WSJ describes Sony as having moved from consumer electronics to entertainment
The Wall Street Journal on August 20 published a video interview with Sony Chief Executive Hiroki Totoki, conducted by the newspaper’s Tokyo bureau chief Jason Douglas. According to the video’s introduction, the discussion covers PlayStation, Spider-Man, artificial intelligence and where the entertainment conglomerate goes next.
The interview is framed around what The Wall Street Journal describes as Sony’s transformation. “Sony was once a leader in consumer technology, producing iconic products like the Walkman and the Discman,” the video introduction states. “Today, games, movies and music are the heart of its business.”
That framing positions gaming, film and recorded music as the core of the company’s current identity, rather than the consumer-electronics hardware that built the brand in earlier decades.
Jason Douglas, who conducted the interview, joined Dow Jones & Co. in 2007 as a newswires reporter in London, after stints in the U.K. business press and newspapers in Northern Ireland, according to his byline biographical note. He previously served as the newspaper’s Asia economics reporter in Singapore, where he wrote about China’s economy and global trade.
Douglas now oversees The Wall Street Journal’s coverage of economics, finance, business and politics in Japan as Tokyo bureau chief.
The interview includes discussion of PlayStation, Spider-Man and artificial intelligence. As Chief Executive, Totoki leads Sony, a company the video introduction describes as built around games, movies and music.
A copyright notice from Dow Jones & Company, Inc., dated 2026, appears on the video page.