On this week's episode of the podcast we take an early look at the 2016 Digital Entertainment World Expo with the event's co-founder, Ned Sherman. Among the topics we discuss are the startup competition at the 2016 DEW Expo, what Ned's hands-on experience with the Oculus Rift was like, and what some of the most notable Media & Entertainment companies from the 2015 DEW Expo have been up to since.

Ned Sherman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Digital Media Wire, a media company that provides strategic consulting, manages marketing campaigns for digital media brands, and owns and produces industry conferences. Digital Media Wire publishes daily newsletters and operates the popular DMWMedia.com news and community portal. Ned currently sits on the board of The Technology Council of Southern California and the NAB Show Advisory Council. He is founder and creator of the Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards, which he sold to VNU/Nielsen in 2006, and is co-founder and co-creator of Digital Entertainment World, a joint venture with IDG World Expo. You can follow Ned on Twitter at @NedSherman, and you can learn more about the DEW Expo at http://www.dewexpo.com/.

72. Digital Entertainment World 2016 & More, with Ned Sherman