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Epitaph Records Founder To Receive 2012 Independent Spirit Award
"Brett Gurewitz personifies the independent spirit, inspiring countless punk and indie bands through his work in Bad Religion and helping many of them reach their full potential at Epitaph Records ... His creative entrepreneurship and commitment to thinking outside the box make him a strong player in today’s music industry." Gurewitz will receive the award on May 9 during Music Biz 2012. More...
digitalmusic.org’s Music Start Up Academy Comes to San Francisco
Aspiring music entrepreneurs can learn some important lessons about music industry labels, publishing, content acquisition, business development, and operations at digitalmusic.org’s upcoming Music Start Up Academy sessions in San Francisco on Feb. 14 at the Rdio Headquarters. More...
digitalmusic.org Adds Nine Affiliate Partners
A2IM, AFTRA, BMI, HFA, ng Connect, The Recording Academy®, RIAA, SESAC, SoundExchange sign on to evolving hub for digital commerce. Affiliate Partnership affords organizations that are not directly engaged in music commerce the chance to play an active role and have a seat at the table in digitalmusic.org work groups, programs, and initiatives, creating a collaborative environment that will allow members to discuss and solve the complex problems currently facing the digital music industry. More...
New Product Platform Offers Simple Web Interface and Normalized Metadata
NARM has completed Phase 1 of its NARM Product Platform, an updated version of the organization’s 15-year-old Distributor Database for physical commerce partners. Starting today, the product database will feature a new, streamlined web interface that allows for simpler queries and improved search options while providing uniform metadata that will allow retailers to more accurately populate their backend systems. Phase 2, which will expand the database to include digital and mobile product data from all four major labels and leading indie aggregators, will be launched in early 2012. More...
NARM and NPD Unveil Results of Research on Consumers, Music Discovery
NARM and leading market research company The NPD Group today released findings of a joint study that examined the ways consumers discover new music. The report indicates that while music discovery is still vital to the industry, it applies differently to various consumer groups, and it has changed significantly since the organizations last studied the topic in 2007, as television and social media and other digital services have emerged as major influencers. More...
“Countdown To CMA” Essay Contest Winners Announced
NARM and RIAA today announced the winners of the “Give the Gift of Music” (GTGOM) campaign’s autumn essay contest that asked fans to share how a current CMA Awards nominee’s music has inspired them. From about 700 thoughtful entries, speech-language pathologist Jennifer Dotson from Goodlettsville, Tenn. was selected as the grand prize winner for her heartfelt essay describing how Lady Antebellum’s music helped one of her students to learn, grow and express himself. The second and third place winners will each receive country music gift packages for their contributions describing how Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton and Carrie Underwood inspired them respectively. More...
NARM and digitalmusic.org Welcome Six Digital Music Companies As Members
NARM and digitalmusic.org are happy to announce that six digital music companies, representing everything from subscription-based streaming services to internet radio stations to online DJ communities, have signed on as the association’s newest members. More...
EMI’s Iscove Named Chair of DMO’s Apps, Music & Gaming Work Group
digitalmusic.org announced that David Iscove has been named Chair of its Apps, Music & Gaming Work Group, which engages gaming companies and app developers to create better systems for including music in their products and to facilitate relationships for advance content licensing. Iscove is the Director of EMI North America’s Works Hub Initiative, the company’s archival digitization strategy for both catalog and frontline assets. He previously worked at Activision Publishing as Senior Audio Assets Specialist for the Guitar Hero, DJ Hero, and Band Hero video game franchises. More...
digitalmusic.org’s “Music Start Up Academy” Coming to SXSW 2012
digitalmusic.org will present several sessions from its “Music Start Up Academy” curriculum to the 2012 SXSW Music Conference, in conjunction with the SXSW Accelerator program. SXSW Music and Platinum badge holders will be able to participate in the Music Start Up Academy, which will be held on Wed., March 14. More...
