Music-Industry and Digital Music Services to Announce Major Implementation Success of DDEX Standards

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - October 6, 2008) -

Who:   Board members DDEX, formed in 2006 to develop a single set of
       standard XML messages for the communication of information between
       organisations operating in the digital content value chain. Board
       members include representatives from: EMI Music, Sony Music, Warner
       Music Group, Universal Music Group, The American Society of
       Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), The Harry Fox Agency Inc.
       (HFA), The MCPS-PRS Alliance Limited, Société des Auteurs,
       Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique (SACEM) - France, Sociedad
       General de Autores y Editores (SGAE) - Spain, Apple Inc., France
       Telecom, Microsoft Corp., RealNetworks Inc. and Telefónica Servicios
       de Música S.A.U.

What:  DDEX will be holding a telephone press conference followed by an
       open Q&A session to announce a number of implementations of the
       organization's standards by its members. There will also be
       announcements of the completion of a number of new standard message
       formats and details of three open Implementation Conferences taking
       place in October and November.

When:  Wednesday, October 15, 2008 from 11.30. AM - 12 Noon EDT

     ** MEDIA MUST RSVP FOR CREDENTIALS AND DIAL-IN INSTRUCTIONS
              TO secretariat@digitaldataexchange.com**

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