Waleed Diab

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  • Advisory Board Member

    Cardozo Fashion, Arts, Media & Entertainment Law Center (FAME)

    - Present 9 years 5 months

    Arts and Culture

    The FAME Center offers rigorous academic coursework, as well as externships, clinics and symposia featuring industry leaders and practitioners, focused on the practical realities of counseling clients, from startups to Fortune 500 companies. The program is designed to teach students to confront business challenges which, in the era of social media and digital access, are evolving faster than ever before. Through a collaboration among Cardozo’s faculty, industry leaders and other institutions…

    The FAME Center offers rigorous academic coursework, as well as externships, clinics and symposia featuring industry leaders and practitioners, focused on the practical realities of counseling clients, from startups to Fortune 500 companies. The program is designed to teach students to confront business challenges which, in the era of social media and digital access, are evolving faster than ever before. Through a collaboration among Cardozo’s faculty, industry leaders and other institutions focused on the creative arts and entertainment businesses, the FAME Center provides unique insights into the intersection of law and business in the fashion, performing and visual arts, entertainment, sports, industrial design, media, and film industries.

    https://cardozo.yu.edu/FAMEcenter

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    Board Of Directors

    Education Through Music

    - Present 5 years 7 months

    Education

    Education Through Music partners with under-resourced schools to provide music education as a core subject for all students in the school.

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  • Billboard Music's 40 Under 40 Top Young Power Players

    Billboard

    WALEED DIAB, 38
    Head of major-label business development, Google Play/YouTube

    Music-licensing Jedi: Diab's work in 2015 with major labels laid the legal groundwork for the launch of YouTube Red, the company's ad-free subscription service, in the United States, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. Since joining Google in 2011, his work to untangle the web of music licenses helped expand Google Play Music to more than 60 territories worldwide. From a licensing perspective, "YouTube has…

    WALEED DIAB, 38
    Head of major-label business development, Google Play/YouTube

    Music-licensing Jedi: Diab's work in 2015 with major labels laid the legal groundwork for the launch of YouTube Red, the company's ad-free subscription service, in the United States, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. Since joining Google in 2011, his work to untangle the web of music licenses helped expand Google Play Music to more than 60 territories worldwide. From a licensing perspective, "YouTube has one of the most complex music offerings out there," says Diab, "given the breadth and variance of music on the platform."

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  • Future of Music Coalition Panel

    Panel discussion regarding the importance of transparency in the music industry.

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