Lyor Cohen In The News

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

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.'

YouTube: We’ve paid the music business $1.8bn in ad money over the past 12 months

That's nearly double what YouTube paid out in 2016

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

YouTube Music is on a worldwide recruitment blitz for senior executives

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

‘Artists with longevity are like athletes – they always want to see how they can get better.’

Joie Manda on a career in hip-hop, and why the genre's been 'having a moment for 40 years'

Lyor Cohen: ‘I’ve always had the gift of being self-assured.’

One of the most talked about execs of all time on the industry... and himself

Official: Spotify’s Tuma Basa joins YouTube as Director of Urban Music

Exec joined Spotify in 2015 and grew RapCaviar to more than 9m followers