Time

SXSW Interactive Is Nearly Here (and I’m Hosting a Panel)

Austin’s South by Southwest began in 1987 as a music festival. In 1994, it added interactive — a topic better known as “technology” — and film to the mix. And in recent years, it’s just exploded.
Westword

The five weirdest products at the SXSW Interactive trade show

Tight jeans and awesome hair have replaced the cargo shorts (and jorts) of Austin’s 6th Street by now, as SXSW Interactive 2011 is in the books and SXSW Music gets rolling. The SXSW Trade Show — which ...
The Austin Chronicle

SXSW Interactive Announces Opening Keynote

She may not be a household name, but Paola Antonelli credentials are bordering on perfect. She’s a guru of design and the interaction between people and things. If that isn’t a good fit for SXSW ...
Mashable

How to process grief — in interactive virtual reality

Many interactive installations at the annual XR Experience at SXSW offer a mix of the experimental and the emotional. But in 2025, few offer a wilder ride on these two tracks than Traces: The Grief ...
Time

SXSW Interactive Goes Retro: A Celebration of Analog at a Digital Fest

When most people think of South By Southwest Interactive (see TIME’s full coverage of SXSW 2012), minds drift to emerging technologies, the soft launches of new products and the street-level ...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Win a Free Pass to South by Southwest Interactive Conference

Who is doing the best job of using technology or new media in innovative ways that serve the public good? Tell The Chronicle and SXSW Interactive, and that person could receive a free pass to the ...
The Atlantic

Your Opening Day SXSWi Power Rankings

This article is from the archive of our partner . Today is the first day of SXSW Interactive and despite no insider access or privileged information any kind, we're determined to guide you though this ...
KVUE

Report: The president of SXSW has been let go

AUSTIN, Texas — The top official at South by Southwest (SXSW) has reportedly been let go. According to KVUE's media partners at the Austin American-Statesman, Hugh Forrest – who served as SXSW's top ...
The Florida Times-Union

For SXSW, the end of an era. Here's why it'll look a lot different next year

This story was updated to correct an inaccuracy. The 2025 South by Southwest Festival and Conference went off not necessarily with a bang, but also, not with a whimper. At the Austin Convention Center ...
The Business Journals

SXSW Interactive 2015: Bigger and better organized

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. This is my sixth or seventh time visiting "South-By." The ...
Austin American-Statesman

For SXSW, the end of an era. Here's why it'll look a lot different next year

Which is not to say there wasn't great music. For connoisseurs of underground sounds, the fest remains a bonanza. Ukrainian TikTok star Carpetman (who dresses like a "Mortal Combat" villain and croons ...