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Linda Coogan Byrne
@lindacooganbyrne.bsky.social
Award winning Music Industry Consultant, Entertainment Publicist & Marketing Expert. Policy Advisor. Freelance journalist. Contributor @ BBC, RTE, The Times, The Telegraph, Guardian etc. My 📕'Why Not Her?" is out 11.4.25
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Moved away from Twitter/X? Trying to find your music industry connections? From Writers, Musicians, Music industry news platforms, I have tried to fit as much as I could in this #StarterPack in my first 100 essentials :) #Music #MusicStarterPack

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Anyone in Ireland today buy the Irish Independent? My interview with Tanya Sweeney is in today’s weekend edition!
April 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Full interview in the weekend Irish Examiner is out today! www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
April 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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The older you get, the more you choose peace over winning an argument because not every battle is worth fighting, people can only understand you from their level of perception, not every misunderstanding needs to be corrected, and no argument is worth damaging your mental health.
April 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Comfort zone kills more dreams than all the alarm clocks in the world.
April 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
April 11th
April 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Fantastic review from Image Magazine on my new book out April 11th 🥹
March 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Rilke on the relationship between love, solitude, sex, and creativity
Rilke on the Relationship Between Solitude, Love, Sex, and Creativity
“There is only one solitude, and it is large and not easy to bear… People are drawn to the easy and to the easiest side of the easy. But it is clear that we must hold ourselves to the d…
www.themarginalian.org
March 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What a feeling !

FINALLY!! Ready to go!!!! April 11th available in bookstores in UK and Ireland and online 🥹 in paperback and special edition hardback 😀 (audio book coming in May).

Let’s change the system! #WhyNotHer
March 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Nice gift in today for a podcast I am going tomorrow. That’s how you look after a guest 🫂🥹 details coming soon! The whole team loved reading my new book and I can’t wait to delve into the books message and overview about the importance of gender equality and diversity in music 💕
March 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
If there are any music industry writers, bloggers or media who follow me and would like to get an advance read of my new book. DM me or reach out to my Pr ciara(at)goodseedpr.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Grand day.
March 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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New Interview:

‘I was sexualised, patronised and ridiculed’: how Charlotte Church survived the tabloids to become an earth mother

By Michael Segalov @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...
‘I was sexualised, patronised and ridiculed’: how Charlotte Church survived the tabloids to become an earth mother
Charlotte Church has lived her life in the full glare of publicity, rising from child star to tabloid target. Now, happier and more free than ever, she’s found her feet – and her voice – at her healin...
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Honoured to be nominated for Business Woman Of The Year Award www.image.ie/agenda/this-...
Shortlist announced for the IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2025
The shortlist for the IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2025 has been announced!
www.image.ie
March 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Moved away from Twitter/X? Trying to find your music industry connections? From Writers, Musicians, Music industry news platforms, I have tried to fit as much as I could in this #StarterPack in my first 100 essentials :) #Music #MusicStarterPack

go.bsky.app/MrUZwaz
December 12, 2024 at 12:02 PM
What a day ☘️ thank you to all the journalists that are supporting my new book and who have spoken to me about it. Appreciate you 🥹
March 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Thanks for another excellent episode, @drownedinsound.bsky.social.

It’s an important one for all music geeks and beyond to listen to. 🎧

It includes jaw dropping stats on the lack of diversity in the music industry. It’s wild!

Great to learn from you, @lindacooganbyrne.bsky.social. ✊🏻
The Report That Shook the Music Industry & Exposed Inequality
Podcast Episode · Drowned in Sound · 16/03/2025 · 1h 9m
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March 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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April 11th. I cannot wait to share my journey with you all. X
March 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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The gender disparity tide is turning

On this week's pod, meet @lindacooganbyrne.bsky.social who has turned data on radio play into a massive culture change... and written a book to inspire you to become a changemaker

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📼 youtu.be/dyX6xDNjAm4
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🌏 pod.link/1037405920
The Report That Shook the Music Industry & Exposed Inequality
YouTube video by Drowned in Sound
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March 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
April 11th. I cannot wait to share my journey with you all. X
March 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
😂😂😂😂
He was karate-chopping the neck of a transgender ghost. Calm down everyone.
January 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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#WritingCommunity When writing horror, take everything that frightens you and place it into your story, the audience will indeed feel it as well.
January 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found
January 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Unsung Heroes Behind the Lens: Celebrating Music and Live Music Photographers in Ireland and the UK lindacooganb.medium.com/the-unsung-h...
January 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I can’t 😂 oh my god it’s too spot on.
He looks so much like a kid DJ’ing his own bar mitzvah
January 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Northern Winter - by English painter Harry Epworth Allen (1894–1958)

#art #snowscape #winter #landscape
January 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM