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iHollywood Forum Announces Digital Music Leaders Appearing at Music 2.0(TM), Jan. 31 - Feb. 1 in Los Angeles.


Summit Explores Impact of Growing Digital Revenue on Future of Music Business

LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  -- iHollywood Forum, Inc. today announced a distinguished slate of keynotes and panelists for its fifth annual Music 2.0 summit, the leading U.S. conference about the future of the music business.

Featured Keynote Speakers include:

* Microsoft-Zune, Chris Stephenson, General Manager of Global Marketing

* Universal Music Group, Larry Kenswil, eLabs, President

* Yahoo! Inc., Dave Goldberg, Vice President and General Manager, Music

* Virgin Mobile, USA, Howard Handler A software routine that performs a particular task. It often refers to a routine that "handles" an exception of some kind, such as an error, but it can refer to mainstream processes as well. The term is typically used in operating systems and other system software. , Chief Marketing Officer

* Harry Fox Agency The Harry Fox Agency is the United States of America's largest agency collecting and distributing mechanical license fees on behalf of music publishers. External links
  • Harry Fox Agency web site
, Gary Churgin, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.

* Nettwerk Productions, Terry McBride For information on the country music artist of the same name, see .
Terry McBride (born ca. 1960 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a founder and current CEO of the Canadian-based music company Nettwerk Music Group.
, Founder and CEO

* eLabs, Larry Kenswil, President

The summit at the Bel Age in West Hollywood West Hollywood

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"Digital music will represent as much as a quarter of labels' total income by 2010," said Michael Stroud stroud  
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[After Stroud, an urban district of southwest-central England.]
, CEO and co-founder of iHollywood Forum. "Today, we're talking about how to grow an existing business rather than pie-in-the-sky scenarios for music's future. That's an exciting change from a few years ago."

The Music 2.0 summit covers topics such as digital distribution, mobile and wireless, desktop music production, portable devices, peer-to-peer, digital rights management, industry consolidation, online marketing, and record sales.
Featured speakers and panelists at Music 2.0 include:

AOL Music
Scott Boyd, Director

All Media Guide
Andrew Stess
VP, Consumer Electronics

Bango
Jeff Spirer, Director Business Development

Big Champagne
Eric Garland, Chief Executive Officer

BMI
Richard Conlon
VP, Marketing & Business
CEO

Capitol Records
Ted Mico
Senior Vice President, Strategic Marketing

Control Room
Aaron Grodsky, EVP, Music Programming & Production

Coolfer.com
Glenn Peoples, Music Industry Blogger

Digimarc
Bruce Davis, CEO

Digonex
Jan Eglen, President & CEO

eMusic
Reid Genauer, Director of Brand Marketing

EMI Music Publishing
Amanda Berman, New Media Manager, Creative

Entertainment Media Works
Ashley Heather, CEO

GigaVox Media, Inc.
Michael Geoghegan, CEO

GlobalCollect
Mark Fleming, Business Development Manager, Digital Downloads and
Content

Gracenote
Jim Hollingsworth, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing

HipHopwest.com
DJ Warrior

Hollywood Records
Ken Bunt, Senior Vice President, Marketing

Hum Music
Tricia Halloran, Director of A&R

Ipsos Insight
Matt Kleinschmitt, VP

Interscope Records
Erin Yasgar, Vice President, New Media

Ioda Alliance
Kevin Arnold, CEO

iSuppli
Mark Kirstein, VP, Multimedia & Content

Javien
Leslie Poole, CEO

John Mellencamp Band/Digonex
Michael Wanchic, Musical Director & VP Digonex

lala.com
Bill Nguyen, CEO

Lionsgate
Jay Faires, President, Music & Publishing

Live Nation
Scott Fedewa, Executive Vice President & Executive Producer

Logitech
Jeff Holove, Vice President, Product Marketing

Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp
Greg German, Partner

Mediaguide
Paul Wright, Vice President, Business Development

Mix & Burn
Bob French, President

MusicIP
Dr. Matthew Dunn, CEO & President

Musiwave
Speaker TBD

MyStrands
Atakan Cetinsoy, VP, Business Products

Navio
Marc Morgenstern, VP, Rights Holder Relations & Music Sales

Optimal Payments, Inc.
David Souaid, VP, Sales & Marketing

Palm, Inc.
Matt Crowley, Senior Product Manager, Multimedia

Pandora
Jessica Stoner, VP, Business Development

PassAlong Networks
Dave Jaworski, CEO

PaymentOne
Brad Singer, Executive Vice President

Peermusic
Jonathan Kehl, Vice President, Business Development

Pipeline
Russ Rieger, General Partner & Co-Founder

Plan Nine Rock Show
Jasper Borgman, Host & Producer

Podshow
Greg Mand, Senior Director, Business Development

Podshow L.A.
Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff, Director of Content Development

