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Now in it's 8th year, this one-day event brings together the best minds from the music, legal, financial and Wall Street communities for an in-depth examination of the financial realities with which the music industry is contending.

Join Billboard and today's most important entertainment executives for compelling
keynote interviews, informative panel sessions, networking receptions and more.
 
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TOPICS INCLUDE:
  • Investing in Online Music Start-Ups
  • Working with Consumer Brands
  • Trends in Venture Capital and Private Equity
  • Mobile Music Applications
  • Music Publishing M&A
  • Behind the Scenes: Case Studies

    • CONFIRMED SPEAKERS FOR 2009!
    Roger Faxon, Chairman/CEO, EMI Music Publishing
    Scott Sperling, Co-President, Thomas H. Lee Partners
    Robert Ott, Co-Founder and Chairman/CEO, ole
    David Porter, Founder/CEO, 8tracks.com
    Dan Kruchkow, Head of Digital, Crush Management


    See what you missed in 2008!
    Click the video below to view portions of the Q&A with Clive Davis, Chairman and CEO, BMG Label Group, and Charles Goldstuck, President and Chief Operating Officer, BMG Label Group!



    Tamara Conniff, Group Editorial Director of Billboard talks to Clive Davis and Charles Goldstuck about starting J Records and 360 deals.





    Clive Davis talks about songwriting and Whitney Houston.

    This annual event attracts over 250 top-level executives from record labels, publishing firms, marketing and promotion companies, as well as artist managers, attorneys, accountants, strategic advisors, distributors, financial services, analysts and consulting firms. Past participants and attendees include tech pioneers like Napster founder Shawn Fanning (Snocap Inc.), Dave Goldberg (Yahoo! Launch) and Strauss Zelnick (Zelnick Media); entertainment industry giants like Richard Parsons (Time Warner), Andrew Lack (Sony BMG), John Frankenheimer (Loeb & Loeb) and Martin Bandier (EMI Music), Edgar Bronfman & Lyor Cohen (Warner Music Group); and such top investment community figures as Scott Sperling (Thomas H. Lee Partners), Harold Vogel (Vogel Capital Management) and Clifford Friedman (Constellation Ventures). It’s no surprise that the press has described the symposium as “The Power Player’s Conference.”
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