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Director
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In The Room
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@7digital.com
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Director
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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Simon Cole is listed as Director at In The Room, a company with 4 employees, based in London, England, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at 7digital.com and a matched LinkedIn profile for Simon Cole.
Simon Cole previously worked as Strategic Advisor at Tunein and Strategic Advisor at Pearson Plc. Simon Cole holds Ba (Hons) Drama 2:1 With English Subsidiary, Academic Study Of Theatre Plus Much Practical Work: Touring, Administration Etc. from The University Of Manchester.
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Since being an excited 16 year old working on a Saturday at my local radio station, I have spent my life in media. I've watched the transformation of the industry and am excited to have been at the heart of it during probably the most dynamic period of change in its history. The birth of online services and the disruption and opportunity which that has provided have been central to my career in the last 15 years. The journey has taken me from radio, through digital music and now into Virtual Reality.My first start-up was the company that Tim Blackmore and I founded in 1989 with two staff and a single desk - Unique Broadcasting, We took Unique through much growth, many changes and quite a few mistakes, to emerge in 2014, through a reverse merger, as 7digital - a provider of B2B radio and music services in 42 countries with offices in London, San Francisco, Copenhagen and Kiev.During those 25 years of growth, we spawned other new dynamic start-ups, both from the talents of staff who have left us to develop their own businesses and through our investment in companies like the fast growing audio social networking company "Audioboom".It has been a tremendous journey, one I could not of dreamt of when I started in radio in 1982, becoming Head of Programming at Piccadilly Radio in Manchester.I served as CEO at 7digital for nearly 5 years, a period in which we consolidated our marketplace, acquiring two competitors and doubled our turnover. I'm immensely fortunate to have worked with many, many talented people in building those companies.In 2017 I began work with another fast-growing company Melody VR - and in April 2019 moved to become that company's Senior Non Executive Director. During 2020, my experience in the streamed music business proved useful in Melody's acquisition of digital music pioneer, Napster.Two years later and we negotiated a sale of the merged group to Algorand, valuing the business significantly higher than its then UK stock market valuation.
Listed skills include Radio, Broadcast, Digital Media, Television, and 16 others.
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In The Room
17 roles · 16 years
Simon Cole work experience
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Strategic Advisor
CurrentI have known Tunein in a variety of roles over the years and have made some good friends there so very pleased to be helping them with ambitious plans.
Sep 2023 - Present
Director
Current
Mar 2022 - Present
Strategic Advisor
Current
Pearson Plc
Nov 2021 - Present
Governor
Current
2010 - Present
~16 yrs 5 mos
Chair
MylouMatrix has developed PlaylistKing, an innovative platform that delivers superior playlist results by using enhanced metadata provided by global music experts
Apr 2021 - Jan 2024
Chair
Melody VR officially adopted the name of Napster after completion of the reverse takeover. How could I have dreamed all those years ago as I downloaded tracks via my 128k modem and dial-up connection that one day I would head my profile with the Napster name!?
Jan 2021 - Apr 2022
Chairperson
Melodyvr
Apr 2020 - Jan 2021
Senior Non Executive Director
Melodyvr
Dec 2018 - Jan 2021
Non Executive Director
Melodyvr
I was pleased to join the Board of Melody VR as this young entrepreneurial company, which plans to create a virtual reality music platform, listed on London's AIM market.
Jul 2016 - Apr 2020
Strategic Advisor
Having helped to bring in the new shareholders at 7digital, I remained an advisor for a period, helping Tamir Koch as Chair and Paul Langworthy as CEO.
Apr 2019 - Jan 2021
Ceo
After successfully reversing UBC Media into digital music platform provider 7digital, we transformed the business and I was privileged to head up a new and fast growing global provider of digital music and radio services to the likes of the BBC, SiriusXM, Imagination Technologies, Blackberry, HMV, Pioneer and many others.7digital, is uniquely positioned to.
Jun 2014 - Mar 2019
Director
The technology behind Audioboom (originally called Audioboo) was pioneered during the development work on Channel 4's digital radio ambitions in 2008/9, in which UBC Media was a shareholder. When C4 pulled out of radio, together with Daniel Heaf of C4 Ventures, UBC led the original angel investment which allowed developer Mark Rock to take the technology.
Nov 2010 - Sep 2015
Ceo
Ubc Media
UBC Media started life in 1989 as 'Unique Broadcasting' as Tim Blackmore and I started out to pioneer the idea of independent production of radio programmes in the UK. Initially working in commercial radio with finance from sponsors, we created long running and successful networked programmes like 'The Pepsi Chart Show', 'Rockline' and 'The Break with Kit.
Nov 1989 - Jun 2014
Chief Executive
Ppm Radiowaves
The first company to network programmes in UK commercial radio. Among other shows, we created the 'American Chart Show' hosted firstly by Paul Gambaccini and then Benny Brown, The Natwest Live Action Concert Series hosted by Richard Allinson, and 'Rockline' hosted by Richard Skinner and Pat Sharp. Tim Blackmore and I resigned in 1989 to form Unique.
Aug 1986 - Nov 1989
Head Of Programming
Piccadilly Radio
Ran the programming for one of the UK's most successful commercial rado stations
Nov 1985 - Aug 1987
Producer
Piccadilly Radio
Feb 1983 - Nov 1985
2 education records
Simon Cole education
Ba (Hons) Drama 2:1 With English Subsidiary, Academic Study Of Theatre Plus Much Practical Work: Touring, Administration Etc.
Education record
Queen Elizabeths Grammar School Blackburn, Lancashire, England
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What company does Simon Cole work for?
Simon Cole works for In The Room.
What is Simon Cole's role at In The Room?
Simon Cole is listed as Director at In The Room.
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AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @7digital.com for Simon Cole at In The Room.
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Simon Cole is based in London, England, United Kingdom while working with In The Room.
What companies has Simon Cole worked for?
Simon Cole has worked for In The Room, Tunein, Pearson Plc, Central School Of Ballet, and Mylou Matrix Ltd.
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Simon Cole holds Ba (Hons) Drama 2:1 With English Subsidiary, Academic Study Of Theatre Plus Much Practical Work: Touring, Administration Etc. from The University Of Manchester.
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Simon Cole is listed with skills including Radio, Broadcast, Digital Media, Television, Radio Broadcasting, Sound, Social Networking, and New Media.
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