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aram[at]sinnreich[dot]com
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Aram
Sinnreich is a writer, speaker and analyst covering the media and entertainment
industries, with a special focus on music. Named an "Innovator
and Influencer" by InformationWeek, Sinnreich is
often quoted in media outlets such as The New York Times, Forbes,
Billboard, The Wall Street Journal and NPR. He has appeared on ABC World News Tonight, The CBS Early Show with Bryant Gumbel, NBC's Today Show, CNN, CNBC, BBC Radio and Fuji TV. Recently, he presented prize-winning research at the annual conference of the National Communication Association in Chicago and at the 32nd Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy in Arlington, VA. Sinnreich has also addressed several university audiences and professional organizations, including NYU's Graduate Music Business Program, Fordham University's MBA Program, USC's Communication Management Master's Program, and The New York State Bar Association. Additionally, he has served as an expert witness in court cases including MGM vs. Grokster (decided by the U.S. Supreme Court) and the recent Sony-BMG "rootkit" class action lawsuit. Sinnreich is the co-founder, with Marissa Gluck, of Radar Research LLC, a Los Angeles-based consultancy firm aimed at the nexus of media, technology and culture. He has written about music and the media industry for publications including The New York Times, Billboard, and Wired News, as well as academic journal American Quarterly. As a Senior Analyst at Jupiter Research in New York for over five years (1997-2002), he produced research reports covering the online music and media industries and provided hands-on strategic consulting to companies ranging from Time Warner to Microsoft to Heineken. Sinnreich also writes and performs music, as bassist for groups including seminal ska-punk band Agent 99 (Shanachie Records) and dancehall reggae queen Ari Up (former lead singer of The Slits), and as a co-founder of NYC soul group Brave New Girl, jazz band MK4, and LA dub-and-bass band Dubistry. Two of the songs he composed for Brave New Girl have been licensed to MTV's animated series, Daria, and a song he wrote for Dubistry was recently featured in the award-winning short film Life As You Know It, directed by Kristina Robbins-Higgins for Audi Films. Sinnreich earned his B.A. in English at Wesleyan University, an M.S. in Journalism at Columbia University, and an M.A. in Communication from the Annenberg School for Communication in Los Angeles, where is is currently a doctoral candidate and lecturer. He is also a 2006-7 research fellow at the Annenberg Center for Communication. |