Lyor Cohen: ‘Artists around the world are finding unique ways to shine light during this dark time.’

YouTube’s Global Head of Music Lyor Cohen uses his monthly newsletter to address the Covid-19 crisis.
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YouTube says it paid the music industry over $3bn last year – equivalent to 20% of its annual ad revenue. Is that good?

On balance, YouTube looks likely to have just become the global music industry’s second biggest digital partner
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Lyor Cohen: The record industry’s intense focus on data is becoming a problem

Exec was speaking at YouTube Music event celebrating 45 years of Hip Hop
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YouTube Music poaches Warner’s Dan Chalmers to run EMEA

Chalmers has worked for Warner for two decades – now he’s off to join Lyor Cohen
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Cross-industry letter urges EU policymakers to make ‘urgent changes’ to new draft of Article 13

Organizations to have signed the letter include the IFPI and IMPALA
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Record industry attacks YouTube for ‘carpet-bombing propaganda’ over Article 13

Labels respond to latest Lyor Cohen op/ed, which claims artists will be paid less after Article 13
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Lyor Cohen: Article 13 could mean ‘less money for artists and songwriters on YouTube’

‘Article 13 would [open up] YouTube… to unmitigated liability and such a large financial risk, we would be forced to block huge amounts of video.’
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YouTube’s Lyor Cohen Warns Of Creator Apocalypse If Article 13 Become law

YouTube Global Head of Music, Lyor Cohen, pens a monthly newsletter to global industry execs, often co-authored by key figures from within the broader business. In this month’s newsletter, Cohen invited John Shahidi, CEO of Shots Studios, a management company for musicians and artists including Anitta, Alesso, Rudy Mancuso and…

Lyor Cohen warns music industry over ‘unintended consequences’ of Article 13

YouTube’s Global Head of Music slams Article 13 in a monthly newsletter to industry execs
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YouTube Music is on a worldwide recruitment blitz for senior executives

Over 15 senior music roles are currently advertised by Google-owned company
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