PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, August 18, 2008 – The NPD Group, a leading market research company today announced that NPD Vice President and Senior Industry Analyst, Russ Crupnick, has been accepted into the 20th Annual class of Leadership Music, which is a nine-month program designed as a forum for established music community leaders to identify and explore issues currently affecting the music industry.
“We’re very proud that Russ was selected for this highly prestigious honor,” said Karyn Schoenbart, president and COO of The NPD Group. “His longstanding experience with entertainment industry data and proven expertise in identifying entertainment market trends and challenges will surely be invaluable to Leadership Music’s 2009 Class.”
The class begins with an orientation and alumni reception on September 25, 2008. It includes a two-day opening retreat weekend in October; six monthly program days targeting the latest issues regarding songwriting/publishing, artist, studio/audio, record company, broadcast/media and touring; and a two-day closing retreat in May 2009.
Leadership Music is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization whose mission is to nurture a knowledgeable, issue-oriented of music industry professionals. It accomplishes this through the identification and exploration of topical issues in an annual program designed to further communication among facets of the entertainment business and to assist established leaders in their roles as decision makers, as well as through alumni nurturing and education. More than 720 alumni have graduated from the annual program since its founding in 1989 in Nashville.
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