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 (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 managed relationships with several major labels, including the former BMG and Sony Music Entertainment.  Resnikoff started out at Epic Records (Sony Music Entertainment) in New York, specifically in worldwide marketing.

Resnikoff's interest in digital music comes from his passion for playing and writing music. He grew up playing French horn and bass guitar and dabbles in music composition. 

In terms of listening, Resnikoff prefers Classical (Rachmaninoff, Mozart, Barber, Vivaldi, Mussorgsky), Rap (Styles P., Black Moon, Lost Boyz), Dancehall Reggae (Elephant Man, Buju Banton, Seeed, Sean Paul), and Metal (Sepultura, Obituary).

Aside from music, Paul also enjoys traveling (most recently France, Iceland, Germany, Sweden, Belize, Costa Rica, and Mexico) and is an avid tennis player.  He is also known to eat large amounts of chocolate cake and root for the Washington Redskins, both unhealthy pursuits.

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