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Stephen Cooper joins the board of OneOf

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Stephen Cooper, the former CEO of Warner Music Group, has joined the board of directors of Web3 firm OneOf, which provides an NFT platform for music collectibles. 

“OneOf has a stellar team and deep expertise in providing next-generation Web3 technology to enterprises and brands. I look forward to serving on OneOf’s Board of Directors to help guide and accelerate their growth,” said Cooper, who stepped down at the end of 2022 from his position of CEO after 12 years at the helm of WMG..

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Emmanuel is a Washington, DC-based freelance journalist, blogger and media consultant, specialising in the entertainment business and cultural trends. He was the US editor for British music industry trade publication Music Week. Previously, he was the editor of Impact, a magazine for the music publishing community (2007-2009), the global editor of US trade publication Billboard (2003-2006), and the editor in chief of Billboard’s sister publication Music & Media (1997-2003).

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Netflix starts a campaign in the USA to crack down on password sharing

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Netflix has started a campaign in the US to reduce the number of shared passwords within one household. The campaign, which launched in other territories such as Canada or Spain earlier this year, is aimed at curving the sharing of password to grow its subscribers' base and revenue.

The video streaming service has started sending on May 24 an email to members who are sharing Netflix outside their household in the United States. "A Netflix account is for use by one household," said the compan...

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Instagram’s Director of Music Partnerships Perry Bashkoff among the 6,000 Meta Platforms employees losing their jobs

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The latest round of layoffs at Meta Platforms-owned Instagram includes the social network's Director of Music Partnerships, Perry Bashkoff.

In a posting on LinkedIn, Bashkoff confirmed that he was part of the 6,000+ Meta employees who have been let go by the company. "Yes, I was one of them," he wrote.

He continued: "I’ve been one of the lucky ones who has had a 25+ year career run without pause. The last 5 spent at Instagram/Meta bringing music to the masses, building tools, breaking ar...

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Quotes of the week — Week 20, 2023

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"The building blocks of music belong to us, to human beings. That's going to be a battle we all have to fight in the next couple of years: Defending our human capital against AI."By British singer and songwriter Sting, talking about AI and music to the BBC after receiving an Ivor Academy Fellow, joining an exclusive club of only 27 other fellow songwriters.

“[The UK government] is less committed to basic property rights than the Chinese Communist Party."By Universal Music Grou...

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