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Digital Music Forum West in Los Angeles Features Top Digerati
Los Angeles, CA (Sept. 10, 2008) -- The upcoming Digital Music Forum West (www.digitalmusicforum.com/west), to be held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles on Thursday, October 2 and Friday, October 3, 2008, features senior executives from the most talked about digital music players in the market.
Everyone's buzzing and has wildly varying opinions about the recent launch of MySpace Music, the fate of Pandora and its kind, and the ongoing legal and policy debates, which threaten to cripple streaming music providers, among others. The very companies driving the issues in the marketplace will address these hot button issues, among many others, at DMFW.
The two-day event is the industry's only comprehensive digital music conference focused on the evolution and future of digital music. The conference agenda, which includes senior participants from all the major labels, leading indie labels, social networks, online music retailers, mobile companies, artists and association heads, includes top keynotes, discussions and panels on the following topics: ? The State of the Digital Union ? Global Music Marketing in the Digital Age ? Beyond the Download: Rethinking Digital with Alternative Business Models ? Social Networks & Music Discovery & Recommendation Services ? The Digital Copyright Debate: Is the System Broken? If So, How Do We Fix It? ? The Future of Mobile Music ? A Briefing on New Technologies & Business Trends Impacting the Future of the Music Industry ? Digital Rights and Clearances for Music ? The Evolution of Live Music Business The event features keynotes from Amit Kapur, Chief Operating Officer, MySpace; Jac Holzman, Founder of Elektra Records and Chairman of Warner Music Group's Cordless Recordings; Don MacKinnon, President of (RED) Content and Founder of HEAR Music; Tim Westergren, Chief Strategy Officer & Founder of Pandora; and Cory Ondrejka, SVP of Digital Strategy, EMI Music and Co-Founder of Second Life. Attendees are over 300 senior decision-makers from record labels, music publishers, producers and distributors, technology companies, wireless companies, rights organizations, industry bodies, radio, advertising, attorneys, artists, investors and venture capitalists.
Speakers include:
Greg Bettinelli, EVP, Business Development & Strategy, Live Nation Josh Brooks, VP, Marketing & Content Development, MySpace Douglas Caballero, Host, Co-Creator, Producer & Writer, Current TV Aydin Caginalp, Partner, Ent./Media Group, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Aaron Clark, VP, Business Development, Mozes Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic Richard Conlon, VP, New Media & Strategic Development, BMI Brad Duea, President, Napster Jeffrey Eglen, VP, Strategy, Digonex Albhy Galuten, VP, Digital Media Tech Strategy, Sony Corp. of America Mark Ghuneim, CEO, Wiredset Celia Hirschman, Host, KCRW's On The Beat Jac Holzman, Founder, Elektra Records, Chairman, WMG's Cordless Recordings Steve Jang, CMO & Head of Business Development, imeem Dave Jaworski, CEO, Passalong Networks Amit Kapur, COO, MySpace Larry Kenswil, EVP, Business Strategy, Universal Music Group David Leibowitz, Managing Partner, CH Potomac Don MacKinnon, President, (RED) Content & Founder, HEAR Music David Marcus, SVP, Music, Ticketmaster Ted Mico, Head of Digital, Interscope Geffen A&M Alan Miller, Co-Owner/CEO & Co-Publisher, Filter Magazine Samantha Murphy, Singer/Songwriter & Founder, SMtvMusic.com Cory Ondrejka, SVP, Digital Strategy / Co-Founder, EMI Music / Second Life David Oxenford, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP David Pakman, CEO, eMusic Massimiliano Pellegrini, CEO, Dada Entertainment Michael Petricone, SVP, Government Affairs, CEA Jonathan Potter, Executive Director, Digital Media Association Russ Reiger, VP,Strategic Initiatives, SpiralFrog Kelli Richards, President & CEO, The All Access Group Jeremy Riney, CEO/Founder, Playlist.com Ian Rogers, CEO, Topspin Mitch Rotter, SVP, Content Acquisition and Strategy, Thumbplay John Rudolph, CEO / Board Member, Bug Music / NMPA Maurice Russell, VP, Bus. Affairs & Licensing, Harry Fox Agency Barry Schaffer, President, Promotional Currency Syd Schwartz, SVP, Digital Strategy, EMI North America Ned Sherman, Co-Founder, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire Neil Smith, VP, Marketing, Rhapsody America Michael Spiegelmann, Sr. Director of Music, Yahoo! Music Dimitri Villard, Interim CEO, ARTISTdirect Les Watkins, SVP, Bus. Affairs & Bus. Dev., Music Reports, Inc. Tim Westergren, Chief Strategy Officer & Founder, Pandora
Event sponsors and media partners include Loeb & Loeb, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Mashery, BMI, Dada Entertainment, Thumbplay, Digonex, Mozes, Davis Wright Tremaine, Filter Magazine, KCRW, A2IM, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Hypebot.com, Canadian Music Week, Music Connection, MEF, Parks Associates, New Music Tipsheet, Promotional Currency, EMF and NVPR.
For complete agenda, registration and event details please visit: http://www.digitalmusicforum.com/west.
Other prominent Digital Media Wire events include the LA Games Conference; NY Games Conference; Future of Television East; Future of Television West; Digital Music Forum East, and Digital Media Conference, which it produces in tandem with Potomac Tech Wire. ### About Digital Media Wire, Inc: Digital Media Wire is an events, news, and publishing company serving the digital entertainment & media industry since May 2000. Digital Media Wire produces executive forums featuring the leading executives in digital media and entertainment. Digital Media Wire also publishes an authoritative daily email newsletter and industry directory. For more information, please visit www.dmwmedia.com.
Contact: Hal Bringman, NVPR, 323-851-6877 hal(at)nvpr.com
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Ellen Gildersleeve, Digital Media Wire, 310-855-0033 ellen(at)digitalmediawire.com
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