Music Industry Business Models Battle It Out at Digital Music Forum West

Over 300 Top Music and Digital Industry Leaders to Gather in Hollywood for the Prestigious Annual Event, Oct. 7-8

• Press Release
• Source: Digital Media Wire
• On 6:48 pm EDT, Friday October 2, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Media Wire today announced additional speakers and an up-to-date agenda for the most recent edition of the Digital Music Forum West (www.digitalmusicforum.com/west), to be held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles on October 7-8th, 2009.

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Much like the wildly popular TV show, American Idol, this year's Digital Music Forum West will feature the latest contenders in the ongoing digital music battle to win the hearts and checkbooks of the multi-billion dollar music industry.

While piracy maintains a 95% market share for digital music, it now faces increased competition from free music streaming from the likes of Imeem, MySpace Music, Spotify, and many of their ilk that survive from one VC paycheck to the next in hopes of finding a sustainable business model. Meanwhile, more recently, mobile music iPhone apps that compete indirectly with the iPod/iPhone - were approved by the very company that makes the device.

"By having key stakeholders and players from the industry leading the debate at our event, we aim to help emerging music business models, which have received so much attention and investment, address the chaos and uncertainty rampant in the new music industry to assess the chances of their survival," said Ned Sherman, CEO of Digital Media Wire. "Everyone knows, it is who you know as much as what you know, and at Digital Music Forum West, any participant can walk away with both."

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 topics including mobile apps, the state of the digital union, the future of Internet radio, online video, digital innovation, investments, the digital copyright debates, social networking, music blogs and games and music.

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:
    Courtney Holt, President, MySpace Music
    Tim Westergren, Chief Strategy Officer & Founder, Pandora
    Garth Trinidad, Award-Winning DJ & Host, KCRW
    Nic Adler, Owner, The Roxy Theatre
    Jay Baage, VP, Content & Bus. Dev., Digital Media Wire
    Vince Bannon, VP, Ent. Partnership & Dev., Getty Images
    Anthony Batt, Founder, Buzzmedia
    Hal Bringman, Founder & President, NVPR
    Josh Brooks, Vice President, Project Playlist
    Aydin Caginalp, Partner, Ent. & Media, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
    Mike Cannady, Chief Strategy Officer & CFO, Scratch DJ Academy
    Tom Carolan, Founder, Total Music Live
    Claudia Ceniceros, Sr. Dir., Media & Ent. Partnerships, Cisco
    Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
    Richard Conlon , VP, New Media & Strategic Dev., BMI
    Dave Conway, Founder, Little Radio
    Chad Cooper VP, Sales, Mktg & Editorial Content, OVGuide.com
    Tyson Cornell, Marketing Director, Book Soup
    Russ Crupnick, VP & Sr. Industry Analyst, The NPD Group
    Dave Dederer, VP, Bus. Dev. /Artist, Melodeo/The Presidents of the United
     States of America
    Vikter Duplaix, Music Producer & Recording Artist
    Johnie Floater, General Manager, Media,  Live365
    Jay Frank, SVP, Music Strategy, CMT (MTV Networks)
    Justin Gage, Founder, Aquarium Drunkard / Autumn Tone Records
    Eric Garland, CEO, BigChampagne
    Scott Geller, CEO, Zooz Mobile
    Jordan Glazier, CEO, Eventful
    Jim Griffin, Founder / Advisor, Choruss / WMG
    Alex Hackford, Head of A&R, Sony Computer Entertainment America
    Kurt Hanson, Publisher / CEO, RAIN / AccuRadio
    Celia Hirschman, Host, KCRW's "On The Beat"
    Christian Jorg, Head of Digital, Island Def Jam Music Group / UMG
    Larry Kenswil, Of Counsel, Loeb & Loeb
    Alf LaMont, Dir. Marketing & Development, The Comedy Store
    Barry Layne, COO, ARTISTdirect Internet Group
    Benjamin Lebrave, Founder, Akwaaba Music
    James Lamberti, VP, Marketing & Artist Services, Topspin
    Lina Lecaro, Columnist, LA Weekly
    David Leibowitz, Chairman, Sir Groovey
    Nathan Levinson, Marketing Director, The Viper Room
    Alexander Ljung, Founder & CEO, Soundcloud
    Cecily Mak, Asso. Gen. Counsel & Dir. of Music Licensing, Real & Rhapsody
    Jeff Marshall, Executive Producer, Rock Band Network
    Ted Mico, Head of Digital, Interscope Geffen A&M
    Alan Miller, Co-Owner & CEO/Co-Publisher, Filter Magazine
    John Moakley, Executive Vice President of Data Services, Rovi Corporation
    Brenden Mulligan, Founder & President, ArtistData
    Jeannie Novak, Lead Author & Series Editor, Game Development
    David Oxenford, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
    Ali Partovi, CEO & Co-Founder, iLike
    Massimiliano Pellegrini, CEO, Dada Entertainment
    Michael Petricone, SVP of Gov't Affairs, Consumer Electronics Association
    Jonathan Potter , Executive Director, Digital Media Association
    Tim Quirk, VP Programming & Creative, Rhapsody America
    Jaclyn Ranere, Dir.,Marketing & Corporate Comm., The Orchard
    Kyra Reed, Co-Founder, MarKyr Media
    Kelli Richards, President & CEO, The All Access Group
    Heidi Richman, Founder & CEO, HRMP Lifestyle Marketing & Promotion
    Jim Rondinelli, SVP, Strategic Development, Slacker
    John Rubey, President, AEG Network Live
    John Rudolph, CEO / Board Member, Bug Music / NMPA
    Maurice Russell, VP, Licensing, Collections & Bus. Affairs, The Harry Fox
     Agency
    Mark Shedletsky, Founder & CEO, BlueHaze
    Asya Shein, Founder & CEO, Fusicology
    Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire
    Rose Slanic, GM, Roadrunner Records Canada
    Mike Spinella, Director, Label Relations, AOL Music Network
    Erik Steigen, Dir., Publishing & Royalties, Provident Financial Management
    Patrick Sullivan, President & CEO, RightsFlow
    Adam Taylor, President, APM Music
    Fran Ten, Founding Band Member, West Indian Girl
    Daniel Tibbets, EVP & Studio Chief, GoTV Networks
    Darin Tsui, CEO, mSpot
    Sami Valkonen, Head of Global Business Affairs, Nokia Music
    Brenda  Walker, Principal, Rebel Content
    Les Watkins, SVP, Business Affairs, Music Reports
    Larry Weintraub, Co-Founder & CEO, Fanscape
    Dick Wingate, Head of East Coast Client Relations, TAG Strategic

Event sponsors and media partners include Loeb & Loeb LLP, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Rovi Corporation, RightsFlow, Cisco, Dada Entertainment, Davis Wright Tremaine, Digital Media Association, NVPR, Filter Magazine, KCRW, A2IM, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Hypebot.com, Aquarium Drunkard, Music Connection, Parks Associates, TAG Strategic, Canadian Music Week, New Music Tipsheet, PR Newswire, MultiVu, AFTRA, and EMF.

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 East and West.

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