Warner Music hires Robert Kyncl as CEO

Ella Sagar

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September 22, 2022

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In brief: Warner Music Group has appointed ex-YouTube chief business officer Robert Kyncl as its CEO.

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Ella Sagar Ella Sagar is a reporter for The Media Leader and leads our audio and out-of-home coverage. She joined in September 2021 and has a gold standard NCTJ. She previously wrote for the South West Londoner, Ealing Times, and The Hillingdon Times. At the University of Leeds, she received a First Class Honours Degree in French and Spanish with distinction in speaking and during her time there regularly presented radio shows on Leeds Student Radio, wrote for the student paper The Gryphon and was editor of Her Campus Leeds.

Warner Music Group has appointed ex-YouTube chief business officer Robert Kyncl as its CEO.

Kyncl will start on 1 January 2023 and will serve as co-CEO with Steve Cooper for the first month to “ensure a smooth leadership transition”.

After Cooper’s exit, Kyncl will become the sole CEO and take his board seat on WMG’s board of directors.

Kyncl was chief business officer at YouTube for 12 years and prior to that held content and management roles at Netflix and HBO amongst other companies.