Ted Cohen (music industry executive)

[11][failed verification] Over the next 10 years, he worked with Alice Cooper, The Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, Van Halen, Prince, Talking Heads, Robert Palmer, The Beach Boys, The Sex Pistols, George Benson, The Pretenders, The Ramones, Roxy Music, Asia, and Al Jarreau.

In 1982, Warner Bros. Records creative executive Stan Cornyn asked Cohen to join a new media work group, a cross-division effort between Warner Bros. Records and Atari, Inc..[9] The group was led by GUI creator Alan Kay and, along with Cohen, included Voyager/Criterion founder Robert Stein & audio expert Al McPherson.

The purpose of the group was to look at the new interaction between the nascent personal computer and the imminent debut of the Compact Disc and CD-ROM, and their combined impact on the consumer music market in the coming years.

On April 23, 1984, Cohen resigned his position at Warner Bros. Records after watching the rock mockumentary This is Spinal Tap the previous night with Robert Fripp & Tony Levin from King Crimson.

[citation needed] Cohen joined Westwood One on June 1, 1984 as Head of Talent Acquisition and worked on projects for Elton John, Stevie Nicks, Foreigner, Charles Manson, and Neil Young.

[citation needed] After a year, he left his job at Westwood One and joined Sandy Gallin, Morey & Associates, an artist management firm.

In 1986, Cohen held a senior management position with Cypress Records,[14] where he was instrumental[citation needed] in the marketing and promotion of releases from Jesse Colin Young, Kenny Rankin, Southside Johnny and the critically acclaimed Famous Blue Raincoat album from Jennifer Warnes.

[24][failed verification] TAG's initial few clients included Gibson Guitar Corporation, Muze, EMI Music, Limewire, EyeSpot and Participant Media.

Since then, TAG Strategic has gone on to work with Coca-Cola, Verizon Communications, SanDisk, Hello Music, Stream Jam, UK Trade & Investment, Buymyplaylist.com and Emblaze Mobile, among many others.