Amid The Buyout Talk A Bit Of Humor Courtesy Of The Warner Music Group

Hits is reporting that "WMG’s Lyor Cohen is back on the warpath. Angered that several Atlantic local promo men had been approached by Universal Republic to switch sides, the bellicose one reportedly screamed bloody murder at certain label execs, and ‘declared war,’ promising, ‘I’m gonna go through your company like a cheese grater.’ Whether he was talking swiss or muenster wasn’t clear."

Hits quotes one insider declaring that Williams Sonoma in Beverly Hills is now is stocking a “special super-duper Lyor cheese grater, which is said to be able to turn cheese into horseshit.”

Cohen should be smiling since reports says that he would net $50 million or more if the sale to EMI goes through…Or perhaps he’s really angry because he might not have a job at a combined EMIWarners…