About Jonas
Born in Hamburg, Germany, Jonas first starting working in the music industry at the age of sixteen with PIAS Recordings before relocating to London in 2001 to join dance label Kickin Music. After three and a half years managing Communications and Publicity, he explored his interest in radio further with Ministry of Sound, one of the most successful independent record labels in the UK and syndicators of dance music worldwide, where he was responsible for liaising with its worldwide syndication partners.
Jonas assumed the role of Head of Music at Last.fm towards the end of 2005 and led the Music Department in dealing with record labels, artists and other music owners from all over the world until the end of 2009. Jonas and his team were in charge of acquiring content as well as maintaining relationships with existing partners. He also managed other music related projects for the company such as festival partnerships and music sponsorship opportunities.
Between 2004 and 2009, Jonas has produced ‘heute:pop:morgen’ – a breakfast radio show for local Hamburg station Tide 96.0. Every Wednesday morning, he plays a variety of tracks (which he describes as ‘electronic post-pop’) to the early risers of the second largest city in Germany. In his show he also covers issues the music industry is currently facing and makes them accessible for the broader public.
At the start of 2010 Jonas moved to Vancouver where he joined the CBC as the Executive Producer for Radio 3. He is also involved in the transmission events as the Director of Programming and has co-founded Nimbi.
Jonas is regularly invited to speak publicly at international conferences to discuss issues within the digital music and media business, including SXSW (Austin), Popkomm (Berlin), Canadian Music Week (Toronto), In The City (Manchester), NARM (USA), and Porto Musical (Recife, Brazil).
You can email Jonas at info [at] jonaswoost [dot] com.
