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FEATURED CLIENT: PANTHEON PODCASTS
Pantheon Media redefines podcasting with a focus on music and sports, creating a global community for superfans. With its expansive network and innovative content, Pantheon serves as the ultimate hub for connecting listeners to the music and stories they love.. Pantheon stands at the forefront...
22 April, 2025
DICK WINGATE moderates panel discussion celebrating the 50th anniversary of BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’s seminal album Born to Run at the 4TH annual VERSOFEST
A special VersoFest panel discussion celebrating the 50th anniversary of Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen’s breakthrough 1975 album — a seminal work that is widely considered to be one of the greatest rock albums of the 20th century. The discussion was hosted by Arlen Schumer, author, pop culture historian, and the...
05 April, 2025
FROM VINYL TO DIGITAL: DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS DICK WINGATE ’70 INSPIRES AT HOPKINS
With a storied career defined by foresight, reinvention, and a passion for music, Dick Wingate ’70 HGS, Hopkins’ 2025 Distinguished Alumnus, returned to campus on November 15, 2024, to speak to students, faculty, and staff during morning assembly. He shared his journey of working with...
15 November, 2024
DICK WINGATE MODERATES “THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC” PANEL AT 2ND ANNUAL VERSOFEST
The "Business of Music" Panel was a highlight of the 2nd Annual Versofest, a 4-day music festival and conference at Verso Studios in Westport CT.
03 May, 2023
SOUNDCLOUD AQUIRES DEV CLIENT SINGAPORE-BASED AI-MUSIC COMPANY MUSIIO
Soundcloud, one of the world’s leading digital music service providers, plans to use Musiio’s technology to boost its own music discovery capabilities. CEO and co-founder Hazel Savage remarked “Dick Wingate: Thanks for being part of the team. We were lucky to have you”.
09 May, 2022
DICK WINGATE NAMED NORTH AMERICAN BIZ DEV CONSULTANT FOR 7DIGITAL
7Digital is the leading global B2B music platform serving over 80M songs in 82 territories with clients like TikTok, Snapchat, Fender, Triller and Barry's. Read Press Release.
08 November, 2021
DICK WINGATE SPEAKS AT MONDO AND MUSIC TECTONICS CONFERENCES IN OCT. 2021.
Dick Wingate spoke on “Digital Streaming: Envisioning a More Equitable Model” at Mondo Music & Tech and then as a last minute replacement for client Hazel Savage of Musiio on “Money For Nothing: Extracting $$$ From Your Catalog” at Music Tectonics.
08 November, 2021
DEV ADVISORS’ CLIENT MUSIIO SECURES FUNDING AS IT SIGNS HIPGNOSIS AND EXPANDS PRODUCT PORTFOLIO
“Fast-growing AI company Musiio has completed a new round of investment, signed Hipgnosis as its latest client and unveiled a new ‘Custom Filters’ feature, which it claims provides a significantly more bespoke and effective catalog search facility.” Read the full article.
08 November, 2021
Dick Wingate Speaks at “WHO KNEW Presents: The Smartest People In The Room”
Dick Wingate recently spoke with music/tech visionary Ty Roberts on "WHO KNEW Presents: The Smartest People In The Room." Watch as they discuss their music & tech history and the bright future ahead for the industry.
12 November, 2020
Audible Reality Launches Vibes: “Instagram for Songs”
Longtime DEV client Audible Reality released Audible Reality Player, a new free mobile app with "Vibes" that personalize sound for your ears with a push of button. Michael Jackson producer Teddy Riley, hitmaker Dan Wilson and others testify in Forbes, which declared This New App Does For Songs What Instagram Filters Do For Photos Watch video: YouTube Download app: iOS | Android
14 September, 2020
DEV ADVISORS CLIENT DUBSET MEDIA ACQUIRED BY PEX
DEV Advisors' client Dubset Media was acquired by Pex, a rapid growth company that scans social networks and user-generated content sites for music rightsholders’ content and has collected a massive database. This deal is a happy outcome for Dubset investors and adds great value to the music industry's ecosystem. Read article
18 March, 2020
DICK WINGATE SPEAKS AT A2IM’s 2019 INDIE WEEK CONFERENCE
Dick Wingate spoke at the A2IM’s annual Independent Music Week Conference on the panel "Unlocking the Hidden Value in Music," focusing on the new industry of stems and samples that represents the next step in the disaggregation of songs into newly marketable components.
21 November, 2019
Dick Wingate Speaks At Music Business Association’s Annual Conference
Dick Wingate spoke at Music Business Association’s annual conference, on the panel Stems: Unlocking the Hidden Value in A Song. The panel discussed what labels and artists are doing to prepare for the growing demand for stems as well as licensing issues and derivative works.
09 April, 2019
Dick Wingate Speaks At Two Music & Tech Conferences on Same Day
On October 4, 2018, DEV Advisors' Dick Wingate spoke at two Music/Tech conferences in NYC. During the morning at Mondo Music & Tech Wingate spoke at the roundtable "The Long & Winding Road", a look back on developments over 25 years of music tech. In the afternoon the scene shifted to the Digital Music Forum, part of NY Media Festival, where he spoke on the panel "State of Music Startups". A busy day!
13 November, 2018
Dick Wingate Interviewed at International Springsteen Symposium; Reunites with Bruce
Dick Wingate was recently a featured speaker at an international symposium Bruce Springsteen’s Darkness on the Edge of Town at Monmouth University. The interview focused on the marketing of the seminal album that Wingate ran point on. Only days later he had a chance to catch up with Bruce at the Kristin Ann Carr fundraiser for Sarcoma research, E Street Band members Roy Bittan and Little Steven, as well as Jackson Browne. MORE
01 July, 2018
Dubset Media Named A Fast Company Most Innovative Company
DEV Advisors’ client DUBSET MEDIA was just named by FAST COMPANY as one of the Top 10 Most Innovative companies in music in its annual ranking of the world’s 50 Most Innovative Companies for 2018, honoring leading enterprises and rising newcomers that exemplify the best in business and innovation. Dubset was named #2 most innovative after Spotify.
20 February, 2018
Dick Wingate Speaks to Packed House at WHO KNEW (NY)
Dick Wingate recently gave a rousing speech to a packed house at at WHO KNEW (NY) at the Cutting Room in NY, about his life in the music and tech industries, sharing his stories, photos, influences, inspirations and predictions along the way. MORE
20 February, 2018
Dick Wingate Discovery Aimee Mann Wins Her First Grammy
Dick Wingate was delighted to reunite recently with acclaimed singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, who he discovered and signed in 1984 (as Til Tuesday) and who just won her first Grammy Award (after 5 previous nominations) for Best Folk Album, 2017’s brilliant “Mental Illness”. Til Tuesday’s debut single “Voices Carry” went top 10 on the pop charts and won the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist.
19 February, 2018
