mobile operations in both North and Latin America and forging media partnerships to deliver Top Tier content to mobile consumers.
Automated news was just the opening act when it appeared in 2014, but now it’s time for the main show: machine learning will allow the development of very sophisticated personalisation tools, turning mass media into personalised media, and therefore changing the way we produce journalism. Noriko Takiguchi will be moderating this session.