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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...
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