Midemnet.Net chairman 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. welcomed a star-studded cast to the sixth annual music technology forum. Keynotes included MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). Marketplaces' general manager Mike Conte Mike Conte is the lead singer, guitarist, and bassist for the 2-piece Brooklyn, NY heavy metal band Early Man (band). He is 32 years old. On the Early Man website, he also has started an Internet show, called "The Early Mike Show. (photo) and Beggars Group chairman Martin Mills. "Even the most optimistic reckonings say the digital music space is 2% of music right now," said Conte, the man in charge of MSN Music MSN Music was an online music store managed by Microsoft, and was accessible using either a web browser or within Windows Media Player. It was created by Microsoft in 2004 to compete with Apple's iTunes Music Store, though its sales in comparison are still negligible. . "There's no point in fighting over 2%. It's important to grow this market together." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MidemNet's second panel, "Reshaping the face of digital music," featured some of the world's biggest digital distribution players. Left to right: Dan Sheeran, RealNetworks; Leslie Golding, M2Y-Siemens; moderator Ajax Scott (Music Week); Brad Duea, Napster; Christophe Cuvillier, Fnac; Thomas Hesse Thomas Hesse is President of Sony BMG Music Entertainment's Global Digital Business and US Sales. He reports directly to Tim Bowen, Chief Operating Officer for Sony BMG Music Entertainment. He is based in New York City. , Sony BMG; and Nick Lehman, MTV Networks. The day's third keynote, Sony Corp US' chief technology officer Phil Wiser (photo), proved that the Japanese giant has definitively ditched its proprietary approach to digital music. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Interoperability" is the key, said Wiser. "Users do not care about formats. They just want it to work." |
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