Michael D. Smith

Michael D. Smith is a professor of Information Technology and Marketing at Carnegie Mellon University. He is interested in how new technologies impact consumers and firms, and particularly interested in how new technologies are impacting the entertainment industry.

His book, Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data and the Future of Entertainment, co-authored with Rahul Telang, talks about the "perfect storm" of technological changes that are hitting the entertainment industries, and what leaders in these industries can do to respond.