Billboard Launches First Annual Digital Entertainment Awards.NEW YORK -- Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads: BILLBOARD LAUNCHES FIRST ANNUAL DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS Elite Group of Industry Leaders To Serve as Judges for Awards Ceremony Billboard, the international authority on music, video and digital entertainment, today announced the launch of the first annual Billboard Digital Entertainment Conference & Awards. Billboard has created this event in partnership with Digital Media Wire, the digital industry's leading news organization and events company. The Awards show will take place on November 5, 2004 at the Regent Beverly Wilshire, as part of the Billboard Digital Entertainment Conference, being held November 4-5 in Los Angeles. The Awards will include 30 market-leading categories honoring innovation, entrepreneurship, digital gaming, music, film, television and video in digital entertainment. Judges are comprised of an elite group of industry executives and leaders hand picked from the digital entertainment industry, representing the creative community, major entertainment companies, academic institutions and the media. The panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
--Keith Boesky (ICM ICM Intercom ICM Integrated Crop Management ICM International Congress of Mathematicians ICM Information Classification and Management ICM Intelligent Contact Management (Cisco) ICM International Creative Management ) --Vince Broady (CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. and Gamespot) --Ted Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. (EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. Music) --Marc Geiger (William Morris Agency Founded in 1898, the William Morris Agency is the largest diversified talent and literary agency in the world, with offices in New York City, Beverly Hills, Nashville, Miami, London, and Shanghai. ) --David Goldberg (Yahoo!) --Jim Griffin (Cherry Lane Digital) --John Kilcullen (Billboard Information Group) --Don Levy (Sony Pictures Digital Sony Pictures Digital, first known as Columbia TriStar Interactive, then Sony Pictures Interactive Network (or SPiN), is known as the digital website interactive creator for Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) that was established in 1997. ) --Al Lieberman (NYU Stern School of Business) --Rick Mandler (Walt Disney Internet Group The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) oversees several websites owned by The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries. [1] The division's Disney Online unit operates disney. and ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Enhanced Television) --Ben Mendelson (Interactive Television Alliance) --Mika Salmi sal·mi n. pl. sal·mis A highly spiced dish consisting of roasted game birds minced and stewed in wine. [French salmis, short for salmigondis, salmagundi; see (AtomShockwave) --Ned Sherman (Digital Media Wire) --Howie Singer (Warner Music Group Warner Music Group (WMG) is one of the four major record labels. Warner Music Group also has a publishing arm, Warner/Chappell Music, which dates back to 1929, when Jack Warner, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. ) --John Welch (Playfirst) --Neil Young (Electronic Arts) "Billboard is proud to be leading the charge to recognize the cutting-edge developments and forward thinkers shaping the future of digital entertainment," said Billboard President & Publisher John Kilcullen. "The individuals who we have chosen as judges for these awards are visionary executives and creative minds who are driving the transformation of the digital entertainment industry." "It is important to honor the companies whose hard work and achievements have made an impact in technology as well as the entertainment industry," says Ned Sherman, President of Digital Media Wire. "These companies deserve the recognition as market leaders, which is what the Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards will be honoring. We recognize this as a milestone event in the industry and wish them well in the competition." The deadline for entries for the 2004 Awards is September 15. Submissions will be accepted online and will be judged on creative and business criteria. For more information, or to submit a company for the Digital Entertainment Awards, please visit www.digitalentertainmentawards.com. Finalists will be recognized in a fall issue of Billboard magazine and the winners will be announced at a gala ceremony in Los Angeles on the evening of November 5. Conference panel topics, speakers and moderators will be posted to the website as confirmed. About Billboard: Now in its 110th year, Billboard is the world's premier music industry publication and a diverse brand licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video and digital entertainment issues and trends. Billboard is the flagship property for the Billboard Information Group, which also consists of Billboard.com, Billboard.biz, Billboard Chart Alert, Billboard Information Network (BIN), Billboard Directories, Billboard Licensing & Events and Airplay Monitor. The Group is a unit of VNU Business Media, a worldwide media company that provides specialized publications, electronically delivered data, expositions and marketing services and is owned by VNU Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Netherlands-based VNU, an international publishing and information company. About Digital Media Wire, Inc.: Digital Media Wire is a news organization, publisher and events company serving the digital media industry since May 2000. We publish a well-respected free daily email newsletter, industry reports & directories, and the only in-depth law and policy monthly focusing on developments impacting digital media. Our executive forum in Los Angeles and New York City New York City: see New York, city. 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