A BLOG OF SORTS FROM CHRIS COOKE
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| My name is Chris Cooke. I’m an editor, journalist and media entrepreneur. I publish and write for CMU, ThisWeek Culture and ThreeWeeks Edinburgh. I run UnLimited Media, co-lead Pathways Into Music, advise the Council Of Music Makers, and wrote Dissecting The Digital Dollar and Music Copyright Explained. You’ll find my latest updates and articles below – click the links for: info about my projects | more updates | more content |
I know I’m posting about conferences all the time at the moment – but it’s that time of year! And I always really enjoy my trips to Belfast for Output – this year I’m moderating sessions on our new Producer Deals Guide and our latest Pathways Into Music work. Hope to see you there!
Next month I’m heading to the annual conference of the International Bar Association in Copenhagen to join a discussion on music, art, protest and freedom of expression. Partly because I’m almost as interested in the legalities of free speech as I am in copyright law (maybe even more so some weeks). And partly because there’s rather a lot to say on this topic at the moment! I’ll let you know what I learn during the debate…
As well as writing about key music business developments each weekday, every Tuesday I also report on two developments in the wider cultural industries from the previous seven days, with both of today’s stories theatre-focused. You can check those out on the ThisWeek Culture website – or sign-up to our TW Weekly bulletin to get those articles plus Caro’s latest London culture tips and interviews.
I’ll be at two more conferences this month – GearConLDN this weekend and Output in Belfast next week – discussing our new Producer Deals Guide at both. Then looking ahead to next month, I’m excited to be returning to Un-Convention in Manchester to talk about all things music and AI, on which there is an awful lot to say at the moment.
