Hernan Lopez

Founder
Owl & Co

Hernan Lopez, founder of management consulting firm Owl & Co, is a trailblazing entrepreneur best known as the founder of podcasting powerhouse Wondery (now part of Amazon). Wondery quickly became recognized for its immersive storytelling podcasts, which led the industry in podcast-to-TV adaptations, including Dr Death, WeCrashed, The Shrink Next Door and Dying For Sex. Prior to Wondery, he scaled and ran Fox International Channels as CEO, growing it into a $3 billion division of Fox (now Disney), overseeing the launch of hundreds of entertainment channels and production houses around the world. Hernan runs the Hernan Lopez Family Foundation, serves on the board of StartOut and was a Founding Governor of The Podcast Academy. He’s been a speaker at Cannes Lions, CES, the Milken Global Conference, SXSW and numerous investor conferences, a LinkedIn Top Voice, and has developed the Streamonomics framework. An MBA graduate from the University of Miami, Hernan lives in Los Angeles with his family.

Industry Track

The Next New Media Playbook: Winning in Today's Attention Economy

Duration: 40 minutes

Location: Room 304AB

Thursday, June 19

9:40 am - 10:20 am

Featuring: Cenk Uygur (TYT Founder at TYT), Hernan Lopez (Founder at Owl & Co), Matt Gielen (CEO at Silver Berry Studios) and more

Consumer attention is a moving target, shaped by converging formats — like video podcasts and connected TV — and the sheer volume of options available to audiences. As media consumption splinters across screens, one thing is clear: the next great convergence isn’t happening on cable or broadcast —it’s happening in the apps that now anchor our living rooms. So what does it take to compete for the most precious resource of all: time and attention? This session brings together pioneers who helped define the current media era to unpack what’s next. From the collapse of traditional TV to the rise of super apps and AI-fueled personalization, we’ll explore how viewing behavior is consolidating as the ecosystem fragments — and what that means for the future of creators, platforms, and advertisers.

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