Met Opera Chief Peter Gelb Gives Keynote at MidemNet 2010

PARIS--(Business Wire)--
Peter Gelb, General Manager of New York`s Metropolitan Opera, will deliver a
keynote at the 11th edition of MidemNet, the international forum dedicated to
reflection on the music business in the digital age.

At the crossroads of live classical music and digital, Peter Gelb will outline
how new technologies have revitalised the Met, both widening and monetising its
audience.

Peter Gelb has been in charge at the Met since 2006, and has succeeded in
reinventing opera by making it accessible to everyone through multiple
distribution modes such as live HD broadcasts in cinemas, the Internet,
satellite radio and mobile platforms.

Under Peter Gelb`s management, the Met, which just celebrated its 125th
anniversary, has managed to develop an audacious policy to reach out to a wider
and younger audience. The introduction of public rehearsals, "last minute"
tickets at $20, and the launch of the collection The Met: Live in HD - winner of
the prestigious Peabody and Emmy Awards - have all contributed to attracting a
new, broader, younger audience.

For the first time since its launch in 2000, MidemNet will be open for free to
all MIDEM participants, and will be expanded to run from 23 to 27 January 2010.
MidemNet will this year offer a conference programme bringing together some of
the top industry leaders in the music and digital sectors on 23 and 24 January
in the Debussy Auditorium, and will continue throughout MIDEM in a new dedicated
space located at the heart of the market.

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Note to Editors:

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.

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