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For Immediate Release
November 21, 2008

CMJ MUSIC MARATHON & FILM FESTIVAL 2009 DATES ANNOUNCED

ARTIST SUBMISSIONS AND REGISTRATION OPEN ONLINE TODAY

CMJ Offers Its Largest Discounts of the Year And
Announces Dates For New York City's Largest Music Event

New York, NY (November 21, 2008) - CMJ Network Inc. announced today the
dates of CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2009, Tuesday, October 20 -
Saturday, October 24, 2009 in New York City. The annual festival, which
draws tens of thousands of professionals from all sectors of the music/film
industry and over 100,000 music fans had an impressive increase in
attendance of over 5% this year.

Continuing in the tradition of CMJ 2008, the 29th annual festival will be
headquartered in downtown Manhattan at New York University's Greenwich
Village campus. NYU's Helen And Martin Kimmel Center For University Life
will host daytime events including panel sessions, registrant lounges,
exhibit area and live performances. At night, CMJ Music Marathon will take
over more than 75 premier clubs and music venues throughout New York City,
featuring performances from the best new artists across multiple genres in
the contemporary music spectrum: alternative, rock, dance, hip-hop, metal,
Americana, world, jazz and more. CMJ Film Festival will feature cutting-edge
film releases from both independent and major motion picture studios.

"Once again, we are thrilled to celebrate CMJ Music Marathon in downtown
Manhattan. New York's oldest, most diverse and vibrant communities create a
perfect cultural tapestry for the CMJ attendee with their incredible spaces,
venues, shops, restaurants, along with being the home of our cherished
partner, the groundbreaking academic institution that is NYU," said Joanne
Abbot Green, founder and executive producer of the CMJ Music Marathon & Film
Festival. "In 2009 we will strive to present even more compelling music,
entertainment, networking and educational opportunities to ensure that the
CMJ experience is a memorable and valuable one."

Professor Catherine Fitterman, Director, Undergraduate Music Business
Program at The Steinhardt School, New York University added, "CMJ Music
Marathon is an amazing experience for our students. The panel discussions
are engaging, relevant, and stimulating, a perfect environment for learning
at all levels. Our students walk around campus bleary-eyed from attending
the hundreds of shows. CMJ Music Marathon makes Downtown NYC rock every
fall!"

"In one week, the CMJ Music Marathon is a microcosm of the musical world.
Whether performing on stage, attending panels, or networking, our students
participate in every aspect of CMJ many, many times over," said Professor
Jim Anderson, Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music, Tisch School of the
Arts, New York University.

Additions to 2008's festival included the launch of CMJ's Community Outreach
Initiative and the first-ever official CMJ Artist Lounge. The Community
Outreach Initiative partnered CMJ with over 1000 local New York City
merchants throughout various neighborhoods in Manhattan and Brooklyn,
including Lower East Side, TriBeCa, Greenwich Village, Midtown, Chelsea and
more. These merchants, including restaurants, bars, shops and cultural
destinations-such as Spring Awakening on Broadway and the Guggenheim
Museum-offered exclusive discounts to CMJ '08 badge holders and promoted CMJ
week through store signage and targeted outreach. The CMJ Artist Lounge,
held at Red Bull Space near CMJ headquarters in Greenwich Village, hosted
more than 20 partners who interacted with over 600 CMJ performing artists
each day.

Nighttime highlights from CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2008 included
groundbreaking performances from Lykke Li, Jay Reatard, Broken Social Scene,
Coheed & Cambria, George Clinton, Crystal Castles, Passion Pit, Roisin
Murphy, Janelle Monae and hundreds more; independent and major motion
picture movie screenings including Kevin's Smith's Zach And Miri Make A
Porno, American Swing, Who Is KK Downey?, Johnny Cash Live At Folsom Prison
and A Wink And A Smile, which was picked up for distribution off its
screening at CMJ Film Festival 2008.

Daytime highlights included a trade show area and registrants' lounge at
NYU; cutting edge panels including: A Hip-Hop Renaissance featuring Q-Tip,
40 Years Of Funkadelic with George Clinton, Thank God We Got Dropped,
Grabbing Web 2.0 By The Horns, Internationally Licensing The Future and The
Political Spin Of The Music Industry.

CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival has featured many of the world's most
influential and revolutionary musicians, artists, cultural and political
figures at a variety of events including presentations, screenings, Q&A
sessions, panel discussions and thousands of live music performances. CMJ
2009 continues in that tradition, highlighting the best new music and
groundbreaking films. CMJ Music Marathon, New York City's largest music
event, is the world's largest emerging music festival, annually drawing over
12,000 professionals from all sectors of the music business and over 120,000
music fans, all of whom converge on New York to discover the world's best
new music.

Registration for 2009 is now open at www.cmj.com/marathon with special early
bird prices available until December 19. Artist showcase submissions are
being accepted now at www.cmj.com/marathon with a special one-week discount
price until November 25.

For more information, log on to www.cmj.com/marathon.

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CMJ Music Marathon: 29 Years of the Biggest Names in Music and Pop Culture
For 29 years, artists including: Arcade Fire, the Hold Steady, Feist, Hot
Chip, Eminem, Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M, Run-DMC, the Killers, M.I.A,
Nine Inch Nails, U2, Modest Mouse, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Counting Crows,
Green Day, Black Eyed Peas, Q-Tip, the Mars Volta, Jet, My Chemical Romance,
the Shins, Death Cab for Cutie, Daft Punk, Justice, My Morning Jacket, and
Foo Fighters have performed at CMJ Music Marathon before breaking out as
icons. CMJ speakers have included David Bowie, Marilyn Manson, Brian
Wilson, Al Franken, KRS-One, Yoko Ono, Johnny Rotten, Tori Amos, Abbie
Hoffman, Moby, Chuck D, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Janeane Garafalo,
Rev. Jesse Jackson, and Queen Latifah. From Pulp Fiction to Borat and I'm
Not There, CMJ Film Festival has screened titles such as Walk The Line, A
History Of Violence, Martin Scorsese's Bob Dylan: No Direction Home, Boogie
Nights, American History X, Deconstructing Harry, Kids, Swingers, Fight
Club, Hedwig And The Angry Inch, Zach and Miri Make a Porno and Basquiat.
Leading filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Michael Moore, Harmony Korine,
Wim Wenders, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Vince Vaughn, Anderson Cooper, David
Cronenberg, Kevin Smith, Marshall Herskovitz and Mike Mills have presented
their films and participated in face-to-face sessions before the CMJ crowd.

About CMJ Network Inc.
CMJ Network connects music fans and music industry professionals with the
best in new music through interactive media, live events and print. CMJ.com
offers a digital music discovery service, information resources and
community to new music fans, professionals and artists. CMJ Events produces
the legendary CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival, the largest and
longest-running music industry event of its kind, in addition to live events
and tours across the US. The weekly music-business trade magazine CMJ New
Music Report is the primary source for exclusive charts of non-commercial
and college radio airplay, and independent and trend-forward retail sales.
CMJ New Music Monthly, the first consumer magazine to include a bound-in CD
sampler, is the leading publication for the emerging music enthusiast. CMJ
Nation is an integrated marketing agency specializing in providing its
clients unparalleled access to the college and young adult demographic and
emerging music world. Log on to www.cmj.com for more information about all
of CMJ's products and services.

For More Information Contact: Keith Hagan or Maria C. Malta, PFA Media;
212-334-6116; khagan@pfamedia.net; mmalta@pfamedia.net www.pfamedia.net

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