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Digital Music Forum West in Los Angeles Features Top Digerati What's Buzzing Online Tomorrow Determined by Thought Leaders at DMFW Senior Executives from MySpace, Pandora, EMI Music, Warner Music and (RED) to Keynote at Top Industry Event - 2008-10-02

MusiK1.net Officially Launches Record Campaign Solutions in Support of Music Independence Kingdom One Entertainment Group, LLC and its music division housed at MusiK1.net has launched new service departments for the indie artist and label community. Within these service departments include new partnerships with IODA, Jamendo and PR Web, while forming label and publishing arms to provide label support and co-publishing programs for distributed artists and sub-labels. - 2008-09-30

Better Black TV Chairman P. Miller Takes Cameras On The Road And Into The Community For New Show, TRT: Teens Real Talk Better Black Television (BBTV) has added Teens Real Talk (TRT), a show that gives teens and parents an opportunity to express their ideas and feelings, to the network's lineup. - 2008-09-22

KIDZBOP.Com's "Be a KIDZ BOP Star" National Talent Search Garners Nearly 2,800 Submissions; 15 Semi-Finalists Announced KIDZ BOP’s “Be A KIDZ BOP Star” talent search, the only such search that seeks the most talented kids in the country, announces its 15 semi-finalists. Chosen from nearly 2,800 entries to the kids’ destination website KIDZBOP.com, the search received far more submissions than recent high-profile online contests sponsored by major national brands. The second annual “Be a KIDZ BOP Star” National Talent Search also received more than double the amount of submissions from last year’s inaugural contest (1200). - 2008-09-22

1 Attachment Music, Retail and Tech Leaders to Offer "slotMusic™": High Quality, DRM-Free MP3 Music on microSD™ Cards Leaders in music, retail and flash memory technology today announced they’re bringing consumers an innovative, new physical music format, dubbed “slotMusic™.” microSD™ cards will soon be made available with pre-loaded, high quality, DRM-free MP3 music of top artists from EMI Music, SONY BMG, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group. A selection of slotMusic cards will first be available at brick-and-mortar and online stores throughout the U.S., including Best Buy and Wal-Mart, with Europe to follow. A complete list of slotMusic albums, availability and pricing will be announced in time for the coming holiday season. SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), inventor of the ubiquitous microSD format, is leading the technology development behind slotMusic. - 2008-09-21

1 Attachment Amy Poehler and Friends to Launch New Digital TV Show Aimed at "Smart Girls" and Their Parents : Show Features Girls Who Are "Changing the World by Being Themselves" Digital media company On Networks® (ON) announces an original series aimed at young girls called Smart Girls at the Party. The show is created by and stars actor/writer Amy Poehler, and friends Meredith Walker, former senior producer for Nickelodeon’s Nick News, head of talent for Saturday Night Live, and Amy Miles, recording artist and performer, host of PBS children’s show LOMAX: Hound of Music. Smart Girls celebrates young girls who are changing the world by being themselves. The show aims to help girls find confidence in their own aspirations and talents. In each episode, Amy Poehler interviews a girl with a unique talent, community interest or point of view. The conversation ranges from the serious to the hilarious. Girls offer witty truths and show that you don’t have to be famous to be interesting or to make a difference in the world. - 2008-09-18

National iStockphoto Survey Shows That Lack of Copyright Understanding Presents Potential for Misuse While Revealing 40 Percent of Americans Consider Photography, Videography or Music Creation Hobbies : Up to 38 percent of Americans see no legal violations in downloading images, videos or music for personal or professional use A recent study of more than 1,000 people conducted by KRC Research and iStockphoto, the world’s royalty-free multimedia sales leader, revealed that 33 percent of Americans are using downloaded digital content, but nearly 30 percent are unaware that permission may be required for its use. This lack of awareness spikes to 38 percent among Americans in both the 18–24 and 65 and older age groups. - 2008-09-17

1 Attachment SanDisk Launches Point & Shoot Film Festival on YouTube for Consumers to Show the World How 'Life Moves' : Video Contest to Award $10,000 and a Free Trip to Las Vegas to the Best Overall Entrant SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), today announced the debut of its first SanDisk Point & Shoot Film Festival1, an online video contest on YouTube to find and display the most compelling user-generated videos taken on consumer point-and-shoot digital cameras. Beginning today, entrants may upload their videos to YouTube by visiting www.youtube.com/sandisk. - 2008-09-16

