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Digital Media Wire Announces Keynote Addition and Music Showcases for Digital Music Forum East

77 speakers and 425 attendees registered for 7th annual event.

New York, NY (Billboard Publicity Wire) February 23, 2007 -- Digital Media Wire today announced a keynote addition and 4 notable acts to perform at the live music showcase at the 7th Annual Digital Music Forum East Conference at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City, February 27-28, 2007.

Keynote Addition:
February 27, 5:00pm - 5:20pm
KEYNOTE INTERVIEW
Richard Blackstone, Senior Advisor to the Chairman of Warner Music Group Interviewed by: Ralph Simon, Chairman Emeritus & Founder, Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas

Richard Blackstone is the Senior Advisor to the Chairman of Warner Music Group. Before taking this role, he served as Chairman and CEO of Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., the worldwide music publishing division of Warner Music Group. The Warner/Chappell catalog includes standards such as "Happy Birthday To You," "Rhapsody in Blue," "Winter Wonderland," the songs of Cole Porter and George and Ira Gershwin, as well as the music of Dido, Dr. Dre, Eric Clapton, Green Day, Led Zeppelin, Madonna, Nickelback, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sheryl Crow, T.I. and others. Prior to his taking this position at WCM in May 2005, Richard was President of Zomba Music Publishing where he worked with songwriters and artists such as R. Kelly, Linkin Park, Justin Timberlake, *NSync, Macy Gray, Limp Bizkit, Korn, The Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, KRS-One and numerous others.

Music Showcases:
Performances by Leigh Nash, former front woman for Grammy-nominated band Sixpence None The Richer, Philly-based favorite The Brakes, hip-hop up and comer ESHY and The Kin on the evening of the 27th at the Knitting Factory, located at 74 Leonard Street, New York, NY 10013.

The event has attracted significant media interest with more than 100 credentialed members of the press and analysts registering to cover the event, including: Reuters, Associated Press, ADOTAS, MTV, Business Week, Forbes, Billboard, Dow Jones Online Video, Jupiter Research, Kaufman Brothers, Red Herring, PC Magazine, Fast Company, ABC News, Media Post, DM News, Die Welt/ Welt am Sonntag, PC Magazine, Institutional Investor, AlwaysOn, Advertising Age, Gartner, Forbes, Ipsos, Cox News, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, C/Net, CrunchGear, Wired, TheStreet.com, Dow Jones Online Video, Current TV, Business Week, The Deal, CNBC, among many others.

The conference agenda will cover compelling roundtable discussions and panels, which include The State of the Digital Union, Mobile Music Revolution - Music Beyond Ringtones, Device & Format Wars: Who will be the Winners and the Losers, Digital Copyrights: The Wild West All Over Again, Social Music Discovery, The Future of Radio, A&R in the Digital Age, Digital Rights and Clearances for Music, The Evolution of Live Music Events through Digital Media, Pros and Cons of P2P for Music Distribution, and other in-demand and challenging topics.

Attendees will include more than 425 decision-makers from a wide array of market-leading companies including top executives from record labels, music publishers, producers and distributors, technology companies, wireless companies, rights organizations, industry bodies, radio, advertising, attorneys, artists, investors and venture capitalists. The conference will focus on the role of digital and mobile technologies in the future of music, including predictions, provocations and analysis.

Keynote Speakers:
- Thomas Hesse, President, Global Digital Business, Sony BMG Music
- Richard Blackstone, Senior Advisor to the Chairman of Warner Music Group
- Marty Diamond, Founder & President, Little Big Man Booking
- Bruce Warren, Assistant GM & Executive Producer, WXPN/World Cafe
- Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
- Dave Ulmer, Sr. Director of Marketing, Motorola Media Solutions, Motorola
- Ray Waddell, Executive Director, Touring & Live Entertainment, Billboard
- John T. Frankenheimer, Chair, Music Group, Partner & Co-Chair, Loeb & Loeb
- Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire, Inc.
- Ralph Simon, Chairman Emeritus & Founder, MEF

