Digital Music Forum East 2007

Thank You to Digital Music Forum East Participants

Ned Sherman — Fri, 2 Mar 2007 17:18:33 -0600

Dear Digital Music Forum East Participants,

Thank you for participating in Digital Music Forum East in New York City this week. We are pleased to report that we had a record high 523 participants at this year's event. From the networking to the stimulating discussions to the live music and receptions, the event was a great success. All of us at Digital Media Wire certainly appreciate the time and effort that everyone put into making the 7th annual event such a great success. We also want to thank our co-hosts - the Consumer Electronics Association and Billboard - and our sponsors and media partners.

Digital Music Forum East 2007

Press Coverage of the 2007 Digital Music Forum East

Robert Spears — Thu, 1 Mar 2007 15:23:48 -0600

Future Music Stars Must Prove Themselves on the Internet (DMW)
More Innovation Needed to Boost Mobile Music Sales In the US (DMW)
Music Industry Remains Divided Over DRM (DMW)
Music Discovery Gets Social (Red Herring)
Forget DRM. It's the music (CNET)
iLike Shares Apple’s GarageBand (Red Herring)
Music Execs Clash over Tech (Red Herring)
Music Executives Judge Jobs, Lament Losses (CNET)
Video Killed the Distributor (Wired)
Music Industry Grapples with MP3 Devices, File Formats (DMNews)
Digital Music Mashups Remain Fraught For Marketers (MediaPost)
Audience Member Steals Show at Digital Music Forum East (Wired)
Music Lags on Satellite Radio (Wired)
Music Executives Lament State Of Industry (FMQB)
Digital Music Forum Day 2: (More) Suits Talk (More) DRM (AppScout)
Digital Music Forum Day 1: The Suits Talk DRM (AppScout)
Digital Music Forum East: Day One (Podbop)
Monetize the Music! (p2pnet)
College Students Take to Ruckus (CNET)
Sansa connects (CNET)

Digital Music Forum East 2007

More Innovation Needed to Boost Mobile Music Sales In the US

Jay Baage — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:41:00 -0600

From Digital Music Forum East: The Music Industry in the US has come to terms with what needs to be done in order to make the mobile entertainment revolution happen: Improve the user experience, increase pricing flexibility, come to terms with compatibility issues, and find a true killer application.

Digital Music Forum East 2007

Music Industry Remains Divided Over DRM

Jay Baage — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:19:33 -0600

From Digital Music Forum East 2007: The future of music is not dropping DRM, but offering consumers new innovative music products, according to Thomas Gewecke, SVP, Digital Business Group, Sony BMG, at Digital Music Forum in New York City. However, many other industry insiders disagree.