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William Christopher “Chris” Gorog is an entertainment and technology executive that has served in senior leadership positions in Hollywood and Silicon Valley, including as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Napster, a top digital music brand, and Roxio. Gorog played a central role in efforts to monetize digital music downloads and streams. He oversaw Roxio's conversion to a digital music subscription and download service through the acquisitions of Pressplay and Napster. Gorog was a key ally of the record labels in the digital music market but was also a vocal critic of the licensing terms and DRM restrictions that labels imposed on digital music services.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Billboard Q&A: Chris Gorog )〕 Gorog began his entertainment career as a business affairs executive at The Walt Disney Company,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Digital Hollywood )〕 continued his work in film and television as CEO of ITC Entertainment,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Digital Entertainment Awards )〕 moved to Universal Studios as Executive Vice President of Group Operations for the Recreation Group,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chris Gorog Appointed Executive Vice President, Group Operations… )〕 and then on to CEO positions with Roxio and Napster〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Betting it all on Napster )〕 as the entertainment business converged with new technologies. Gorog was born in Fontainebleau France, raised in Dayton Ohio and graduated from San Diego State University with a B.A.S. in Tele-Communications and Film. Gorog comes from an entrepreneurial family.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hard-Driving Clan Breeds Three Successful Generations )〕 His father, William F. Gorog, was co-founder and Chief Executive of Data Corp, which created LexisNexis. After ten years of developing Napster, Chris Gorog stepped down〔(Napster CEO Stepping Down )〕 in January 2010 and started (gorog.net ) to serve as a foundation to explore new opportunities in entertainment, media and technology. ==Napster== Gorog led the acquisition of Napster, the peer-to-peer network that made music downloading a phenomenon, in 2002. He re-launched the pioneer digital music brand as a legal music provider in 2003,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Napster Lives Again—Sort of )〕 which became a public company in 2004. Under Mr. Gorog’s leadership as Chairman and CEO of Napster, the company assembled one of the largest digital music catalogs in the world and expanded its global presence by offering its service in the U.K, Germany〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Briefs: Napster Germany opens for business )〕 and Japan.〔(Napster says’Konichiwa’ to Japan )〕 Napster created a number of digital music product innovations under Mr. Gorog’s management, including the introduction of portable subscriptions,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Napster raises revenue guidance )〕 a free advertising supported version of Napster,〔(Napster offers free music )〕 as well as a variety of mobile music offerings. Gorog also oversaw the development of a number of advertising campaigns for the company, including “Its Coming Back,” Napster’s re-launch campaign featuring a series of original animations that received both the Cannes Lion Award and the Silver Effie.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Winners Showcase )〕 Napster was also awarded Billboard magazine’s “Best Digital Music Community” award for its U.S. music service. Best Buy acquired Napster in 2008, and Gorog served as Napster’s Chief Executive Officer until January 6, 2010.〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chris Gorog」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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