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

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

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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