Jim Long (born Timothy John Moynihan, February 7, 1943, Worcester, Massachusetts) is an Irish-American entrepreneur, whose pioneering marketing concepts and creative “firsts” are iconic in the broadcast music industry.
Experienced in the development of intellectual properties, his business holdings have focused on music production, master recordings, music publishing, and broadcast licensing and syndication for the radio, television and film industries.
Long founded/co-founded numerous broadcast and radio syndication companies, including Dallas based TM Productions/Starr Broadcasting, FirstCom/Jim Long Music, Long-Pride Broadcasting, and a Nashville based music and publishing group, OneMusic.
At various times, he has also held owner interest in 19 radio and TV stations throughout the U.S. His record label, Honest Entertainment, has produced Grammy-nominated albums, and he has numerous awards from the advertising and broadcast industries.
Today, Long is CEO of Los Angeles based Telos Holdings, Inc. which owns Point Classics one of the world's most extensive classical music catalogs, with over 3500 major compositions – and is chairman of the internet-based music service company, Crucial Music Corporation, which he co-founded in Los Angeles. He also co-founded L.A.-based Elias Arts Music Library.
Read more about Jim Long: Radio Career, Personal
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