Digital Music Forum West in Los Angeles Features Top Digerati

What's Buzzing Online Tomorrow Determined by Thought Leaders at DMFW Senior Executives from MySpace, Pandora, EMI Music, Warner Music and (RED) to Keynote at Top Industry Event

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.

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