Press Releases
Nokia’s Mirabella Named NARM Board Vice Chair
NARM announces that Nokia's Adam Mirabella has assumed the position of Vice Chairman on the Association's Board Of Directors. More...
NARM, RIAA Refresh ‘Give The Gift Of Music’ Promotional Campaign
NARM and RIAA are pleased to announce the refresh of the “Give The Gift Of Music” logo, a design used within the industry for the past 30 years to communicate to consumers that music is a particular means of personal expression, thoughtfulness and consideration when given as a gift. More...
New “music + more” Logo Alerts Consumers To Value-Added Product Content
NARM announces a new promotional icon and messaging program — “music + more” — to support the sale of deluxe versions of physical, digital and mobile music product that contains value-added content and provides consumers with enhanced quality and convenience. More...
NARM Welcomes Target’s Jake Langner As New Board Member
NARM announces that Target’s Jake Langner is joining the NARM Board of Directors. “The NARM staff and Board look forward to working with Jake and believe he will be a great asset to our group,” said NARM President Jim Donio. “Target has been a long-standing member of the Association and a strong voice on our Board. Jake will represent the company well.” More...
CERTA Declares June As “Entertainment Ratings and Labeling Awareness Month”
CERTA is calling on all movie theaters and retailers of movies, music, and video games to observe “Entertainment Ratings and Labeling Awareness Month” in June by emphasizing the motion picture and video game ratings and music labeling systems, as appropriate, to their customers. More...
President’s Annual Address
Jim Donio addresses attendees at Convention's opening session. "So, no matter what the task at hand or the goal we've set to achieve, we should simply be asking each other again and again and again, 'How can we find and deliver great music to fans?' In the final analysis, awareness, self or otherwise, without action is worthless." More...
NARM, Gen2Media Partner To Capture NARM 2010 On Video
NARM and Gen2Media, the premier video publishing software, content production and online video network, announce a new partnership for the 2010 NARM Convention. More...
New Music Industry “Urban Meet-Up” Announced For Chicago
NARM announces its first Urban Meet-Up, What’s New, What’s Next, to take place during the Association’s annual convention at the Hilton Chicago from May 14-17. This special Urban event is scheduled for Sunday, May 16 from 2-3 p.m. More...
New Music Industry “Metal Meet-Up” Announced For Chicago
NARM announces its first Metal Meet-Up, The Current State Of The Metal Marketplace, to take place during the Association’s annual convention at the Hilton Chicago from May 14-17. This special Metal event is scheduled for Sunday, May 16 from 3-4 p.m. More...
VEVO’s Rio Caraeff To Keynote NARM Digital Presentation
NARM announces that Rio Caraeff, President and CEO of VEVO, the web’s leading music video and entertainment network, will speak at the "What’s Ahead for the Digital Marketplace" breakfast presentation at its Annual Convention on May 17 at the Hilton Chicago. Caraeff will be interviewed by renowned industry executive and entrepreneur Ted Cohen, the Managing Partner of TAG Strategic, a digital entertainment advisory. More...
NARM Welcomes immergent’s John Trickett As New Board Member
NARM announces that John Trickett, CEO of immergent, is joining the NARM Board of Directors. Most recently, Trickett has been integral in leading immergent’s newly focused efforts on developing a major online music retail store. More...
NARM To Honor Cyndi Lauper With Award For Creative Achievement
NARM announces that it will recognize iconic and inventive musical artist Cyndi Lauper with the Chairman’s Award for Sustained Creative Achievement. Celebrating her successful musical career, Lauper will receive this coveted honor at the NARM Annual Convention on Monday, May 17 in Chicago. More...
A&M/Octone’s James Diener To Deliver NARM Keynote
NARM, the music business association, announces that James Diener, CEO/President of A&M/Octone Records, Universal Music Group, will present the Opening Keynote Presentation on Sun., May 16. NARM President Jim Donio says, “I am excited by the opportunity to welcome James to the NARM stage for the first time. He brings a wealth of business and creative experience to the table, and yet represents a fresh, new breed of industry leadership and viewpoints.” More...
NARM Launches iPhone, Android App
NARM announces that it has launched its very first iPhone and Android application to serve as a year-round news aggregator for current happenings and research within the entertainment industry. More...
NARM’S Digital Think Tank Releases Digital Operations White Paper
NARM and its Digital Think Tank today announce the release of a White Paper that identifies a list of digital operations issues facing the music industry today, along with the initial actions the DTT’s Digital Supply Chain & Operations Work Group Work Group will undertake to being addressing these issues. More...
Taylor Swift To Receive NARM’s Artist Of The Year Award
NARM will honor Taylor Swift, Big Machine Records, with our Artist Of The Year Award during the Awards Dinner Finale at the 2010 Convention. Swift, who debuted on the NARM stage at the UMGD Product Presentation in Chicago in 2007, joins the growing list of artists who have gone on to superstardom after appearing at NARM. More...
Melissa Etheridge To Be Honored With NARM’s Humanitarian Award
NARM announced today that it will honor Grammy and Academy Award-winning artist Melissa Etheridge with its Harry Chapin Memorial Humanitarian Award on May 17 during the 2010 NARM Convention. A cancer survivor and environmental activist, Etheridge supports a number of non-profit organizations spanning a range of health, human and children’s rights, and ecological causes. A passionate advocate for the gay community, Etheridge has promoted equal rights and civic consciousness throughout her career. More...
NARM And RIAA Announce “Give The Gift Of Music” Design Contest
NARM and RIAA today announce a design contest to renew and refresh the “Give The Gift Of Music” logo and slogan. The music industry has long encouraged the sale of music via the “Give the Gift of Music” promotional program, symbolized by a logo and slogan that communicated the simple, yet effective message to consumers that music is a particular means of personal expression, thoughtfulness and consideration when given as a gift to a friend or a loved one. Now, NARM and the RIAA are inviting companies and individuals are invited to participate in the process of giving the music-gifting promotional program a fresh look and feel by submitting designs for a new logo. More...
Tom Silverman To Receive 2010 Independent Spirit Award
NARM announces that Tom Silverman, the founder, chairman and CEO of Tommy Boy Entertainment, will be honored with the organization’s Independent Spirit Award at the Annual NARM Convention in Chicago on Monday, May 17. The NARM Independent Spirit Award was established in 2009 to recognize a music industry executive who embodies the spirit of new thinking, entrepreneurship and success in the industry. More...
Leiber and Stoller To Receive NARM Outstanding Achievement Award
NARM announces that legendary songwriting duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller will receive the 2010 Outstanding Achievement Award for Musical Collaboration. They will be honored on Mon., May 17, in Chicago, during NARM's Annual Convention. The duo's works span six decades, hit the charts in the U.S. or the U.K. 76 times, and include Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock." More...
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