Warner Music Group’s CEO says AI songs are coming whether you like it or not

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Business News, News, Tv & Film, Technology

4.4 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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When Robert Kyncl (@rkyncl) worked at YouTube, he made deals with companies like Warner Music Group. Now, he’s the CEO of Warner Music Group. Vox’s Peter Kafka interviewed Kyncl live on stage at the Code conference. Kyncl explains how Warner Music Group approaches AI both as a tool and as an intellectual property concern, and why he wants Spotify to charge more. And even though the blockchain and NFT craze has passed — Kyncl is still optimistic about its business potential. Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:42.1	It is beautiful out here. It is also the site of Vox Media's
1:45.5	annual code conference, and that's where I interviewed Robert Kinsel, the CEO of Warner Music
1:50.1	Group. As we talk about quite a bit in this live onstage conversation, Kinsel was previously
1:55.4	one of the top executives at YouTube. He was at Netflix before that, so this is a very recode media
2:00.3	interview, and I think you're
2:01.9	going to enjoy it. Now, here's me and Robert Kinsel. For about a decade, more than a decade,
2:08.4	Robert Kinsel was one of the most important people at YouTube. He did all other content deals,
2:12.9	which meant he was sitting across the table from the likes of Warner Music Group. Sometimes things got tense.
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