2009 Sponsors:
 www.manatt.comManatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, is known for quality, for extraordinary commitment to clients, for integrated, relationship-based services, and for a range of specialized capabilities typically found only in boutique firms. We represent a sophisticated client base in a range of industries including entertainment, advertising, marketing and media, consumer goods and services and technology. |
 www.rovicorp.comRovi Corporation is focused on revolutionizing the digital entertainment landscape by delivering solutions that enable consumers to intuitively connect to new entertainment from many sources and locations. The company also provides extensive entertainment discovery solutions for television, movies, music and photos to its customers in the consumer electronics, cable and satellite, entertainment and online distribution markets. These solutions, complemented by industry leading entertainment data, create the connections between people and technology and enable them to discover and manage entertainment in an enjoyable form. More information about Rovi can be found at www.rovicorp.com. |
 www.cisco.comCisco, (NASDAQ: CSCO), is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com. |
 www.rightsflow.comRightsFlow is a leading provider of a music-licensing and royalty payment technology platform for online music services, record companies, distributors and artists. The company specializes in obtaining bulk mechanical, DPD, and ringtone licenses including streaming, tethered, and limited downloads rights. The proprietary "FLOW" system developed by RightsFlow allows them to license, account, and pay royalties on behalf of clients quickly and accurately while ensuring rights-holders are paid for the use of their material. RightsFlow services over 1,500 clients for mechanical, DPD and interactive streaming licensing and is headquartered in New York City. Some of RightsFlow’s many clients include, imeem, E1 Entertainment (US & Canada), Muzak, INgrooves, CD Baby, IODA, YouLicense, X5 Music Group, Zebralution, Liberation, Disc Makers, Deezer, Cooking Vinyl/Rocket Science, IRIS, Liberation and Artspages. |
 www.dwt.comDavis Wright Tremaine provides legal solutions customized to our clients’ particular needs from offices across the United States and in China. We offer a full-service practice and deep focus in a number of evolving industries, including streaming media, the download of music, games and video, the distribution of multimedia content over emerging technologies, social networking and user-generated content issues, and the operation of Internet-based studios, gaming services, and radio stations. We understand that each client is an individual, every project is unique, and we measure ourselves by our contributions to our clients’ success. |
www.dada-ent.com
Dada Entertainment, a joint venture between Dada S.P.A. and Sony BMG Music Entertainment, is a leading direct-to-consumer entertainment service. Dada Entertainment offers the next generation web and mobile personalization and entertainment services, combining a wide variety of music content from full length audio and video tracks to ringtones, with a rich Web 2.0 and social networking experience. |
www.loeb.com
Loeb & Loeb is at the forefront of digital media and has structured a significant number of the earliest agreements for ring tones, digital downloading, digital content, aggregations, P2P distribution and webscasting. |
 www.rsmmcgladrey.comProvident’s Entertainment, Media and Sports Industries Group specializes in managing the financial affairs of members of the entertainment industry. Provident has become a leader in various business management practices including specialized tax planning, tour and live engagement accounting, royalty and participation accounting, music publishing administration and catalog sales, new media licensing and strategic planning. |
 www.digmedia.orgThe Digital Media Association (DiMA) serves the music, video and multi-media industries and is the ambassador for the digital media industry: webcasters, technology companies and online music and video retailers, the leading advocate for a stable legal environment in which to build ideas into industries, and inventions into profits. |
 www.mcgladreycm.comMcGladrey Capital Markets LLC is a global provider of investment banking services to private and public companies with annual revenues of up to $1 billion. The firm’s services include mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, capital raising, fairness opinions and restructurings. McGladrey Capital Markets, which offers in-depth expertise in 13 distinct industry sectors, brings together companies, capital and creativity on a national and international scale to help clients achieve their personal and strategic objectives. |
 www.zoozmobile.comZOOZ Mobile publishes ZOOZbeat™, the Music reCreation Studio™, an application for music creation, remixing, personalizing and sharing for individuals and groups, musicians and non-musicians. Available now on iTunes. |
 www.nvpr.com
NVPR is a communications firm based in Los
Angeles. It has rich experience and contacts in
the digital media sector. Long before Steve Jobs
ever figured out what an MP3 file was, our firm
has been guiding the digital music revolution
since launching MP3.com, Napster, and many other
major players. NVPR has launched and built many
of the biggest or most talked about brands in
mobile entertainment and digital media. NVPR's
founder, Hal Bringman, has been featured in The
New York Times and is a "Trendspotter" and "a PR
pro if ever there was one" as described by power
bloggers like BoingBoing.net and uber-
influencers like Rafat Ali of PaidContent.org,
respectively. With offices in Los Angeles,
London, Washington, DC, and Buenos Aires, our
team is prepared to help revamp websites,
improve copy or launch |
 billboard.prweb.com
