Music 4.5 Event Partners

EMI Music
EMI Music is one of the world’s leading music companies, representing artists spanning all musical tastes and genres. Its record labels include Angel, Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol, Capitol Latin, Capitol Records Nashville, EMI Classics, EMI CMG, EMI Records, EMI Records Nashville, Manhattan, Parlophone, Virgin Classics and Virgin Records.www.emimusic.com

Lewis Silkin
Lewis Silkin is a commercial law firm with offices in the City of London and Oxford. We have particular expertise in Advertising and Marketing; Technology; Brand Management; Employment, Reward and Immigration; Corporate and Commercial; Real Estate and Regeneration and Litigation and Dispute Resolution. With 57 partners and a total staff of over 300, we are large enough to handle major projects whilst remaining of a size that ensures that the work we do for clients will be treated with the priority and importance they expect and deserve. We believe we offer excellent service and value for money.Our lawyers are friendly, experienced and commercial. We work in teams drawn from our specialist legal disciplines providing a seamless service to clients.

MediaTainmentFinance
MediaTainment Finance is the business journal covering investments in the international creative industries (film, TV, music, games, fashion, art, books, sport, advertising, live entertainment) and the related copyright issues.MediaTainment Finance, which is targeted at media-and-entertainment decision-makers, investors, as well as technology and creative start-ups, launched only in April 2011. Yet, it is already acquiring a reputation for its analyses of financial investments in various creative sectors, and the copyright legislation that needs to keep up with the rapidly evolving digital media.
Excerpts from MediaTainment Finance articles have been published in Social Gaming: Opportunities for Gaming Operators, the new business book about the international online-gaming industry published by SBG Companies Ltd.
For authoritative coverage of the new money in media and entertainment, read MediaTainment Finance to learn what is happening financially when, why, how and by whom.
For more information, visit www.mediatainmentfinance.com. MediaTainment Finance is published by JayKay Media Inc (www.jaykaymediainc.com).
You can download a copy of MediaTainment Finance's recent newsletter here.

midem, connected by music
28th-31st January 2012, Cannes, FranceShowcase your technology at midem!
Tech companies, startups & app developers, what's in there for you at midem?
The music industry and brands need technology to reach audiences!
midem 2012 is the place where tech startups, app developers and global technology players find all new business partnerships and exciting opportunities on how to engage audiences with music. Come and meet with artists, managers, promoters, labels, brands and your tech peers.
Key benefits in attending:
• Source music content and benchmark your technology and business model
• Pitch and sell your latest products, services and solutions
• Raise funds from an international community of investors
• Be visible among the global music ecosystem
Register now for midem 2012 for 795 EURO
Are you a startup or an app developer? Take advantage of a dedicated rate of 495 EURO!
Music Business School
Are you looking for music business courses? Look no further! We offer a new music industry business course: Fast Track (3 months - every Weds) running throughout the year. Taught by professionals for professionals. Starts September 2011.Located in the heart of Clapham Old Town within the London School of Sound complex,approx. 4 mins from Clapham Common Tube www.londonschoolofsound.co.uk
Top industry guest speakers guaranteed every week including: representatives from MMF, PPL, PRS, AIM, BPI, MU, distributors, publishing co's, live music sector, online magazines, lawyers, new tech co's, musicians & songwriters PLUS many many more... all of whom are currently working in the music industry.
Small classes, music industry management, specialised books included in fees plus many lectures linked to discounted offers for industry standard journals and music business organisations. Find out more about the offers exclusive to our school.
Accreditation by Rock School www.rockschool.co.uk
Exclusive discount to Music 4.5 friends: 35% discount on the enrollment fee to the first 3 that apply via the Music Business School Website. Simply quote MUSIC4.5 when applying.
www.musicbusinessschool.co.uk
MusicTank
MusicTank is a pre-eminent, sector-specific business development network for the UK music industry – an independent body owned and operated by University of Westminster, set up to inform and guide the future shape of the music business through engagement with industry, change and innovation.Established in 2003, a href="http://www.musictank.co.uk">MusicTank has built an enviable reputation for its ongoing and unique programme of think tank debates, events and conferences, a natural progression from which has been the delivery of incisive reports commissioned from key industry figureheads.
Its content-rich website - www.musictank.co.uk - contains a wealth of industry information and resources, together with event transcripts and podcasts, news, reports, research papers and a newsletter archive.
MusicTank is a keenly sought content and delivery partner for a diverse range of organisations including The Prince’s Trust, Youth Music, CIDA, NIMIC, South Birmingham College, In The City, Music Works, Gramophone Awards, The Great Escape, Canadian Music Week, Midem and most recently, Paddington Development Trust’s Creative Futures programme.

TheNextWeb.com
TheNextWeb.com is a worldwide leading source for technology news, business and culture. Over the last few years this site has grown into one of the world's leading technology blogs. We live to bring news and views from an international perspective. TNW has four million unique visitors per month, over 600k Twitter followers, 55k Facebook fans and the accolade of the 9 most influential blogs in the world (according to Technorati). With a brilliant team of editors & writers across Europe, Australia, Middle East, Africa, Asia and North & South America, you can rest assured that if it's worth hearing about: you'll hear it from us first.
TheNextWeb.com
Event Partner Opportunities
Opportunities to partner with the Music 4.5 events are open to relevant media owners and music industry associations/bodies that are involved with the digital technology music sector.
To find out more about event partner opportunities at a future Music 4.5 event, please contact Petra Johansson on telephone +44 (0) 20 3239 9325 or email petra (at) 2pears (dot) com.

