David Bloom
Forbes
Columnist/Sr. Contributor
Los Angeles, CA
David Bloom of Words & Deeds Media is a Santa Monica, Calif.-based writer, podcaster, and consultant
focused on the transformative collision of technology, media and entertainment.
Bloom is a columnist for NextTV, and senior contributor to Forbes and TVRev, among other
publications. He is producer and host of the Bloom in Tech podcast, and consults on content and
communications strategy with an array of clients. He has taught digital media at the USC School of
Cinematic Arts, is a former Associate Dean at the USC Marshall School of Business, and guest
lectures regularly at schools such as UCLA, Boston University, Syracuse, Nebraska, CSU-Northridge,
Pepperdine, and Chapman.
Bloom previously was an award-winning staff writer and editor for Variety, Deadline, Red Herring, and
the Los Angeles Daily News, and was VP of corporate communications at MGM. Bloom graduated with
honors from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.