Considered one of the industry’s most accomplished experts, Paul founded Media By Numbers in 2006, which later became a division of Hollywood.com, where he served as President of the box office division until October 2013 when he then joined Rentrak (now Comscore).

In addition to weekly credits online and in print, including The Associated Press, CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg News, The Wall Street Journal, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, Deadline, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, among many others, he is regularly featured on television and radio programs. Paul has also appeared in movie-related documentaries including Being George Clooney, This Film Is Not Yet Rated & The Blockbuster Imperative.

Paul holds a Master’s Degree from USC’s Annenberg School of Communications & a Bachelor’s degree from Long Beach State’s Television and Film school.