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On the heels of digitalmusic.org’s very successful Music Industry Metadata Summit at Music Biz 2013 (see recap for press clips), Bill Wilson will make the trek to Singapore to participate on a metadata panel at the Music Matters event on May 23. The panel will include:

Simon Wheeler, Director of Digital, Beggars Group

Prashant Bahadur, Vice President, Strategy, The Orchard

Bill Wilson, Vice President, Digital Strategy & Business Development, NARM

Bernie Cho, President, DFSB Kollective

Moderated by: Stephen White, CEO, Gracenote

For more information, visit http://www.allthatmatters.asia/

Company Location: Los Angeles, CA

Number of Employees: 300

Number of Years in Business: 6

Primary Contact: Kristin Koziarski, Director, Marketing, kristin.koziarski@tritondigital.com

Company Description: Triton Digital is the leading digital service provider to traditional and online radio with a rapidly expanding roster of media clients emerging from the television and print space. Our infrastructure, applications, and innovation are powering digital audience and revenue growth for clients around the globe. Our platform makes digital content extensible, personal, social, and profitable. Triton Digital is a portfolio company of funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., a leading global investment management firm.

Reason For Joining NARM: We are elated to be members of NARM and digitalmusic.org. We are in exceptional company and look forward to working as one to shape and transform the digital music industry through innovative technology and meaningful connections.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today announced the integration of streams to its historic Gold & Platinum (G&P) Program, the industry’s premier award for recognizing artistic achievement in the marketplace. On-demand audio and/or video song streams will now be counted towards the 500,000 (Gold), 1,000,000 (Platinum) and 2,000,000 plus (multi-Platinum) thresholds required for G&P’s Digital Single Award certification.

Cary Sherman, RIAA, presented these new awards to Cher Lloyd, Jason DeRulo, and Emeli Sandé at the Awards Dinner Party at Music Biz 2013.

Bill Wilson and Robby Towns of digitalmusic.org spoke at the digitalmusic.org Breakfast & Opening Session this morning – sponsored by BlackBerry. Specific workgroup meetings are set to follow.

digitalmusic.org brought the popular App Alley popup demo and exhibit showcase back for a second year at Music Biz 2013. The event was held Wednesday, May 8, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. It was designed to give established and aspiring app developers and service providers a chance to put their products in front of a high-powered audience, while allowing industry executives to get a first look at the powerful new innovations set to impact the music business in the year ahead.

Participating companies at App Alley 2013 included:

• 7digital
• AccountingSuite
• Almighty Music Marketing
• Bandzoogle
• Choose Digital
• Hearo.fm
• Jamplify
• Musicmetric
• Playbutton
• Spotify

“The inaugural App Alley was a big success last year, with a steady stream of people flowing through the exhibit space all day checking out a great slate of innovative apps, many of which have made a serious name for themselves over the past year,” said Bill Wilson, Vice President of Digital Strategy and Business Development at digitalmusic.org. “We’re excited to repeat that success this year with another lineup of companies that highlight the limitless potential of the music space and illustrates how technology can be used to bring it to reality.”