MySpace Music CEO and Award-winning DJ Garth Trinidad to Speak at Digital Music Forum...

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Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:00am EDT

MySpace Music CEO and Award-winning DJ Garth Trinidad to Speak at Digital
Music Forum West in Los Angeles
Over 300 Top Music and Digital Industry Leaders to Gather in Hollywood for
Prestigious Annual Event, Oct. 7-8




LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Media Wire today announced the
speakers and agenda for the highly-anticipated Digital Music Forum West
(www.digitalmusicforum.com/west), to be held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 7 and Thursday, October 8, 2009.

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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
    Dalton Caldwell, Founder & CEO, imeem
    Garth Trinidad, Award-Winning DJ & Host, KCRW
    Francis Ten, Founding Band Member, West Indian Girl
    Alex Hackford, Head of A&R, Sony Computer Entertainment America
    Ali Partovi, CEO & Co-Founder, iLike
    Ted Mico, Head of Digital, Interscope Geffen A&M
    Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire
    Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
    Russ Crupnick, Senior Industry Analyst, NPD Group
    James Lamberti, VP of Marketing & Artists Services, Topspin
    Eric Garland, CEO, BigChampagne
    John Moakley, EVP, Data Services, Rovi Corporation
    Tim Quirk, VP, Programming & Creative, Rhapsody America
    Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
    Mike Canaddy, Chief Strategy Officer & CFO, Scratch DJ Academy
    Jordan Glazier, CEO, Eventful
    David Leibowitz, Chairman, Sir Groovy
    Aydin Caginalp, Partner, Entertainment & Media, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips,
     LLP
    Christian Jorg, Head of Digital, Island Def Jam Music Group / UMG
    Massimiliano Pellegrini, CEO, Dada Entertainment
    Dave Dederer, VP, Melodeo / The Presidents of the United States of America
    Michael Spiegelman, Head of Music, Yahoo!
    Dave Conway, Founder, Little Radio
    David Oxenford, Partner, Davis, Wright, Tremaine LLP
    Jim Griffin, Founder, Choruss /  Advisor, Warner Music Group
    John Rudolph, CEO, Bug Music / Board Member, NMPA
    Jonathan Potter, Executive Director, Digital Media Association
    Michael Petricone, SVP, Gov't Affairs, CEA
    Rose Slanic, GM, Roadrunner Records Canada
    Alexander Ljung, Founder & CEO, SoundCloud
    Daren Tsui, CEO & Co-Founder, mSpot
    Jeff Marshall, Executive Producer, Rock Band Network
    Jeannie Lee Novak, Lead Author & Series Editor, Game Development
     Essentials
    Kelli Richards, President & CEO, The All Access Group
    Justin Gage, Founder, Aquarium Drunkard / Autumn Tone Records
    Lina Lecaro, Columnist, LA Weekly
    Heidi Richman, Founder, HRMP Lifestyle Marketing & Promotion
    Nic Adler, Owner, The Roxy
    Josh Brooks, Vice President, Project Playlist
    Barry Layne, COO, ARTISTdirect Internet Group
    Cecily Mak, Senior Counsel, RealNetworks
    Maurice Russell, VP, Licensing, Collections & Bus. Affairs, Harry Fox
     Agency
    Patrick Sullivan, President & CEO, RightsFlow LLC


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


SOURCE  Digital Media Wire, Inc.

Ellen Gildersleeve of Digital Media Wire, +1-310-855-0033,
ellen@digitalmediawire.com
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