Promptu
Brady Bruce, Senior VP

Radar Research
Aram Sinnreich, Managing Partner

RealNetworks, Inc.
Dan Sheeran, Senior VP, Music & Video

Sandisk
Pedro Vargas, Director, Mobile Entertainment

SIRIUS Satellite Radio
Greg Steele, Senior Director of Music Programming

SNOCAP
Jamie Perlman, Director, Business Development

Sony Corporation of America
Albhy Galuten, VP, Digital Media Technology

TNC Media
Tim Bourquin, Founder & CEO

The All Access Group
Kelli Richards, President & CEO

Ticketmaster
David Marcus, VP, Strategic Marketing & Business Development

UrbanWorld Wireless
Mike Johns, CEO

Universal Music Enterprises
Brent Locke, Director, Premium Sales

Universal Music Enterprises
Jay Gilbert, VP, New Media

Universal Music eLabs
David Ring, SVP, Business Affairs & Business Development

Virgin USA
Dan Porter, VP, Corporate Development

Virtual Venues
Michael Horne, Founder & CEO

VOY Music
Fernando Espuelas, CEO & Chairman

Westwood One
Gary Krantz, Chief Digital Media Officer

YouTube
Jennifer Nielsen, Marketing Manager


Topics include:

* Rising from the Ashes: The New Music Business

* Marketing to Gen Y See generation X.  and Beyond

* Those iPod Wannabes Wannabes is an online interactive soap and game created for the BBC by Illumna Digital. Wannabes follows on from Jamie Kane, the BBC's previous foray into online interactive drama. The show/game consists of 14 10 minute episodes released twice a week.

* How to Cell Mobile Music

* Music's Long Tail: Finding and Feeding the Niche Markets A niche market also known as a target market is a focused, targetable portion (subset) of a market sector.

By definition, then, a business that focuses on a niche market is addressing a need for a product or service that is not being addressed by mainstream providers.


* Name That Tune: Grabbing Customers and Fighting Piracy piracy, robbery committed or attempted on the high seas. It is distinguished from privateering in that the pirate holds no commission from and receives the protection of no nation but usually attacks vessels of all nations.  with Music ID and Taste-Matching Software

* Subscription, Free, Download or ....?

* Podcasting Recording a non-music audio broadcast (news, sports, discussion, etc.) in the MP3 format for playback in a digital music player. See podcast. : Emerging Business Models

* After Party and Bands at Club Mood

* Covering Your (Musical) Assets

* Concert of the Future: The Evolving Live Music Landscape

* Next Gen Radio

* How Retail Will Survive

Press Contact to Request Media Credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials.  for Music 2.0:

Complimentary admission for qualified editorial media is available through pre-registration ONLY for Music 2.0. Journalists should request a press badge in advance, listing their outlet, title and full contact information via an email to jay@ihollywoodforum.com with "press - Music 2.0" in subject line. Press seating is limited and priority admission will be given to credentialed cre·den·tial  
n.
1. That which entitles one to confidence, credit, or authority.

2. credentials Evidence or testimonials concerning one's right to credit, confidence, or authority:
 pre-registered press.

About iHollywood Forum:

Founded in 2000, Los Angeles-based iHollywood Forum, Inc.[TM] produces cutting-edge roundtables and conferences about digital entertainment and mobile technology. The summits attract a diverse mix of Hollywood and Silicon Valley executives, entrepreneurs, technology executives, attorneys and others to learn and make deals in an intimate environment. Sessions are typically moderated by top journalists and analysts. Other conferences produced by iHollywood Forum include:

* iHollywood Mobile Europe, during 3GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992.  World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 14, 2007

* Digital Media Summit, March 8-9, 2007, Universal Hilton, Los Angeles

* Mobile Entertainment Summit, May 16-17, 2007, Universal Hilton, Los Angeles

* MoTV: Mobile TV and Video Summit, April 17, 2007, NAB, Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3.

* IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet.  World, April 18, 2007, NAB, Las Vegas Convention Center

* iHollywood China, TBD TBD
abbr.
to be determined


For more detailed information, please visit www.ihollywoodforum.com.
iHollywood Forum Press Credentials and Media Information Contact:

Requests should be submitted by email with "press - Music 2.0" in
subject line:

Juan Aguila
iHollywood Forum
jay@ihollywoodforum.com

To Arrange Speaker Interviews or Registration Information:

Zahava Stroud
contact@iHollywoodForum.com
310-566-7745
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