Aram Sinnreich

About Aram Sinnreich

Researcher, educator, author and consultant focused on digital media, music & policy. My publications include five books:2010:\"Mashed Up: Music, Technology and the Rise of Configurable Culture\" from University of Massachusetts Press.(http://mashed-up.com)2013:\"The Piracy Crusade: How the Music Industry’s War on Sharing Destroys Markets and Erodes Civil Liberties\" from University of Massachusetts Press.(http://piracycrusade.com)2019:\"The Essential Guide to Intellectual Property\" from Yale Press.(bit.ly/sinnIP)2023:\"A Second Chance for Yesterday\" from Solaris Books Secret Life of Data\" from MIT Press/Penguin Random House new media; music; intellectual property; data privacy; digital marketing; journalism; media regulation, law and policy; public speaking; expert witness for litigation

Experience

1. Author and Journalist

   The Mit Press

   Aug 1998 — Present

   Produced articles and radio news stories for publications including The New York Times, Billboard, MediaPost, Wired, The Daily Beast, Salon, Rolling Stone, and elsewhere.My first book,\"Mashed Up: Music, Technology and the Rise of Configurable Culture\" was published by University of Massachusetts Press, in August 2010.My second book,\"The Piracy Crusade: How the Music Industry’s War on Sharing Destroys Markets and Erodes Civil Liberties\" was published by University of Massachusetts Press, in December 2013. My third book,\"The Essential Guide to Intellectual Property,\" was published by Yale University Press in May, 2019.My fourth book,\"A Second Chance for Yesterday,\" a sci-fi novel coauthored with my sister Rachel Hope Cleves under the pseudonym R.A. Sinn, was published by Solaris Books in 2023.My fifth book,\"The Secret Life of Data,\" coauthored with Jesse Gilbert, was published by MIT Press in 2024.You can learn more about my books at

Education

• Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism

  MS, Journalism

  1998 — 2000

• University of Southern California

  Ph.D., Communication

  2002 — 2007

• University of Southern California

  MA, Communication

  2002 — 2005

• Wesleyan University

  BA, English and Music

  1992 — 1994

• Bard College

  English, Drama, Music

  1989 — 1991

Skills

• Press Releases
• Digital Media
• Web Content
• Content Strategy
• Newsletters
• Magazines
• Digital Marketing
• Copy Editing
• Marketing
• Publishing
• Radio
• Public Relations
• Media Relations
• Publications
• Music
• Editorial
• Wordpress
• Broadcast
• Internet Strategy
• Leadership
• Copywriting
• Journalism
• Start-Ups
• Higher Education
• Creative Direction
• Creative Writing
• Telecommunications
• Market Research
• Editing
• Policy Analysis
• Marketing Research
• Publicity
• Social Networking
• Music Industry
• Qualitative Research
• Music Theory
• Social Media
• Digital Innovation
• Public Speaking
• Strategic Communications