Google has announced the appointment of the former head of Warner Music, YouTube, as Lyor Cohen's global head of music to build up its music service and compete with Apple, Spotify and Tidal. Lyor Cohen has been trying to improve its relationship with music labels which have complained about the site's low artist royalty fees and the amount of pirated content on the site. Google released a piracy report in July, claiming it had paid out more than $3bn to the music industry and $2bn via Lyor Cohen's Content ID system.
Google has announced the appointment of the former head of Warner Music, Lyor Cohen, as YouTube's global head of music to build up its music service and compete with Apple, Spotify and Tidal. YouTube has been trying to improve its relationship with music labels which have complained about the site's low artist royalty fees and the amount of pirated content on the site. Google released a piracy report in July, claiming it had paid out more than $3bn to the music industry and $2bn via YouTube's Content ID system.