Music Tech Startup to Watch:
Winner: BandPage
Bandsintown
Chirpify

Music Tech Trendsetter to Watch:
Winner: Abe Burns, Digital Operations, Guy Oseary
Will.i.am
iHeart Radio Management Team

Music Technology to Watch:
Winner: AEG Digital Media
Soundhound
Gobbler.com

The awards recipients will be recognized in an exclusive awards dinner for industry leaders and special guests hosted by Digital Media Wire and the law firm of Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP at The Cutting Room in New York City on February 20 as part of the DMW Music Conference (aka Digital Music Forum). Details: www.dmw-music.com

“DMW is thrilled to recognize these innovative and forward-thinking executives and companies who are building the content, technologies and business models that will shape the future of the music industry,” said Digital Media Wire’s CEO and Publisher Ned Sherman. “We look forward to providing a place to recognize and celebrate their leadership and contributions at the 2013 DMW Music Conference and Awards.”

“It was an honor to co-chair the inaugural DMW Music Awards. The high caliber of nominees made the final selection of the winners extremely difficult as they were all world-class contenders. We look forward to next year’s participants. The bar has now been set very high,” said Ted Cohen, Managing Director of TAG Strategic who co-chaired the awards with Sherman.

The awards recipients were determined through an open nomination process that resulted in over 100 nominations and a voting process involving 20 industry leaders who served as jurors. The jurors for the 2013 Awards are Dorothy Hui, VP, Digital Marketing, ROC Nation; Jon Vanhala, Head of Digital & New Business, Island Def Jam & Republic Records, Universal Music Group; Jesse Israel, Co-Founder, Tech Operations, Cantora; Matt Ringel, Managing Partner, New Era Media & Marketing, Red Light Management; Owen Grover, SVP, Content Partnerships, Clear Channel Entertainment Enterprises; J Sider, Founder & CEO, BandPage; Anthony ‘Ant’ Demby, Music Curator, Consultant, Manager, Dembycratic & HumbleRiot; David Marcus, Principal, Echo and Sway; Aimee Higgins, Former Vice President, Strategic Solutions, Pandora; Nick Lippman, VP & Manager, Lippman Entertainment; Rachna Bhasin, SVP, Corporate Strategy & Business Development, Sirius XM Radio; Yi Ping Ho, Senior Director of Strategy & Business Development, Warner Music Group; James Blades, Artist Manager, McGhee Entertainment; Abe Burns, Digital Operations, Guy Oseary; Brandon Martinez, Co-Founder & CEO, INDMUSIC; Reggie Williams, SVP of Programming, Music and Specials, BET Networks; Jessee Kirshbaum, Co-Founder, SoundCtrl; Cortney Harding, Partnerships, Soundrop; Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic; and Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire. Jurors were prohibited from voting on categories where they or their companies were nominated or have a substantial financial interest.

Annual Industry Confab to Feature Major and Indie Labels, Top Managers, Digital & Social Music Services, Awards Dinner, Music-Tech Crawl and 2 Day Conference

New York, NY – February 7, 2013 — Digital Media Wire today announced the agenda and speakers for the DMW Music Conference (http://www.dmw-music.com), aka Digital Music Forum, to be held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City on Wednesday, February 20 – Thursday, February 21.

The two-day event features a new cutting-edge format with 6 panels, 8 “In the Pit” Un-conference sessions, keynotes, research presentations, fireside chat, as well as the inaugural DMW Music Leadership Awards Dinner, and Music-tech Crawl.

Panel, sessions, and presentations will discuss:

• View From the Top – The State of the Music Industry
• The Latest Research & Trends in the Music Industry
• The Music Label of the Future
• The Battle to Control Entertainment in the Cloud
• Developing Non-Popular Music & Catalog Content for the 21^st Century
• The YouTube Sessions (Artist/Manager Session, Label Session, Publisher Session)
• Digital Copyrights – Broken Systems?
• Beyond the Ticket: Innovation in the Concert Industry
• Madison Avenue & the Music Industry
• The Latest Research & Trends in the Music Industry Part 2
• Monetizing Social: Turning Fans into Customers
• The Battle for Digital Entertainment in the Car
• SoundCtrl Session
• Making Better Apps for the Music Industry
• Financings and M&A in the Music Industry
• Digital & Social Marketing Strategies
• Social Music Discovery: Is Being Discovered the Biggest Challenge in the New Music Ecosystem?

Music-tech crawl locations include:

• iHeartRadio
• Pandora
• Spotify
• YouTube/Google

Attendees are key decision-makers from all over the music industry: digital start-ups, distributors, providers, networks, technology companies, law firms, rights organizations, radio stations, content creators, copyright companies, studios, label services, application developers, records, and journalists.

The list of confirmed speakers for this year’s event includes:

Yinka Adegoke, Deputy Editor, Billboard
Matt Adler, Partner, New Universal Entertainment Agency
Sandra Aistars, Executive Director, Copyright Alliance
Paul Anthony, Founder & CEO, Rumblefish
David Bakula, SVP, Analytics & Client Relations, The Nielsen Company
Darryl Ballantyne, CEO & Founder, LyricFind
RJ Bentler, VP, Video Programming, Pitchfork.com
Rachna Bhasin, SVP, Corporate Strategy & Business Development, SiriusXM Radio
James Blades, Artist Manager, McGhee Entertainment
Hale Boggs, Partner, Manatt
Mike Brown, CEO, Cyber-NY
Liv Buli, Data Journalist, Next Big Sound, Inc
Abe Burns, Digital Operations, Guy Oseary
Aaron Burton, Founder and CEO, Fizzkicks.com, SpinnApp Mobil
Aydin Caginalp, Partner, Entertainment & Media Advertising, Marketing  Media Capital Markets, Manatt
Bryan Calhoun, Digital Strategy, The Blueprint Group
Rio Caraeff, President & CEO, VEVO
Dan Chen, Managing Director, Siemer & Associates
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
Russ Crupnick, President, NPD Entertainment, The NPD Group
Hisham Dahud, Digital Strategy & Social Media Director, Fame House
Eric Davich, Chief Content Officer and Co-Founder, Songza Media, Inc.
Michael Drexler, Executive Director, Bus Dev, New Media & Strategic Development, BMI
Rory Felton, VP, Business Development – Music, Chirpify
Roger Gold, SVP, Office of the Chairman & CEO, Worldwide Recorded Music, Warner Music Group
Gary Greenstein, Partner-Elect, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Margaret Gregory, Content Partner Associate, YouTube
Jim Griffin, Managing Partner, OneHouse
Owen Grover, SVP, Content Partnerships, Clear Channel Entertainment Enterprises
Cortney Harding, Partnerships, Soundrop
Matt Harmon, President, Beggars Group USA
Ken Hertz, Senior Partner, Hertz & Lichtenstein, LLP
Yi Ping Ho, Senior Director of Strategy & Business Development, Warner Music Group
Dorothy Hui, VP, Digital Marketing, Roc Nation
Michael Huppe, President, SoundExchange
Jesse Israel, Co-Founder, Cantora
David Israelite, President & CEO, National Music Publishers’ Association
Soo Been Kim, Strategist, Partner Operations & Acquisitions, YouTube
Andrew Kippen, VP, Boxee
Jesse Kirshbaum, Co-Founder, SoundCtrl
JP Lespinasse, Director, Social Media, BET Networks
Nick Lippman, VP & Manager, Lippman Entertainment
George Lynch, VP Automotive BD, Pandora
Andrew Mager, Developer Community Manager, Spotify
Anjali Malhotra, Manager, Music Content Partnerships, YouTube
David Marcus, SVP, Worldwide Artist Services, Warner Music Group
Brandon Martinez, Co-Founder & CEO, INDMUSIC
Eddie Meehan, VP/COO, Ground Ctrl
Jerald Miller, President/CEO, Nu Jazz Entertainment
David Moricca, Founder & CEO, Mixify
Joseph Patel, VP, Content + Creative, The New Myspace
Dan Pelson, EVP, Direct to Consumer, Sony Music Entertainment
Michael Petricone, SVP, Government Affairs, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
Chris Potter, Manager, Music Partnerships, YouTube
John Quain, Technology Contributor, The New York Times / CBS News Up to the Minute
Matt Ringel, Managing Partner, New Era Media & Marketing /Red Light Management
Jeff Roberto, Director, Consumer Marketing, Shazam Entertainment
Karl Rogers, CEO & Co-Founder, IROCKE.COM
Jay Rosenthal, General Counsel, National Music Publishers’ Association
John Rosso, President of Market Development, Triton Digital
John Rudolph, Senior Advisor, Siemer & Associates
Jamie Sampson, Marketing & Partnerships Manager, Schematic Labs
Harvey Schwartz, VP of Talent, WhoSay
Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire
J Sider, Founder & CEO, BandPage
Jake Sigal, Founder & CEO, Livio
Michael Simon, President & CEO, Harry Fox Agency, Inc.
Howie Singer, SVP and Chief Strategic Technologist, Warner Music Group
Dan Stuart, Entertainment Counsel, Manatt
Dave Swartz, CCO & Co-Founder, MEDL Mobile
Kristin Thomson, Co-Director, Artist Revenue Streams Project, Future of Music Coalition
Matthew Tomaszewicz, Co-Founder, Head of Business Development & Product Marketing, Thrillcall
Eliot Van Buskirk, Editor in Chief, Evolver.fm, The Echo Nest
Jon Vanhala, Head of Digital & New Business, Island Def Jam & Republic Records, Universal Music Group
Elliott Walker, Content Partnerships Manager for Music, YouTube
Jake Ward, Senior Vice President, Application Developers Alliance
Les Watkins, SVP Business Affairs & Business Development, Music Reports
Bill Wilson, VP, Digital Strategy and Business Development, NARM
Geno Yoham, Executive Director/General Manager, Winamp & SHOUTcast

Event sponsors and media partners include: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP; CEA; Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI); Harry Fox Agency; Davis Wright Tremaine; Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati; Loeb & Loeb LLP; Music Reports; LyricFind; Siemer & Associates LLC; TargetSpot; Thrillcall; SoundExchange; Chirpify; Application Developers Alliance; TAG Strategic; A2IM; Digitalmusic.org; The Recording Academy; MusicDish China; NARIP, Soundctrl; Social Media Week; National Association of Mobile Entertainers; SAG-AFTRA; The Daily Swarm; Future of Music Coalition; IAEL; New Music Seminar; Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA); Mary-Margaret Networks; Parks Associates; Social Radius; New York – Tokyo; Film Anthropology; ProductionHUB; Fusicology; and The Next Web.

For complete agenda, registration and event details please visit: http://www.dmw-music.com

About Digital Media Wire, Inc:
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Digital Media Wire, Inc.
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February 20
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Artist/Manager Session — Hosted by:
Margaret Gregory, Content Partners Associate, YouTube
Soo Been Kim, Strategist, Partner Ops & Acquisitions, YouTube

Label Session — Hosted by:
Isaac Bess, Manager, Music Content P’ships, YouTube
Elliott Walker, Manager, Music Content P’ships, YouTube

Publisher Session — Hosted by:
Anjali Malhotra, Manager, Music Content P’ships, YouTube
Chris Potter, Manager, Music P’ships, YouTube