Panelists & Moderators:
Chris Amenita, SVP, Enterprises Group, ASCAP
Steve Banfield, SVP & GM, Sony Connect
Kevin Barenblat, Co-Founder, SpotDJ
Mike Bebel, President & CEO, Ruckus Network, Inc.
Rachna Bhasin, VP, Business Development, EMI Music North America
Antony Bruno, Exec. Dir. of Content & Programming, Billboard
Tim Bucher, CEO & Chief Product Officer, ZING
John Burris, VP of Wireless Data, Sprint Nextel Corporation
Aydin Caginalp, Partner, Alston & Bird
Rio Caraeff, General Manager, Universal Music Mobile, N.A.
David Card, VP, Research, JupiterKagan
Frank Childs, VP, Business Development, PeerApp
Chris Coyle, VP, Business Development, Muze
Dave Dederer, Senior Director, Melodeo / Artist
David Del Beccaro, President & CEO, Music Choice
Noah Dinkin, Co-Founder & Partner, United for Opportunity
Robert Driscoll, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Michael Dorf, Founder, DCN & Knitting Factory
Maria Egan-Cohen, A&R, Columbia Records
Scott Fedewa, EVP & Executive Producer, Live Nation
Jason Fiber, President, Cordless Recordings
Gregg Freishtat, Chairman, INTENT Mediaworks
Brian Garrity, Senior Correspondent, Billboard
Thomas Gewecke, SVP, Digital Business Group, Sony BMG
Jim Griffin, Managing Director, OneHouse LLC
Scott Hagedorn, Director of Innovation, OMD Digital
Daniel Harris, CEO, MediaPass Network
Jared Hoffman, President & CEO, Knitting Factory Entertainment
David Hyman, CEO & Founder, MOG
Vito Iaia, Sr. Director of Music Services Ticketmaster
Jack Isquith, Executive Director, Music Industry Relations, AOL Music
David Israelite, President & CEO, National Music Publishers' Association
Dave Jaworski, Founder & CEO, Passalong Networks
Martin Kay, CEO, Finetune
Robert Khedouri, Co-Founder, MusicGremlin
Bob Kohn, Chairman & CEO, RoyaltyShare
Marty Lafferty, CEO, DCIA
Jennifer Lane, President, Net Radio Sales
Gerd Leonhard, CEO, Sonific LLC
Zahavah Levine, General Counsel & VP, Business Affairs, YouTube, Inc.
Christopher Levy, CEO, BUYDRM
Larry Linietsky, VP, Business Development, Clear Channel Online Music & Radio Steve Marks, EVP & General Counsel, RIAA
Scott McKenzie, Group Editorial Director, Billboard
Ron Milkes, VP, Business & Legal Affairs / General Counsel, Control Room
Brent Muhle, General Manager, Nettwerk Music Group
David Pakman, CEO, eMusic
Ali Partovi, CEO, GarageBand.com
Michael Petricone, SVP, Government Affairs, Consumer Electronics Association
Dan Porter, VP, Corporate Development, Virgin USA
Jonathan Potter, Executive Director, Digital Media Association
Neeta Ragoowansi, Director of Artist-Label Relations, SoundExchange
Kelli Richards, President & CEO, The All Access Group
Maurice Russell, VP, Licensing & Label Relations, The Harry Fox Agency
Greg Scholl, CEO, The Orchard
Matt Schwartz, Manager, Music Operations & Business Dev., Verizon Wireless
Adam Sexton, Chief Marketing Officer, Groove Mobile
Dan Sheeran, SVP, Music and Video, RealNetworks, Inc.
Are Traasdahl, CEO, Thumbplay
Tim Westergren, Chief Strategy Officer, Pandora

Event sponsors and media partners include Billboard, CEA, Alston & Bird, Loeb & Loeb, Motorola, Passalong Networks, NVPR, Whiteblox, Javien, Zing, KCRW, Midem, DCIA, NARIP, Davis, Wright, Tremaine, LLP, Soundflavor, Speakerheart, ZING, Click and BUY, Mozes, Billboard Publicity Wire, Access Pass & Design, Parks Associates, New York - Tokyo, Thumbplay, Filter, DiMA, Music Connection, DCIA and WXPN.

For complete agenda, registration and event details please visit: http://www.digitalmusicforum.com/east07.html.

In addition to the Digital Music Forum West, Digital Media Wire will also launch the first annual Future of Film Conference on March 21, 2007 at the Writers Guild in Los Angeles, CA. Other prominent Digital Media Wire events include the Digital Media Conference, Future of Games Conference and Future of Television Conference.

About Digital Media Wire, Inc:
Digital Media Wire is an events, news, and publishing company serving the digital entertainment & media industry since May 2000. Digital Media Wire produces executive forums featuring the leading executives in digital media and entertainment. Digital Media Wire also publishes an authoritative daily email newsletter and industry directory. For more information, please visit: www.digitalmediawire.com.

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Phil McGovern
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