Paul Cashmere
{{Short description|Australian music journalist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}}
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Paul Cashmere is an Australian entrepreneur, broadcaster, music journalist and media executive. In 1995 he founded the digital music CD-ROM magazine, Undercover, with Australian photographer and domestic partner, Ros O'Gorman (1960–2018). In September 2011 the pair founded the Noise Network including Noise11.com. As of September 2011 Cashmere was CEO and executive producer of the Noise Network.
Biography
Paul Cashmere began as a radio broadcaster in the late 1970s. He started at 2AD, Armidale (1977), then Nowra-based 2ST (1978 to 1981), EON-FM (1981-1983) and Fox FM (1983-1984). He then moved to 2WL, Wollongong (owned by Fairfax Media) and became Program Director. When 2WL was sold to Mark Day's ACE Radio Network he became Program Director of the network. In the 1991 Cashmere became the National Program Director of Syndication for Austereo.
Cashmere and partner Roslyn "Ros" O'Gorman (in-house photographer) founded Undercover in 1995. Undercover was the original music partner for the launch of Yahoo! and AOL in 1998 in Australia. Cashmere held a board position with digital broadcast company Whoopi Ltd from 1999 to 2001. From 2004 to 2007 he was the Australian and Senior Vice President of Media and Content for Roo Group in New York City. In July 2006 The Age{{'}}s EG Guide provided a listing of "the 15 most amazing music sites on the web" with Undercover at No. 5, "Best for: Australian music news." At that time the site was affiliated with US sites: music.com, rock.com and Verizon Wireless. In December 2007 the Cashmere family took back ownership of Undercover. Cashmere served as Executive Director of GoConnect from 2010 until June 2011.
In September 2011 Cashmere and O'Gorman founded The Noise Network together with its music news and interviews channel, Noise11.com. In November 2011 and again in November 2015 he addressed the annual Face the Music conference at the Arts Centre Melbourne. Cashmere has appeared on Australian television, commenting on the music industry, providing biographies or obituaries. He occasionally appears on Weekend Sunrise and The Project and in the past has appeared on Today Tonight, RocKwiz, Hey Hey It's Saturday and A Current Affair. In 2018–2019 he was a regular with Dr. Sally Cockburn on radio 2GB, 3AW and 4BC.
Personal life
By 1995 Paul Cashmere was working with his domestic partner Roslyn "Ros" O'Gorman as the in-house photographer for Undercover. Cashmere and O'Gorman had two children, Tim Cashmere and Haylee Cashmere. Both Tim (music writer, interviewer and photographer) and Haylee (production manager, photographer and music writer) have worked for Undercover and Noise11. Ros O'Gorman died on 29 May 2018, of an unspecified cancer, aged 58.
References
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{{cite web | url = http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=10060376&ticker=GCN:AU | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130119025623/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=10060376&ticker=GCN:AU | url-status = dead | archive-date = 19 January 2013 | title = Paul Cashmere: Executive Profile & Biography | work = Bloomberg Businessweek | publisher = Bloomberg LP | date = 6 August 2012 | access-date = 7 August 2012 }}
{{cite news | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210126061119/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/outta-site-20060721-ge2r5p.html | url = https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/outta-site-20060721-ge2r5p.html | title = Outta site | last = Murfett | first = Andrew | work = The Age | archive-date = 26 January 2021 | date = 21 July 2006 | access-date = 27 December 2021 | url-status = live | url-access = subscription }}
{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070101130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/44131/20070102-0000/www.amo.org.au/interview52c6.html | url = http://www.amo.org.au/interview52c6.html | title = Paul Cashmere – Undercover, Roo Media | publisher = Australian Music Online. Government of Australia | date = 2 March 2006 | archive-date = 1 January 2007 | access-date = 7 August 2012 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
{{cite news | title = GoConnect Tunes up to Channel Music | journal = The Australian | publication-date=5 April 2010 | publisher = News Limited | page = 25 | url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/70324230 | access-date = 8 August 2012 }}
{{cite web | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20110925141100/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/20733/20110926-0011/www.freeza.vic.gov.au/home/events+&+reviews/event+reviews/face_the_music_2010/viewpage99bc.html | url = http://www.freeza.vic.gov.au/home/events+&+reviews/event+reviews/face_the_music_2010/viewpage99bc.html | title = Face The Music 2011 Announced | publisher = Freeza. Government of Victoria | date = 19 August 2011 | archive-date = 25 September 2011 | access-date = 8 August 2012 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
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External links
- {{Official website|noise11.com}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120926011807/http://www.undercover.fm/site/about_us "About Us"]}} archived copy of Undercover{{'}}s website from 26 September 2012, accessed on 27 December 2021
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Category:Australian music critics