CollegeFest® 2008: A Boston Back to School Party Over 20 Years In The Making Is Back For Its Largest Event Yet -- Featured Artist Performances by Grammy Winner Chamillionaire and Grammy Nominee Soulja Boy Entertainment, Free Giveaways, Prizes and Celebrity Appearances Define Long-Running September Student Event CollegeFest®, the premiere back-to-school event in the U.S.A., returns to Boston for the twenty-third year on September 27th and 28th. Microsoft has signed on as the event’s presenting sponsor, joining associate sponsors JetBlue Airways, and RepNation. The event’s media partners this year include The Boston Globe, and WAAF Radio. - 2008-09-16

Asian-Canadian Music Sensation Elise Estrada Has 5 Canadian Mediabase Mega-Hit Singles With A Whopping 295 Million Listeners & Growing Elise Estrada's debut CD in stores September 16th. Fan Based eTeam growing rapidly. Fans love Elise Estrada. - 2008-09-15

Digital Media Wire Announces Agenda & Speakers for Digital Music Forum West in Los Angeles, October 2-3 Senior Executives from MySpace, Pandora, EMI Music, Warner Music and (RED) to Keynote at Top Industry Event. - 2008-09-10

Def Leppard Rocks Detroit & Joe Louis Arena with "ROCKZIMITY" Ace Marketing & Promotions Inc. announce campaign results of their "ROCKZIMITY MARKETING" launch with Def Leppard at Joe Louis Arena on Aug 23, two lucky fans won a trip to the Sparkle Lounge. - 2008-09-04

NY Games Conference Brings Together Top Games, Media, & Entertainment Executives in New York City, Sept. 25-26 NEW VENUE: Event to be held at Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park - 2008-08-26

Creating a Buzz: DJ Micro Re-Launches Caffeine Recordings Internationally acclaimed as one of the US's premiere dance music producers and re-mixers, DJ Micro has been nominated by DJ Times as "America's Best DJ" and by the Club Music Awards for the "Best DJ Set" in 2008. No stranger to the international dance music scene, DJ Micro drops his latest mix record "Inside of Me" on his newly resurrected label, Caffeine Recordings. - 2008-08-24

Better Black Television (BBTV) Set To Launch Worldwide In 2009 P. Miller Makes History As The First Hip-Hop Entrepreneur To Own A Television Network, Is The Youngest Chairman In The Game, And Takes His Fast-Paced, Growing Brand to Wall Street. - 2008-08-15

MTV Taps Thumbplay to Enhance Mobile Content Store : New Online & Mobile Storefronts Bring Flexibility, Backup Features to MTV Mobile Subscribers Thumbplay® (www.thumbplay.com), the #1 mobile entertainment destination in the U.S.*, today announced that it is working with MTV to enhance and manage its mobile personalization offerings for MTV, MTV2, MTV Hits, MTV Jams and MTV Tr3s. - 2008-08-11

Music! Technology! Cocktails! Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference Is This Week -- Bandwidth and Noise Pop to Announce Collaboration The Bandwidth Conference, which takes place August 14 & 15 in San Francisco, explores issues of interest to the music and technology communities and the continuing fusion between the industries. - 2008-08-11

Universal Music Group and Music Choice Celebrate the Success of Lil Wayne's Lollipop - The Most Popular Music Video on Music Choice Ever! : With over Ten Million 'Licks' to Date, Lil Wayne's Lollipop 'Tastes Great' to Millions of Music Choice Viewers Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s leading music company, and Music Choice, the award-winning, multi-platform video and music network, today announced the record-breaking success of Universal Motown Recording artist Lil Wayne’s Lollipop video on Music Choice. The video had been viewed an unprecedented one million times two weeks in a row. Lil Wayne is the first artist ever to achieve this milestone since Music Choice launched its free Video On Demand Music Network in late 2004. With over ten million views to date, Rentrak, an independent media measurement and analytics company, confirms that Lil Wayne’s Lollipop holds the ALL-TIME RECORD as the most popular music video on Music Choice EVER! - 2008-08-05

Digital Music and Music Industry Leaders Set To Gather at the Bandwidth Music | Technology Conference in San Francisco The Bandwidth Conference gathers professionals from the music, media and digital music industries, and explores the evolving musical experience. Bandwidth 2008 takes place August 14 and 15 in San Francisco. - 2008-07-31

The Bandwidth Music & Technology Conference Announces Speakers and Panels for 2008 The Bandwidth Conference gathers professionals from the music, media and digital music industries, and explores the evolving musical experience. Bandwidth 2008 takes place August 14 and 15 in San Francisco. - 2008-07-24

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