October 12, 2011 (New York, NY) RightsFlow, the leading licensing and royalty service provider, will have key members of its executive team featured during this year’s 2011 CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival taking place in New York City from October 18 through the 22.

Patrick Sullivan (President/CEO), Ben Cockerham (Chief Strategy Officer/CFO), Scott Sellwood (SVP & General Counsel), Michael Kauffman (SVP of Corporate Content & Content), and Chris Potter (Director of Marketing) will each lead conference panels addressing key challenges and opportunities for artists, labels, and businesses within the music, entertainment and technology industries. With over 1,500 events (including panels, performances, film screenings, and networking functions), the CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival is the largest and longest-running of its kind. For more information, visit the official website at www.cmj.com/marathon/ or view the full schedule here.

RightsFlow executives will participate on the following panels (listed in chronological order). Additionally, company personnel will be attending and enjoying live music at various venues throughout the week.

The New World of PR
Wednesday, October 19th from 11:00 AM – 12:15PM in Room 802 Kimmel Center NYU.
Michael Kauffman (RightsFlow SVP Corporate Communications & Content) will be moderating.
Panelists:
Brad Tolinski, Editor, Guitar World
Elizabeth Lutz, Shore Fire Media
Alexandra Dunne Glassnote Records, Publicity
Laurie Jakobsen, President, Jaybird Communications

Synopsis: How social networks and interactive platforms are changing the face of PR and marketing, from spin towards engagement.

Publishing 101
Wednesday, October 19 from 3:30PM – 4:45PM in Room KC 405 Kimmel Center NYU.
Scott Sellwood (RightsFlow SVP and General Counsel) will be moderating.
Panelists:
Garry Velletri, SVP of Bug Music
Rich Scott DePerto – Manager, Copyright & Licensing, Reservoir Media Management
Justin Shukat, GM – Primary Wave Music
Frank Liwall, President, Royalty Network

Synopsis: The nuts & bolts roadmap to making money and having longevity in the music industry. An introduction to how publishing enables artists to make money during and after their career through performance revenue and synchronization licensing.

That Cloud is Shaped Like a $
Thursday, October 20 from 11:00 AM – 12:15PM in Room KC 405 Kimmel Center NYU.
Patrick Sullivan (RightsFlow President/CEO) will be moderating.
Panelists:
Elizabeth Moody, Head of Strategic Partnership Development and Content, YouTube
Jason Pascal, VP & Associate General Counsel, The Orchard
Charles Caldas, President, Merlin
Nick Chakalos, President, CatchMedia

Synopsis: The real business of clouds – not for beginners. Executives who are directly engaged with the business of the cloud discuss the direction of cloud computing in the music business space, and what the potential financial gain will be in the future.

Instant Gratification: Share Economy – More Choices, More Value, Right Now
Friday, October 21 from 3:30PM – 4:45PM in Room KC 406 Kimmel Center NYU.
Ben Cockerham (RightsFlow Chief Strategy Officer/CFO) will be moderating.
Panelists:
Tyler Lenane, Senior VP & General Counsel, MOG
Garrett Kamps Director of Music Programming, Rhapsody
Bruce Henderson, CMO, Beyond Oblivion
Vickie Nauman, Vice President-North America 7digital

Synopsis: Innovative new companies like Netflix have demonstrated that the modern customer loves massive variety at their fingertips any time of the day or night. How can you leverage the latest technology to deliver in a cutting edge, interactive way?

From Karaoke to Cover Songs: Capturing All Licensing Revenue Streams
Friday, October 21st from 3:30PM – 4:45PM in Room KC 905/907 Kimmel Center NYU.
Chris Potter (RightsFlow Director of Marketing) will be moderating.
Panelists:
Chris Curley, Manager of Business Development, Harry Fox Agency
Al Risi, Founder/CEO, ARMM
Jason McCormack, Muzak
Jeremy Yohai, Director, Writer Relations; Songtrust

Synopsis: Many artists are aware of the revenue from download sales, sync licensing, and live gigs. But did you know how lyric monetization, background music services (like Muzak), and how performance revenue can go untouched? Learn how to tap into these revenue streams with minimal effort and blueprint your future success!

For more information on additional panels and events, please visit the official site.

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SVP Of Business Development Lisa Tiver To Also Be Featured On Rights Administration Panel

NEW YORK CITY, NY (October 4, 2011) RightsFlow’s Patrick Sullivan, President and CEO, and Lisa Tiver, Senior Vice President of Business Development, will both be featured participants this week at the Digital Music Forum West conference on October 6 and 7 in Los Angeles. The conference draws a broad cross-section of hundreds of thought leaders and decision-makers from the artist, label, distributor, publishing, technology, broadcasting, advertising, venture capitalist, and legal communities, with a goal to “examine the role of digital technologies in the future of music”.

