Chuck Fishman
As Media, Entertainment and Publishing Director, Chuck Fishman leads Acquia's engagements with the various segments of those industries including music, TV, film, books and magazines, broadcasting and digital media. Acquia enables companies across all industries to develop and manage amazing digital experiences.
At Cisco Systems for 5 years, Fishman managed media and entertainment partnerships for the technology giant including developing the company’s partnership with the Warner Music Group. In 2011, after leaving Cisco, Chuck successfully launched the official.fm music promotion platform for record labels. His work with official.fm partner Rostrum Records led to successful digital releases for superstar rappers Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller.
In his spare time away from Acquia, Fishman also manages partnerships and digital marketing for the legendary George Clinton & P-Funk All Stars, and in the past other major artists such as Blush and Duran Duran. His direct work in both the music and technology industries ensure he has deep a knowledge base of the digital methods content creators can use to grow, engage, and monetize audiences.
Chuck has broad media and entertainment experience - from 1997 to 2007, he developed and produced new radio programming ventures for Clear Channel, Bloomberg, CNET Networks and the Wall Street Journal.
Chuck participates in media industry trade groups on behalf of Acquia including the American Association of Independent Music and DigitalMusic.org
You can read more about Acquia in the media and entertainment industry here: https://www.acquia.com/solutions/media-entertainment
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