Donovan, Jamie Cullum, Paolo Nutini, Groove Armada, Bomb Squad among the Highlights at MIDEM 2009

PARIS--(Business Wire)--
MIDEM will host a growing list of industry talent for the 2009 edition, which
runs in Cannes from 18-21 January. Concerts include folk legend Donovan, who
will perform a unique acoustic session and will also participate in the Pschent
evening along with Groove Armada. MIDEM`s British event will feature special
guests Paolo Nutini, Jamie Cullum, Seth Lakeman and Patrick Wolf. The electro
night will feature Public Enemy producers Bomb Squad, Detroit Grand Pubahs and
French act Benjamin Diamond.

The 43rd MIDEM will also pay tribute to the industry`s most exceptional
personalities and artists. Charles Aznavour will receive a "Lifetime Achievement
Award" for a career studded with over 800 songs and sales of 100 million albums.
The great Italian tenor Carlo Bergonzi will also be honoured for his career at
the 5th edition of the MIDEM Classical Awards. The founder of the Glastonbury
Festival, Michael Eavis, will also receive a "Green World Award" in recognition
of his work for the environment.

MidemNet will be celebrating its tenth anniversary, providing an opportunity for
the international forum dedicated to music technology and new economic models to
take a look back over the past decade with two of its key players: Eric Nicoli,
former President of the EMI Group and current Chairman of VUE Entertainment and
R&R music, and Michael Robertson, founder of MP3.com and now CEO of MP3Tunes.

Creating value through the artist/fan relationship will be the central theme of
the 10th edition of MidemNet, which will welcome experts like David Eun, who
oversees Google`s content strategy; Courtney Holt, the brand new President of
MySpace Music; Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of Research in Motion (RIM), BlackBerry;
J.Y. Park, leading producer of a raft of Asian superstars including Rain, Wonder
Girls and Jacky Cheung and President of JYP Entertainment; and Dr. Tero
Ojanperä, EVP, Entertainment & Communities at Nokia.

This year`s MIDEM conferences will bring together around 200 key decision-makers
to talk about the industry`s different areas of expansion such as live
performance; independents; managers; images and brands; artist development; and
for the first time this year, publishers, with a special dedicated event - the
International Publishing Summit. MIDEM will also be welcoming Brian Message,
co-manager of Radiohead, Faithless & Kate Nash and Steering Committee Member of
the Featured Artist Coalition; Jay Marciano, President of Madison Square Garden
Entertainment; André de Raaff, CEO of publishing company Imagem Music; Ralph
Peer II, CEO and Chairman of peermusic; Michael Eaton, Business Manager for Eric
Clapton; Bruce Flohr, Executive, Red Light Management/Partner, ATO Records;
Simon Raymonde, Managing Director of Bella Union and former member of the
Cocteau Twins; Ben Watt, Founder and Owner of Buzzin` Fly Records and Strange
Feeling Records and former member of Everything But The Girl.

The Russia! Time for Partnership! event will throw the spotlight on Russia at
MIDEM, with an opening night party featuring performances from national stars
Valeriya and Sergey.

Programming for the second edition of MidemTalent will once again be promoting
up-coming talent and artists with high export potential. The sidebar will
feature American rock group Blue October; Columbian Monica Giraldo, a recent
nominee for the New Talent category of the Latin Grammys; South African act The
Parlotones, voted Best Rock Group in 2006 at the South African Music Awards.
Other acts include John Shannon (USA), Hogni (Faroe Islands), Charlie Winston
(UK), Ndidi Onukwulu (Canada), Sliimy (France) and Magnus Lindgren`s Batucada
Jazz (Sweden).

On 17 January, the NRJ Music Awards will also be celebrating its 10th
anniversary at MIDEM, welcoming many international stars to the party.

For more information on MIDEM: http://www.midem.com

Note to Editors:

MidemNet is sponsored by Blackberry and is organised in partnership with
Billboard, Deutsche Welle, Digital Media Wire, Informa Telecoms & Media, Japan
Inc., Music Ally, Musikwoche and Musique Info.

Platinum sponsor of the MidemTalent series of concerts is Guitar Hero, published
by Activision Blizzard, and Sonicbids will be gold sponsor of the event. Media
partners are Billboard, Celebrity Access, FIP, Fnac.com, Musikwoche, Pangaea/A&R
Worldwide and VIP Booking. MidemTalent Jazz is supported by FIP. The MidemTalent
conference is organised in association with A&R Worldwide and Musexpo and is
organised in partnership with Billboard, Celebrity Access, Musikwoche and VIP
Booking.

The "Russia! Time for Partnership!" event is sponsored by Billboard Russian
Edition and the Russian Authors` Society.

The International Manager Summit is organised in association with IMMF, the
International Music Managers` Forum and IAMA, the International Artist Managers`
Association.

The Live Music conference is organised in association with Yourope and ELMF, the
European Live Music Forum and in partnership with Audience/Live UK and
Musikmarkt.

The International Publishing Summit is organised in association with ICMP, the
International Confederation of Music Publishers, and in partnership with Impact
and Music Confidential.

The Images and Brands conference is organised in partnership with Brand
Strategy, Music4Games and Variety.

The International Indie Summit is organised in association with A2IM, AIM, BIMA,
Impala, PIL, UFI, UPFI, VUT & WIN.

The Pschent soirée is sponsored by the Pschent label.

ABOUT REED MIDEM:

Founded in 1963, Reed MIDEM is a leading organiser of professional,
international tradeshows. Reed MIDEM events have established themselves as key
dates in professional diaries. The company hosts MIPTV, MIPDOC, MIPCOM, and
MIPJUNIOR for the television and digital content industries, MIDEM for music
professionals, MIPIM, MIPIM Asia, MIPIM HORIZONS and MAPIC for the property and
retail real estate sectors.

Reed MIDEM is a division of Reed Exhibitions, the world`s leading events
organiser Reed organises a wide range of events, including exhibitions,
conferences, congresses and meetings. Its portfolio of over 500 events serves 47
industry sectors. In 2007 Reed brought together over six million industry
professionals from around the world generating billions of dollars in business.
Today Reed events are held in 38 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the
Middle East and Asia Pacific, and organised by 39 fully staffed offices.

For further information about Reed MIDEM visit www.reedmidem.com

Reed MIDEM
Jane GARTON, Press Director
Tel: +33 (0)1 41 90 44 39, Email: jane.garton@reedmidem.com
Mélanie AIGLE, Press Officer
Tel : +33 (0)1 41 90 49 95, Email: melanie.aigle@reedmidem.com
Philippe LE GALL, Press Events Manager
Tel : +33 (0)1 41 90 46 48, Email: philippe.legall@reedmidem.com
Fax: +33 (0)1 41 90 67 24
www.midem.com

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