Music of New York City that its status has declined in recent years, due to a combination of increased corporate control over music media, an increase in the cost of living, and the rise of local music scenes whose success is facilitated by the cheap communication provided by the Internet. New York has been a center for the American music industry since the earliest records in the early 20th century. Since then, a number of companies and organizations have set up headquarters in New York, from the Tin Pan Alley publishers and Broadway to modern independent rock and hip hop labels, non-profit organizations, and others.
Operative Media Dashboard- an ASP-based web application that aims to allow media publishers to automate contract management, product packaging and pricing, inventory management, campaign reporting and revenue recognition. Its clients include Reuters, Dow Jones, National Public Media, NBC Universal, SmartMoney, Constant Contact and iVillage. In December 2007, former Operative CEO Mike Leo was named in the "Silicon Alley" 100, at number 85. he was also included in the Madison Avenue IT list for January 2008. "Inc." magazine listed Operative Media #712 out of the top 5,000 companies for 2007, and ranked it at #56 in the Top Companies in Software, and #55