Sullivan, President/CEO of RightsFlow, will share a keynote presentation Friday morning at 9:45 a.m. entitled “From the Bronx To The Boardroom: Smart Tips For Launching Your Million Dollar Music Business Today”. During the spirited talk, Patrick will share strategic tips and guidelines for creating, building and growing a dynamic company in today’s rapidly evolving entertainment and e-commerce ecosystems.

Tiver, SVP of Business Development at RightsFlow, will be featured on “The Debate Over Rights, Royalties, And The Law” panel scheduled for Friday October 7th at 10:15 a.m. Moderator David Oxenford (Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine) will lead the discussion by Jeff Price (CEO, Tunecore), Adam Parness (Senior Director, Music Licensing, Rhapsody Int’l), Les Watkins (SVP, Business Affairs, Music Reports) and Rachel Scarpati (Account Executive, Business Development, The Harry Fox Agency).

The conference will be held at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, with additional information posted on the conference website at www.digitalmusicforum.com/west.

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About RightsFlow
www.rightsflow.com

RightsFlow is a leading technology-enabled licensing and royalty service provider for artists, record labels, distributors, and online music companies. Our technology powers rapid song identification and provides an unprecedented level of transparency for both licensees and licensors. RightsFlow specializes in obtaining bulk physical, DPD, and ringtone licenses including streaming, tethered, and limited download rights. Our proprietary “FLOW” licensing technology and 30-million song database allow us to serve over 16,000 clients obtaining licenses from publishers and songwriters all over the world – including major, independent and artist controlled works.

RightsFlow also powers:
• Limelight (www.songclearance.com), its online mechanical licensing utility providing the simplest way for musicians, bands, choirs and labels to clear any cover song.
• MySpark Copyright (www.mysparkcopyright.com), the right way to register and protect your intellectual property; simplifying copyright registration for content owners and creators.

Clients include YouTube, Rhapsody, Clear Channel, Muzak, The Orchard, Tunecore, INgrooves, 7 Digital, Wolfgang’s Vault, Copyright Clearance Center, Christian Copyright Solutions, Guvera, Dada Entertainment/Play.ME, Scattertunes, Alliance, Kontor New Media, Beatport, Zebralution, E1 Canada, CD Baby, Disc Makers, Qello, IRIS, REBEAT, & X5 Music Group.

RightsFlow is a member of AIM, A2IM, ASCAP, Chorus America, DDEX, DiMA, MEIEA, NAB, NAfME, NAMM, and NARM.

RightsFlow is headquartered in NYC and has offices in San Francisco and Atlanta.

Contact for RightsFlow:
Michael Kauffman / SVP of Sales & Marketing
+1-646-461-6397
michael.kauffman@rightsflow.com

RightsFlow
Facebook.com/RightsFlow
Twitter.com/RightsFlow
LinkedIn/RightsFlow

Limelight
Facebook.com/coversong
Twitter.com/coversong

MySpark Copyright
Facebook.com/mysparkcopyright
Twitter.com/mysparkHQ

NEW YORK CITY, NY (September 28, 2011) Ben Cockerham, RightsFlow’s Chief Strategy Officer and CFO, and Fred Beteille, the company’s Senior Vice-President of Operations and Technology, will share their licensing and rights administration expertise during the upcoming Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit 2011 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. on October 3rd and 4th.

Cockerham will be a featured during the Data Without Borders panel scheduled for Tuesday, October 4th at 2:00 p.m. Walter McDonough, Future of Music Coalition Co-founder and General Council will moderate the panel with additional participation and dialogue from Eric Baptiste (SOCAN), Jonathan Bender (Sound Exchange), Jim Griffin (One House), and Mark Isherwood (Rightscom Limited). The panel will address the continued impact of digitalization of content on the entertainment industry. Issues to be discussed include:
- Should there be a single master collection of recordings and songs?
- Is there a place for government action in these processes?
- Will database creation foster new growth in the music industry?

Beteille will participate in the event Mentoring Sessions, providing musicians and other attendees with one-on-one advice and perspective on licensing, publishing, technology and other key issues.

The summit will be held at Georgetown University, in locations including the Lohrfink Auditorium of the Rafik Hariri Building. For more information regarding the summit, panels and speakers please visit the Future of Music Coalition website.

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NEW YORK CITY, NY (SEPTEMBER 21, 2011) Alex Holz, RightsFlow’s Vice President of Artist and Community Relations, will share music licensing and rights administration expertise during “A Look At Publishing” panel at this week’s Caribbean Cultural Conference. The panel is scheduled for tomorrow Thursday, Sept. 22nd at 11:40 a.m. at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. Michelle Arthurton (E2 Recordings) will moderate the panel with additional participation and dialogue from Erica Smith (COSCAP), Jonathan Jones (ASCAP), and Heather Cunningham (bscAp).

In his role as VP of Artist and Community Relations, Holz provides customer support for RightsFlow’s Limelight and MySpark Copyright web products driving educational outreach and personal engagement with the growing global community of artists, bands, labels and creators using the utilities. With a diverse background in licensing, catalogue development, and live event marketing, he offers the panel a working knowledge of both the music publishing ecosystem and the licensing needs intertwined throughout all sectors.

