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Scott Cohen (music industry executive)

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Scott Cohen at the International Radio Festival 2012, in Zurich.

Scott Cohen (born 1965) is a British music executive.

Cohen's music career started in the late 1980s in independent and major label artist management. In 1997, he and Richard Gottehrer (the co-founder of Sire Records) founded The Orchard.[citation needed] In 2016 Cohen was one of the founders of Cyborg Nest, a company that aimed to create extra senses in order to enhance human perception.[1] In February 2019, Cohen retired from The Orchard and joined the senior management team at Warner Music Group. His role is the Chief Innovation Officer.[2][3] He sat on the British Phonographic Industry Council, and was the chairman of the board of music agency Sound Diplomacy.[citation needed] Cohen is now the CEO of JKBX, a fractionalized music royalties startup which will provide a regulated marketplace for users to buy and sell royalties.[4]

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  1. ^ "Meet the first humans to sense where north is". 6 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Scott Cohen is joining Warner – but what's the plan?". 11 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Official: Warner hires Scott Cohen, co-founder of the Orchard, as Chief Innovation Officer, Recorded Music". 6 March 2019.
  4. ^ Marshall, Elizabeth Dilts (16 December 2022). "Music Start-Up JKBX, Which Will Allow Retail Investors to Buy Shares in Hit Songs, Builds Out Exec Team". Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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