College Media Journal, commonly known as CMJ, is a music events/publishing company most famous for its annual festival in New York City, the CMJ Music Marathon, as well as a weekly magazine of and for the music industry and college radio stations in the United States and Canada. It publishes top 30 lists sent by stations which subscribe at a cost of a few hundred dollars a year. It is also sent to record companies and their public relations and publicity representatives as well as record stores. CMJ also publishes CMJ New Music Monthly, a magazine with interviews, reviews, and special features. Each magazine comes with a CD of 15-24 songs by well-established bands, unsigned bands and everything in between. The staff puts together CMJ Music Marathon, a large convention and music festival, each autumn, in New York's Manhattan. A second festival has been added: the CMJ Rock Hall Music Fest, staged annually in Cleveland. CMJ message board has become Obner. New York, NY redirects here. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The music industry is the industry that creates, performs, promotes, and preserves music. ... College radio (also known as university radio, campus radio or student radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college or university. ... Publishing is the activity of putting information in the public arena. ... The record industry (or recording industry) is the industry that manufactures and distributes mechanical recordings of music. ... Public relations (PR): Building sustainable relations with all publics in order to create a postive brand image. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing Look up publicity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... CMJ New Music Monthly is a monthly music magazine with interviews, reviews, and special features. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... Metro Toronto Convention Centre, late 2004. ... A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as; musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. ... Autumn (also known as fall in North American English) is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition from summer into winter. ... New York, New York redirects here. ... Manhattan is a borough of New York City, USA, coterminous with New York County. ... The CMJ Rock Hall Music Fest is a now-annual music festival that takes place in venues across Cleveland, Ohio. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Obner is an internet message board located at the internet address www. ...

CMJ Music Marathon

The annual event in NYC where over 1000 bands plays at various clubs throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn. The 2007 event is scheduled for October 16-20.

CMJ New Music Report

CMJ's trade publication, compiles playlists for college and non-commercial stations; often a prelude to larger success.

CMJ New Music Monthly

External links

• Official Website