The Caribbean Cultural Conference is designed to bring together entertainment industry leaders to address the challenges confronting the growth of the Caribbean entertainment industry. Through collaboration and dialogue among participating industry professionals, the Caribbean Cultural Conference seeks to foster strategies that will positively impact areas of production, management, intellectual property, distribution and marketing of Caribbean entertainment product.

For more information regarding the conference, panels and speakers please visit the Caribbean Cultural Conference website at www.caribbeanculturalconference.com.

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New York, NY, September 2, 2011 – Lisa Tiver, RightsFlow’s Senior Vice-President of Business Development, will be a featured panelist at the upcoming SF MusicTech Summit, to be held Monday, September 12, 2011 in San Francisco.  Tiver will provide business insight and perspective during the Hot Topics in Licensing panel scheduled for 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at The Hotel Kabuki.

Tiver has two decades of experience as a negotiator and attorney for global broadcast and media companies throughout Europe, Asia and the U.S., and delivers seasoned expertise within the framework of digital media licensing, publishing, legal and business affairs.  She is based in San Francisco where she spearheads the West Coast office for RightsFlow.

RightsFlow is one of the leading experts in mechanical licensing, simplifying how rights holders get paid.  As new methods of consuming music have emerged the company has quickly become a pioneer in solving the complex issues of copyright compliance with service offerings that are widely being adopted by labels, artists and global businesses.

This is the ninth SF MusicTech Summit, a conference that brings together executives and thought-leaders from the music and technology sectors, as well as developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and other organizations in the space.  The event is Executive Produced by Brian Zisk, of BuzzMakers, Inc.  Additional information about the conference can be found at www.sfmusictech.com.

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About RightsFlow
www.rightsflow.com

RightsFlow is a leading technology-enabled licensing and royalty service provider for artists, record labels, distributors, and online music companies. Our technology powers rapid song identification and provides an unprecedented level of transparency for both licensees and licensors.  RightsFlow specializes in obtaining bulk physical, DPD, and ringtone licenses including streaming, tethered, and limited download rights. Our proprietary “FLOW” licensing technology and 30-million song database allow us to serve over 16,000 clients obtaining licenses from publishers and songwriters all over the world – including major, independent and artist controlled works.

RightsFlow also powers:

• Limelight (www.songclearance.com), its online mechanical licensing utility providing the simplest way for musicians, bands, choirs and labels to clear any cover song
• MySpark Copyright (www.mysparkcopyright.com), the right way to register and protect your intellectual property; simplifying copyright registration for content owners and creators.

Clients include YouTube, Rhapsody, Clear Channel, Muzak, The Orchard, INgrooves, Wolfgang’s Vault, Thumbplay, Guvera, Dada Entertainment/Play.ME, Scattertunes, [PIAS], Alliance, Kontor New Media, Beatport, Zebralution, E1 Canada, CD Baby, Disc Makers, Qello, REBEAT, & X5 Music Group.

RightsFlow is a member of AIM, A2IM, ASCAP, Chorus America, DDEX, DiMA, MEIEA, MENC, NAB, NAMM, and NARM.

RightsFlow is headquartered in NYC and has offices in San Francisco and Atlanta.

Contact for RightsFlow:

Michael Kauffman / SVP of Sales & Marketing

+1-646-461-6397

michael.kauffman@rightsflow.com

RightsFlow

Facebook.com/RightsFlow

Twitter.com/RightsFlow

LinkedIn/RightsFlow

Limelight

Facebook.com/coversong

Twitter.com/coversong

MySpark Copyright

Facebook.com/mysparkcopyright

Twitter.com/mysparkHQ

July 26th, 2011 (New York, NY) – NoteWorking announced its next meet-up will take place at Premier Studios on July 27^th and feature representatives from music licensing firms RightsFlow and Jingle Punks.

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NEW YORK CITY, NY (June 17, 2011) – Patrick Sullivan, President & CEO at RightsFlow, will be moderating the panel “How Does The US Do Digital” as part of the AIM /UKTI Digital Music Mission to New York on Monday June 20^th 2011 from 10 – 11am. Joining Mr. Sullivan will be panelists from The Orchard, Iris Distribution, eMusic, and TAG Strategic. The panel is aimed at discussing the key difference between the digital markets in the US and the UK.

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 09, 2011) - Scott Sellwood, SVP and Senior Counsel at RightsFlow, will be joining A Cappella Records founder and president Chris Crawford to co-present “Rights and Wrongs: Performing, Recording, and Releasing Music Legally in a Digital World” as a part of this year’s Chorus America Conference.

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May 6, 2011 (LOS ANGELES) – A2IM and NARM are once again partnering to offer the perennially popular Music Business Crash Course as a part of this year’s NARM Convention. The Crash Course is to be held Monday, May 9th through Tuesday, May 10th at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, the NARM Convention hotel headquarters. One of the most highly reviewed programs of the convention, the Crash Course features educational presentations and panel discussions focused on the independent sector.

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