Google’s YouTube Hires Music Industry Heavyweight Cohen

CNET: YouTube has a new band leader. Google’s giant video site hired Lyor Cohen, a decades-long recording industry power player, as its head of music. Cohen ran Warner Music Group, one of the world’s three major labels, for eight years. He helped usher to success a who’s who of hip-hop royalty — Run DMC, Public Enemy, Jay Z, Kanye West.