Music Biz 2012 Set for May 7-10 in Los Angeles
The only annual gathering that brings together the entire music content and commerce business has a new name to express its singular focus: Music Biz 2012 presented by NARM and digitalmusic.org. Now that NARM has created digitalmusic.org, ‘Music Biz’ is a clearer expression of what the event is about. It’s a forum where everyone that is serious about bringing music to consumers, no matter what the medium, can come together to discuss the current issues that will drive both their business and the entire industry forward. More...
Jack Isquith Named Chair of DMO’s Music Subscription Work Group
digitalmusic.org, the virtual home of music business association NARM’s digital initiatives, announced that Jack Isquith, Sr. VP of Strategic Development at Slacker Radio, has been named Chair of its Music Subscription Work Group. With his extensive experience in the digital world, he will lead this group to address the operational and business concerns of cloud-based, monetized music sources. More...
NARM Names Antony Bruno Community Manager of digitalmusic.org
NARM announces that Antony Bruno has been named Community Manager of digitalmusic.org. Bruno brings his extensive experience to digitalmusic.org, where he will help facilitate the complex conversations and cooperation necessary for businesses to flourish in today’s rapidly changing music industry. More...
CMA Nominees Unite For Music Gifting Campaign And Contest
A number of country music’s most talented acts, recently recognized as 2011 Country Music Association (CMA) Awards nominees, joined leading music retailers and labels today to spotlight the significance of giving and receiving music as a gift as part of the revitalized “Give The Gift Of Music” (GTGOM) campaign. On the heels of their new CMA Awards nominations, five-category nominee Taylor Swift and New Artist of the Year contender Chris Young debuted new video tributes today that describe their most memorable music gifting stories and sentiments. More...
NARM Announces Launch of digitalmusic.org
NARM has announced the launch of digitalmusic.org, the virtual home of NARM’s digital initiatives (formerly known as the Digital Think Tank). For more than fifty years, NARM has driven the business of music, providing a platform to resolve issues, networking events to build critical relationships, and education on the latest tools, technology and trends. digitalmusic.org updates this experience for next-generation companies. More...
Five New Members Join NARM Board
Today, NARM has announced that five new members have been elected to its Board of Directors — Christina Calio, Microsoft; Mike Davis, Alliance Entertainment Corporation; Adam Klein, emusic; David Krinsky, Rhapsody; and Alyssa Vescio, Target. More...
Copyright Alert System To Educate Consumers And Reduce Online Theft
NARM applauds today's announcement by the entertainment content and Internet service provider communities of the "Copyright Alert System." NARM has long supported educational efforts to help thwart piracy. This new system, coupled with the new Center for Copyright Information, presents a balanced and reasonable framework to alert and advise consumers in a consistent manner about possible content theft on their Internet accounts, protect copyrighted content and promote access to legal content online. NARM is also deeply committed to advancing innovative business models that will provide compelling and competitive commercial alternatives for fans to enjoy music. More...
Overall U.S. Music Sales in Plus Column for First Half of 2011
NARM is especially encouraged by today's report from Nielsen Soundscan that U.S. music sales are up for the first half of 2011. It's also the first time in seven years a positive benchmark for album sales has been reached. Here are the stats through the week ending July 3 ... More...
June Is Entertainment Ratings & Labeling Awareness Month
DiMA, EMA, NARM, and NATO are calling on all movie theaters and retailers of movies, music, and video games to emphasize the motion picture and video game ratings and music labeling systems, as appropriate, to their customers. More...
Music Business Convention a Huge Success for Commerce and Content Executives
NARM welcomed 1,000 attendees representing more than 300 companies and organizations to its 53rd Annual Convention last week in Los Angeles at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel. For a complete recap, click the headlines above. More...
Bill Wilson Presents NARM’s Digital Strategy And Announces New Initiatives
"digitalmusic.org will be the new online home for the Digital Think Tank. The logo and brand will be used to better communicate our purpose to tangentially-related businesses, especially in the tech space, who might not know who NARM is, or even have a seriously outdated impression of what NARM is about." More...
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