Based in: Los Angeles, CA
Industry Segment: News & Information - Digital Music
Occupation: Founder & Publisher, Digital Music News
Contact: paulr@digitalmusicnews.com

Biography

Paul Resnikoff is the founder and publisher of Digital Music News (www.digitalmusicnews.com), a premier industry source for news, information, and analysis. Digital Music News has quickly grown from its humble roots as a small, executive news service to the most widely read information source in the field.  

Prior to starting Digital Music News, Paul Resnikoff headed the digital music initiative at internet portal Lycos. In that role, Resnikoff crafted long-term content relationships with several major labels, including BMG and Sony Music Entertainment (prior to their merger). Resnikoff developed online strategies to maximize artist sales, creating dedicated artist content areas, market research programs, unique contests, streaming video exclusives, TV-based advertising, email marketing campaigns, and online tie-ins with enhanced CDs. Featured artists included Dave Matthews Band, Elvis Presley, G Unit, Outkast, and Ricky Martin, among many others.

Prior to Lycos, Paul Resnikoff managed international and domestic marketing campaigns for Epic Records / Sony Music Entertainment in New York.

Resnikoff's interest in digital music comes from his passion for playing and writing music. He plays French horn and bass guitar and enjoys music composition. He recently played in a Boston-based brass quartet, and played bass in a large ska band in college. In terms of listening, Resnikoff prefers Classical (Rachmaninoff, Mozart, Barber, Vivaldi, Mussorgsky), Rap (Styles P., Black Moon, Lost Boyz), Dancehall Reggae (Elephant Man, Sean Paul), and Metal (Sepultura, Entombed, Helmet, Pantera). Other favorites include The Doors.

Aside from music, Paul also enjoys traveling (most recently Germany, Iceland, Sweden, Belize, Costa Rica, and Mexico), playing golf, cycling, barbecuing, singing bad karaoke, eating chocolate cake, watching a Washington Redskins game, and spending time with good friends and family.  Resnikoff is also an avid dancer.

Paul Resnikoff earned his degree in Economics and Music from Stanford University.