YouTube Exec Robert Kyncl Named CEO Of Warner Music Group
Robert Kyncl, a 12-year veteran of YouTube’s senior executive team, will become CEO of Warner Music Group on January 1.
Kyncl, who is currently chief business officer at YouTube, will become Co-CEO of Wmg along with current Wmg CEO Steve Cooper for the month of January 2023. As of February 1, 2023, Kyncl will become sole CEO and assume Cooper’s seat on Wmg’s board of directors.
Since 2010, Kyncl has been a key member of YouTube’s management team, steering the Google-owned video platform’s dramatic global expansion. He helped lead the launch of paid subscription services YouTube Music, YouTube Premium, and YouTube TV. Music has always been an important pillar for YouTube, which meant Kyncl was often working with many of the artists and label execs who will now be in his orbit at Wmg. Before YouTube, Kyncl spent seven years at Netflix and had an early-career stint at HBO International.
Kyncl, who is currently chief business officer at YouTube, will become Co-CEO of Wmg along with current Wmg CEO Steve Cooper for the month of January 2023. As of February 1, 2023, Kyncl will become sole CEO and assume Cooper’s seat on Wmg’s board of directors.
Since 2010, Kyncl has been a key member of YouTube’s management team, steering the Google-owned video platform’s dramatic global expansion. He helped lead the launch of paid subscription services YouTube Music, YouTube Premium, and YouTube TV. Music has always been an important pillar for YouTube, which meant Kyncl was often working with many of the artists and label execs who will now be in his orbit at Wmg. Before YouTube, Kyncl spent seven years at Netflix and had an early-career stint at HBO International.
- 9/21/2022
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
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