“It was pretty dire,” says Warner Records co-chairman-COO Tom Corson of his first few months at the label. A veteran executive who’s held senior roles at A&M, Capitol, Columbia, Arista and J Records, Corson came to Warner after a very successful run as COO of RCA Records. But even he was daunted by the task at hand, and his partner in leadership at the label, co-chairman/CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck — who he barely knew — was still under contract to Interscope Records and couldn’t start for another 10 months.
“I started in January of 2018, and in the first month, I realized it was going to be a much heavier
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