Billboard Publicity Wire is a major press release distribution service that delivers breaking entertainment and music news to millions of consumers and journalists through a vast SEO and social media network that includes search engines, news sites, RSS feeds and opt-in email. |
 www.filter-mag.comGood music will prevail. These are the words that we here at FILTER live by. In an ever-evolving musical landscape, we're here to help. Through FILTER's various outlets - our informative website, our irreverent blog, the FILTER Good Music Guide, our local listening parties and the jewel in our music-loving crown, FILTER magazine - we want to help you discover your new favorite band. Like what you see? Feel free to drop us some feedback, or let us know if you'd like to work with Filter in your city. |
 www.kcrw.comKCRW, a community service of Santa Monica College, is Southern California's leading National Public Radio affiliate, featuring an eclectic mix of music, news, information and cultural programming. KCRW.com extends the station's profile globally. KCRW is a recognized tastemaker for new music from around the world, with trendsetting hosts such as Music Director Jason Bentley, who features live in-studio sessions and interviews with established and emerging artists on Morning Becomes Eclectic. www.kcrw.com features a live station simulcast stream, an all-news stream and Eclectic24, a recently introduced all-music stream. |
 www.a2im.orgThe American Association of Independent Music (A2IM, www.a2im.org) is a non-profit trade organization fighting for and protecting the rights of the Independent music label community. A2IM is an organization made up of Independent music labels that have banded together to form a central voice advocating for the health of the Independent music sector. Our membership includes both labels and associate members (those who work with, depend upon, or support Independent music). A2IM’s mission statement is to obtain tangible economic gains for its members via lobbying, commerce opportunities, and member services. INDEPENDENT LABELS MEAN BUSINESS! A2IM is hard at work every day to improve the business of Independent music companies. |
 www.musicconnection.comMusic Connection magazine is a monthly music trade publication catering to the music industry, its loyal fans, and support services every other Thursday since 1977. Commonly referred to as "the musicians bible," Music Connection caters to the songwriter, producer, studio manager, agent, attorney, publicist, label executive and, of course, the professional and semi-pro musician. |
 anderson.ucla.eduUCLA Anderson's Entertainment and Media Management Institute brings together industry, students and researchers to embrace new ideas on how companies and executives can manage and thrive in the face of transforming entertainment and media business model. We challenge companies and managers to focus on the impacts of technology, globalization and deregulation on both content and distribution. |
 www.aftra.com
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, AFL-CIO, are the people who entertain and inform America. In 32 Locals across the country, AFTRA members work as actors, journalists, singers, dancers, announcers, hosts, comedians, disc jockeys, and other performers across the media industries including television, radio, cable, sound recordings, music videos, commercials, audiobooks, non-broadcast industrials, interactive games, the Internet, and other digital media. The 70,000 professional performers, broadcasters, and recording artists of AFTRA are working together to protect and improve their jobs, lives, and communities in the 21st century. From new art forms to new technology, AFTRA members embrace change in their work and craft to enhance American culture and society. Visit AFTRA online at http://www.aftra.com. |
 www.aquariumdrunkard.comAquarium Drunkard has a reputation as being a resource at the vanguard of influential music sites in the web 2.0 era. In three short years, aquariumdrunkard.com has been responsible for shaping trends with an affability and purpose that belies the larger and more established media outlets of the day. Aquarium Drunkard hosts the awarded Blog Radio Show on Sirius Satellite Radio. |
 www.hypebot.comHypebot.com is the #1 source of news and commentary at the junction where music and technology. Edited by Bruce Houghton, Hypebot.com chronicles the new music industry. From major label struggles to indie d.i.y. triumphs Hypebot offers hope in tough times by sharing the new technologies and strategies that are revolutionizing music discovery and monetization. |
 www.parksassociates.comParks Associates is a market research firm exclusively focused on all product and service segments that are “digital” or provide connectivity within the home, including entertainment, home networking, controls, wireless networking, boradband, and on-demand services. |
 www.newmusictipsheet.comAll corners of the music and technology industries use the NEW MUSIC TIPSHEET to stay on top of business trends — packed with information on upcoming releases, TV listings, news, and headlines from today’s top sites & blogs, the Tipsheet is THE one-stop resource for news on the go. |
 www.experientialforum.comThe Experiential Marketing Forum is an international community of professionals, students, and other who share ideas and keep abreast of the newest trends and exciting things happening in the media world — including viral marketing, advergaming, guerrilla marketing, word-of-mouth advertising, and stealth marketing. |
 www.prnewswire.comPR Newswire is the global leader in news and information distribution services for professional communicators. |
 www.cmw.netCanadian Music Week is one of the premier entertainment events in North America focusing on the business of music. A full spectrum of delegates assemble for one spectacular week of events to be informed about the state of their marketplace, learn about cutting-edge technologies and trends, network and build lasting relationships with tomorrow’s leaders. |