# Shanon Cook

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**Shanon Cook** is an Australian entertainment journalist and producer based in the [United States](/source/United_States). A former [CNN](/source/CNN) entertainment reporter, she currently works as a spokesperson for the music streaming service [Spotify](/source/Spotify), where she appears on TV and radio and talks to online and print media about music trends as well as popular and emerging artists.[1]

## Career

Cook has appeared as a pop culture expert on *[Entertainment Tonight](/source/Entertainment_Tonight)*, [BBC America](/source/BBC_America), [CBS](/source/CBS), [CBSN](/source/CBSN), [ABC News](/source/ABC_News_(United_States)) and [CNET](/source/CNET) as well as CNN, where she worked for 12 years as a producer and reporter, mainly covering music and entertainment. In 2004-05 Cook presented daily live entertainment reports on the HLN morning show *Robin and Co.*, now known as *[Morning Express with Robin Meade](/source/Morning_Express_with_Robin_Meade)*.[1] In 2002-04 Cook was a producer and reporter for the [CNN International](/source/CNN_International) show *The Music Room*, a half-hour show about popular bands and artists.[1] In 2007 she hosted four specials for CNN.com about music and the arts. During her tenure at [CNN](/source/CNN), Cook interviewed entertainment figures such as [Kanye West](/source/Kanye_West), [Britney Spears](/source/Britney_Spears), [Alicia Keys](/source/Alicia_Keys), [Sting](/source/Sting_(musician)), [Pharrell](/source/Pharrell), [Annie Lennox](/source/Annie_Lennox), [Jennifer Lopez](/source/Jennifer_Lopez), and [Yo-Yo Ma](/source/Yo-Yo_Ma).[1] Cook was one of the last reporters to interview the band [R.E.M.](/source/R.E.M.) before they disbanded in 2011, and she reported live from Washington DC on the entertainment surrounding the inauguration of President [Barack Obama](/source/Barack_Obama). Cook also hosted an interview segment called *Music & Conversation with Shanon Cook* which aired on [CNN International](/source/CNN_International) and CNN.com.

Aside from reporting on showbiz, Cook has covered business news for CNN International, breaking world news for CNN’s weekend broadcasts, and has anchored live news on [CNN.com](/source/CNN.com). In February 2008 Cook was a correspondent for *[Full Frontal Fashion](/source/Full_Frontal_Fashion)* and covered [New York Fashion Week](/source/New_York_Fashion_Week) in Fall 2008 and Spring 2009, interviewing designers and celebrities like [Marc Jacobs](/source/Marc_Jacobs), [Diane von Furstenberg](/source/Diane_von_Furstenberg), and [Donna Karan](/source/Donna_Karan).[1] Cook also hosted a travel series called *MIA: Most Interesting Assistant* that aired on [MOJO HD](/source/MOJO_HD) and was a regular host of *Firebrand* on [ION Television](/source/ION_Television), a show about TV commercials. Cook appears as reporter Cassandra Blair during the live-action video scenes of EA's [Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars](/source/Command_and_Conquer_3:_Tiberium_Wars) which was released in March 2007.

As a writer, Cook's work has been published on CNN.com, in *[Billboard Magazine](/source/Billboard_Magazine)* and on [Refinery29](/source/Refinery29), and she released an e-book, *The Baby Bumps*, a autobiographical account of combining motherhood with a career in the television business.[2]

Cook joined [Spotify](/source/Spotify) as the company's global trends expert and spokesperson in 2013.[3]

## Personal life

Cook was born in [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), Australia and graduated from the [Queensland University of Technology](/source/Queensland_University_of_Technology) in Brisbane, Australia with a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in journalism.[citation needed]

## References

1. ["About - Shanon Cook"](http://www.shanoncook.com/about.html). *shanoncook.com*. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

1. [*The Baby Bumps*](https://web.archive.org/web/20140815022026/http://thoughtcatalog.com/book/the-baby-bumps/). Thought Catalog. 9 August 2014. Archived from [the original](http://thoughtcatalog.com/book/the-baby-bumps/) on 15 August 2014.

1. Brodskyfirst=Samantha (2020-07-09). ["Spotify's New "Soundtrack Your Workout" Feature Creates Custom Playlists For You in Seconds"](https://www.popsugar.com.au/node/47603495). *POPSUGAR Fitness Australia*. Retrieved 2020-07-25.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.shanoncook.com/)
- [Shanon Cook](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1921968/) at IMDb
- ["Music & Conversation with Shanon Cook"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090214181414/http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/news/music.conversation/?iref=mptopics)

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