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Global Leaders Meet in Cannes for midem 2012
International leaders in music, technology, brands and education came together for midem 2012, January 27-30 in Cannes. Panels led by experts in copyright, delivery platforms, music publishing and so much more filled the schedule of the summit, a must-attend event where current issues are debated and key business deals are reached. Richard Conlon, Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Communications & New Media for BMI, served as an advocate for copyright…
From News, posted 2.03.12
SF MusicTech Summit & Digital Music Forum Offer BMI Member Discounts
BMI will sponsor two key gatherings of digital and music movers and shakers next month: the San Francisco MusicTech Summit on February 13 and Digital Music Forum: East, February 22 and 23. Held at Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco, the one-day SF MusicTech Summit brings music and technology leaders together. BMI songwriters, composers and music publishers are encouraged to attend and to take advantage…
From News, posted 1.25.12
BMI Licenses Spotify & Turntable.fm
Spotify and turntable.fm are now licensed by BMI. In the agreement, the two digital music services’ public performances of BMI’s more than 6.5 million works are covered. In an exclusive outreach to music creators, Spotify offered BMI songwriters, composers and music publishers an invitation to experience its vast library of over 15 million songs. The invitation, distributed by BMI, exemplifies Spotify’s dedication to…
From News, posted 7.21.11
Editorial: The Digital Renaissance
Nearly 20 years ago at the advent of digital entertainment, many of us dreamed about the new digital age in which knowledge and art would be freely accessible, streamed across the planet into all kinds of devices. In this new world, the celestial jukebox would give us access to all the music or audio-visual entertainment we could ever hope to experience. Services would break the shackles of linear 168-hour programming…
From News, posted 5.16.11
Mobile Version of ‘BMI Live’ Program Launched To Help Songwriters Generate Concert Royalties
Based on its successful launch 90 days ago, BMI has extended its BMI Live program with the rollout of a mobile version. The new service enables songwriters to upload concert-venue and setlist data directly from their smartphones into BMI’s systems to be considered for royalty payments. “Many of our songwriters are constantly on the go and rely heavily on mobile devices to conduct their business affairs,” said BMI President…
From News, posted 4.28.11
BMI Pacts with Sony’s Qriocity Streaming Service
BMI is continuing its long-standing commitment to building the market for digital music by announcing a partnership with Sony’s multi-platform streaming digital music service “Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity™.” With the agreement, Music Unlimited can stream the more-than 6.5 million musical compositions in the BMI repertoire. The agreement covers U.S. public performances of works from over 475,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers represented by BMI, including Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift…
From News, posted 4.12.11
Amazon’s Cloud Drive: Convenience — and Controversy
Late last month, Amazon, the Seattle-based online retailing giant, announced the premiere of its Cloud Drive, an online music-backup service that allows Amazon customers to store music “in the cloud," with the ability to access personal libraries from any location and on any computer. While putting Amazon in the pole position ahead of Apple and Google — which have both been working to bring to market similar cloud-based ventures —…
From News, posted 4.08.11
BMI Promotes Michael Steinberg to Senior Vice President, Licensing
BMI has promoted Michael Steinberg to Senior Vice President, Licensing, it was announced by Del Bryant, President & CEO of the performing right organization. Reporting directly to Mike O’Neill, Senior Vice President, Repertoire & Licensing, Steinberg is based in the New York office. He formerly was BMI’s Vice President, Business Affairs, a post he held since November 2002. In making the announcement, Bryant said, “Michael has had…
From News, posted 3.28.11
Down But Not Out: Countering Digital Music Detractors
In its Jan. 23 assessment “Music Industry Braces for the Unthinkable,” The New York Times, citing research from UK-based trade group the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), reported that digital music sales rose a scant 6 percent on a global basis during 2010. To make matters worse, said the Times, the rate of increase in digital revenue last year — as well as during 2009 — was…
From News, posted 1.10.11
Qriocity Streaming Service Continues Rollout
Sony Corp., in conjunction with a handful of major record labels, announced the continued rollout of its Music Unlimited Powered by Qriocity, a “cloud-based” music-streaming service. Already available stateside as well as in the UK and Ireland, Music Unlimited — which, as its name suggests, allows users to access a massive library containing over 6 million songs — debuted in France, Germany, Italy and Spain in late…
From News, posted 1.10.11
Upcoming New Media events
| Feb 13 2012 | SF MusicTech Summit: San Francisco |
| Feb 22 2012 | Digital Music Forum East: New York |
| Feb 23 2012 | Digital Music Forum East: New York |
Recent New Media events
| Mar 24 2011 | CTIA Wireless 2011 Convention: Orlando, FL |
| Mar 23 2011 | CTIA Wireless 2011 Convention: Orlando, FL |
| Mar 22 2011 | CTIA Wireless 2011 Convention: Orlando, FL |
| Mar 21 2011 | CTIA Wireless 2011 Convention: Orlando, FL |
| Mar 10 2011 | Media Summit New York |
| Mar 9 2011 | Media Summit New York |
| Feb 24 2011 | Digital Music Forum East: New York |
| Feb 3 2011 | TuneCore Presents…6 Rights of Every Artist Conversation: New York |
| Jan 9 2011 | 2011 CES International: Las Vegas |
| Jan 8 2011 | 2011 CES International: Las Vegas |
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