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</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">December 10</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, 2013
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"">Announces First Round of Programming for 2014</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">NORTH BY NORTHEAST</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> (<b>NXNE</b>) announces its first round of
<b>NXNE Music</b> + <b>Interactive</b> programming for its 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary, taking place during the expanded dates June 13 - 22, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">NXNE Music </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">has confirmed performances by
<b>ST. VINCENT</b>, <b>JUICY J, DANNY BROWN, RHYE</b>, <b>MAC DEMARCO, RUN THE JEWELS, OMAR SOULEYMAN, SPEEDY ORTIZ, MAS YSA, COURTNEY BARNETT, ODONIS ODONIS, UNTIL THE RIBBON BREAKS</b>,
<b>SNOWMINE </b>and<b> CIRCUIT DES YEUX.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As part of<b> NXNE</b> <b>Interactive</b> (<b>NXNEi</b>), the festival will present over 65 sessions with a roster of speakers including
<b>PAUL ROSENBERG</b>, who has steered Eminem’s career since 1997 as the President of Shady Records and CEO of Goliath Artists; OVO Founder and co-manager for Drake,
<b>OLIVER EL-KHATIB</b>; entertainment lawyer and Last Gang Records Co-Founder <b>
CHRIS TAYLOR</b>,<b> </b>who represents some of the biggest names in music; President of Pitchfork
<b>CHRIS KASKIE</b>,<b> </b>whose groundbreaking site has changed music criticism; and Executive Vice President and Head of Content at Dat Piff
<b>KP SWAZY</b>,<b> </b>the authority on online mix tapes and new ways to consume rap and hip-hop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">All <b>NXNE </b>passes and wristbands are now available online at
<span style="color:blue">www.nxne.com/tickets</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Now in its 20th year,
<b>NXNE Festival and Conference </b>is one of the world's premier festivals. NXNE's five pillars -
<b>Music, Film, Comedy,</b> <b>Art, </b>and <b>Interactive </b>- are essential gatherings for artists, industry, and fans. NXNE draws 350,000 attendees and generates an annual economic impact of over $50 million on the city of Toronto.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For additional information and to see more artists playing
<b>NXNE 2014</b>, visit </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://nxne.com/"><u><span style="text-decoration:none">nxne.com</span></u></a></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><a href="http://twitter.com/nxne"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0D009E">NXNE Twitter</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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