MIDEM Talent Open for Submissions

Business Wire, Sept 29, 2008

PARIS -- The upcoming edition of MIDEM will once again stage the MIDEM Talent initiative, designed to present to industry professionals and the wider public around 20 groups and artists from all over the world with strong export potential. These showcases will be held as part of the MIDEM international music market which takes place in Cannes from 18 to 21 January.

Selection for MIDEM Talent is open to any group or artist with a record deal, either in the pop/rock or jazz categories, and submissions for pop/rock groups should be made via the American on-line artistic promotion platform Sonicbids before 31 October 2008.

The inaugural edition of MIDEM Talent in January 2008 notably included such artists as Yael Naom, Drugs, The Black and White Years, DAne, the Pascale Picard Band and Ibrahim Maalouf.

The MIDEM Talent initiative is dedicated to the discovery and development of artists, and comprises showcase concerts, conferences and networking events.

For more information on MIDEM Talent: http://www.midem.com/midemtalent

Note to Editors:

ABOUT REED MIDEM:

Founded in 1963, Reed MIDEM is a leading organiser of professional, international tradeshows. Reed MIDEM events have established themselves as key dates in professional diaries. The company hosts MIPTV featuring MILIA, MIPDOC, MIPCOM, and MIPCOM JUNIOR for the television and digital content industries, MIDEM for music professionals, MIPIM, MIPIM Asia, MIPIM HORIZONS and MAPIC for the property and retail real estate sectors.

Reed MIDEM is a division of Reed Exhibitions, the world's leading events organiser. Reed organises a wide range of events, including exhibitions, conferences, congresses and meetings. Its portfolio of over 500 events serves 47 industry sectors. In 2007 Reed brought together over six million industry professionals from around the world generating billions of dollars in business. Today Reed events are held in 38 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific, and organised by 39 fully staffed offices.

For further information about Reed MIDEM visit www.reedmidem.com.