Lyor Cohen In The News

From Universal’s scrubbed SPAC sell-off to Warner’s Doug Morris label buyout: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter

TikTok rival YouTube Shorts expands beta into over 100 countries

YouTube Shorts is launching a new set of features

TikTok is parking its tanks on YouTube’s lawn… as report says its users are more engaged than its rival’s

TikTok surpasses YouTube for average hours spent per month per user in both the US and the UK on Android

YouTube’s TikTok rival Shorts expands into Brazil, Mexico, Canada, the UK and other regions

Rollout follows the platform's initial launch in India and the US

From Universal Music Group’s $40bn-plus valuation to Tommy Boy’s sale: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past five days in the global music business

Lyor Cohen: YouTube Music is ‘the fastest growing subscription service out there’

Cohen spoke at AIM's Future Independents conference today (June 3)

YouTube says it paid the music industry over $4bn in the last 12 months

Lyor Cohen wants to topple Spotify as the music biz's No.1 biggest royalty payer

YouTube is now generating $2bn a month from ads – and grew faster than Netflix in Q1

Latest Alphabet results show 49% year-on-year growth in Q1 ads