{"id":2071695,"date":"2026-07-31T21:30:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2071695"},"modified":"2026-07-31T21:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:30:25","slug":"tom-corson-named-coo-at-warner-music-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2071695","title":{"rendered":"Tom Corson Named COO at Warner Music Group"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tWarner Records co-chairman and COO Tom Corson<\/strong> was promoted to COO of the larger Warner Music Group (WMG), succeeding Armin Zerza<\/strong> in the role, the company announced on Friday (July 31).<\/p>\n

\n\tCorson has served as co-chairman and COO of Warner Records, where he led business operations, strategy and commercial development, since 2018. During that time, he\u2019s succeeded in growing the label and its artists, which include Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dua Lipa, Zach Bryan, Benson Boone, Michael Bubl\u00e9, Teddy Swims, Linkin Park, Cody Johnson, and Sombr. Warner Records finished in fifth place in label market share at midyear, notching a 5.11% mark.<\/p>\n

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    \n\tIn a statement, WMG CEO Robert Kyncl<\/strong> described Corson as a \u201cdynamic, respected, and effective executive.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \n\t\u201cTogether with [Warner Records CEO] Aaron [Bay-Schuck]<\/strong>, he\u2019s helped architect Warner Records\u2019 resurgence, and we\u2019ll leverage his vision, disciplined execution, and deep experience across the entire company as we continue to deliver for our artists and songwriters while achieving our top and bottom line goals,\u201d Kyncl said.<\/p>\n

    \n\t\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to step into this role during such a transformative era for both our company and the industry at large,\u201d added Corson. \u201cA huge thanks to Robert for the opportunity, as well as to Aaron and the Warner Records team for the unforgettable run. I\u2019m looking forward to building on our momentum, turbocharging operations, and creating even more impactful opportunities for our incredible artists and songwriters worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \n\tZerza\u2019s departure was announced earlier on Friday.<\/p>\n

    \n\tA music industry veteran, Corson has spent more than four decades in senior leadership roles at various companies. Prior to Warner Records, he was most recently president and COO of RCA Music Group.<\/p>\n

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Tom-Corson-cr-Jonathan-Weiner-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Warner Records co-chairman and COO Tom Corson was promoted to COO of the larger Warner Music Group (WMG), succeeding Armin Zerza in the role, the company announced on Friday (July 31). Corson has served as co-chairman and COO of Warner Records, where he led business operations, strategy and commercial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2071695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2071695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2071695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2071695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2071695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}