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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Its mission is to foster a business and legal climate that supports and promotes our members' creative and financial vitality. Its members are the record companies that comprise the most vibrant national music industry in the world. RIAA members create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 90% of all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States. In support of this mission, the RIAA works to protect intellectual property rights worldwide and the First Amendment rights of artists; conducts consumer, industry and technical research; and monitors and reviews state and federal laws, regulations and policies. The RIAA also certifies Gold , Platinum , Multi-Platinum , and Diamond sales awards, as well as Los Premios De Oro y Platino , an award celebrating Latin music sales. We are located at 1025 F ST N.W., 10th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20004. You can contact us at 202/775-0101. RIAA has implemented ACAP. For more information, please visit http://www.the-acap.org.
Chairman and CEO, Recording Industry Association of America
Mitch BainwolNumber of Employees 74
Contact Information
1025F St NW Fl 10
Washington, District of Columbia 20004
1 202 775 0101
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NAICS Code All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing: 339999
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Paramore Unveils "The Final RIOT!"; CD/DVD Set Features Explosive Live Recordings, Plus Exclusive Documentary, "40 Days of RIOT!"; New Single, "Decode," Electrifies Online in Advance of "Twilight" Soundtrack Album;
- 2008-10-17
Fueled By Ramen recording group Paramore has announced details of their upcoming CD/DVD set, "The Final RIOT!" Filmed and recorded during the band's blockbuster 2008 summer tour, the two-disc package arrives in stores on November 25th. Having traveled nearly non-stop since the release of last year's RIAA platinum-certified...
Grammy to the rescue? Awards show takes a shot at turning up the volume for sagging record industry.(Time Out!)(Main event)
- 2006-02-03
Byline: Mark Guarino Daily Herald Music Critic 48th annual Grammy Awards When: 7 p.m. Wednesday Broadcast on: WBBM-Channel 2 On the Web: www.grammys.com The Grammy's can't get any respect. To pump up...
PROTECTING DIGITAL BROADCAST CONTENT
- 2005-11-04
Statement of Michael Petricone Vice President, Government Affairs Consumer Electronics Association CEA Committee on House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property November 3, 2005 On behalf of the Home Recording Rights Coalition and the Consumer Electronics Association, I greatly appreciate the subcommittee`s invitation to appear today. The...
HRRC Opposes RIAA Effort To Stifle Noncommercial Home Uses Of Digital Radio
- 2005-09-26
WASHINGTON -- Home Recording Rights Coalition HRRC:
Fantasia Trades 'Idol' Worship for Critical Praise - as Debut Album FREE YOURSELF Earns RIAA Platinum; 'Truth Is' Hits #1 at Urban Adult Radio; Video in Power Rotation on BET
- 2005-02-08
NEW YORK -- Last graph, second sentence of release should read: xxx climactic closing number of FREE YOURSELF, which also includes another memorable Idol show-stopper, the Gershwins' "Summertime." (sted xxx climactic closing number of FREE YOURSELF, which also includes two other memorable Idol show-stoppers, the Gershwins' "Summertime" and "Chain Of...
Digital radio pirates pose new threat to the recording industry.
- 2004-09-19
By Tony Glover, The Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 19--Just as the music recording industry starts to tackle file swapping over the internet, a new form of digital music piracy is threatening its revenues. The Recording Industry Association of America...
Piracy patrol eyes Internet radio sites.
- 2004-09-16
By Evan Pondel, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 16--The recording industry, which has shut down online jukeboxes and sued individuals to stem massive losses in music sales, now fears songs streamed over Internet radio sites could be pirated....
RIAA sees new threat on Internet
- 2004-09-06
As if it weren't paranoid enough about music piracy, the Recording Industry Association of America is fretting about technologies that let people record satellite and Internet radio broadcasts digitally, branding them as the newest threat to proprietary rights. At the center of the controversy is a hardware/software...
Music industry seeks rules to curb piracy via digital radio
- 2004-06-17
WASHINGTON AFP ? The music industry's main trade association is seeking government rules to require digital radio to use technology to prevent illegal copying and piracy of songs. The Recording Industry Association of America, in comments filed this week to the Federal Communications Commission, said the new high-definition radio,...
Royalty fees apply to Internet
- 2003-10-21
PHILADELPHIA -- Radio stations must pay royalties to recording companies and performers, as they do to composers and songwriters, when musical broadcasts are "streamed" over the Internet, a federal appeals court has affirmed. A three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a rule...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
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| Jonathan Lamy | Senior Vice President, Communications |
| Rafael Fernandez | Vice President of Latin Music |
| Vox Lumania | Vice President Music Richter Records |
| Billy Corgan | |
| Edito Classica | |
| Elton John | |
| Garth Brooks | Artist |
| Prawn Song | |
| Red Seal | |
| Sparrow Kids |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
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| Mitch Bainwol | Chairman and CEO, Recording Industry Association of America |
| Glen Barros | Board of Directors |
| Jeff Harlestond | Board of Directors |
| Kevin Liles | Board of Directors |
| Lawrence Kenswil | Board of Directors |
| Mel Lewinter | Board of Directors |
| Michael Fleisher | Board of Directors |
| Michael Koch | Board of Directors |
| Zach Horowitz | Board of Directors |
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| Riaa | Chairman and CEO, Recording Industry Association of America | Current |
| Supreme Court of the United States | Former | |
| Rice University | M.B.A. | Former |
| Georgetown University | Undergraduate Degree | Former |
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| Riaa | Senior Vice President, Communications | Current |
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Garth Brooks is the highest-certified solo artist in U.S. music history according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). With over 100 million albums certified since 1989, Mr. Brooks is the fastest-selling album artist in RIAA history and is the only male artist in RIAA history to have four albums top the 10 million mark. Mr. Brooks recently received the RIAA's newest honor, the Diamond Award, for albums selling over 10 million units in the U.S. The four titles earning this distinction are: No Fences, Ropin' the Wind, The Hits, and Double Live.
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| The American Austrian Foundation Inc. | Founder and CEO Koch Entertainment | Current |
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