« Back to Contest Home Ted Chung
President of Doggystyle Records Ted Chung works closely with Snoop Dogg on all of Snoop’s releases via his Doggy Style Records imprint. Mr. Chung took Snoop’s music sales to new heights and continues to freshly re-invent his image in the marketplace.
Producer, Snoopadelic Films, 2002-Present In 2002, Mr. Chung was named Snoop’s producing partner at Snoopadelic; his responsibilities include Creative Development and Production Management. He is the Producer of ‘Coach Snoop’(FOX Films), ‘CYA’(Spike TV), ‘The Tenants’(Sony Classic Films), ‘Boss’N Up’(Geffen/UMVD), and consulted on many music videos and television shows.
Chairman, Cashmere Agency, 1999-Present Mr. Chung has been the lead visionary at CASHMERE Marketing for six years. Under his direction, Cashmere has accumulated clients such as Electronic Arts, Disney Mobile, Chrysler, Atari, Vivendi Universal, Anheusur-Busch, and Smirnoff.
Mr. Chung has been an invited guest speaker on urban music and international youth culture at the Harvard University Hip Hop Conference, the Babson School of Business Media & Entertainment Seminar, and the Directors Guild of America Music Music for Film & TV Conference. He has consulted and interviewed on the subject of hip-hop and commerce for the Wall Street Journal, CNN, XXL, and VIBE.
www.myspace.com/doggystyle Ryan Ford
Executive Editor of The Source MagazineBorn in Des Moines, Iowa, Ryan moved to Los Angeles to pursue his Master’s Degree in African-American Studies with a focus area in Ethnomusicology at UCLA. Upon his graduation in the summer of 2002, was hired as The Source’s West Coast Correspondent. Soon thereafter, Ryan rose through the ranks until finally becoming Executive Editor in early 2006.
Ryan has interviewed and profiled numerous Hip-Hop artists and celebrities including Shaquille O’Neal, Jermaine Dupri, Diddy, Russell Simmons, Outkast, The Game, Nelly and controversial label head Suge Knight. Ryan has also appeared on the E! channel’s True Hollywood Story: Snoop Dogg and True Hollywood Story: Hip-Hop Wives.
Ryan has also formed Rhyme Night, a recurring Hip-Hop talent showcase event in Southern California. Ryan co-founded Rhyme Night with multi-platinum rapper, actor and host of MTV’s Pimp My Ride, Xzibit. Ryan also recently started Bandit Strategies LLC, a marketing, promotions and consulting company that is currently working with a number of online entities.
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CEO of Crestock Stock PhotosGeir Are is currently CEO of Crestock.com, in addition to entrepreneuring a number of other media companies. One of these is a chain of free magazines he founded and still runs in Norway. His background is in journalism, amongst other he worked as a reporter for Norway's largest commercial tv channel, TV 2.
Geir Are's founded Crestock.com four years ago, and the company has since established itself among the world's leading online image libraries in the micropayment sector.
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