Lyor Cohen Says YouTube Has a ‘Fundamental Misunderstanding With the Creative Industry’

YouTube’s global head of music, Lyor Cohen, says this ‘misunderstanding’ can be fixed.  But how? YouTube is officially the music industry’s most hated streaming platform.  But YouTube global head of music Lyor Cohen says this is…

BTS ARMYs Are Illegally Uploading Videos Onto Pornhub

BTS ARMYs may be the group’s worst enemy.  Now, the super-successful Kpop group is battling a strange piracy problem — on Pornhub. Why are BTS videos constantly getting uploaded onto Pornhub? The notorious porn site is the last place you’d …

My Song Got 1.254 Million Views on YouTube. I Got Paid $42.56

How much does YouTube really pay?  A top executive at the company says $3 CPM.  But most of the royalty payments shared with Digital Music News are a tiny fraction of that. We want to believe YouTube executive Lyor Cohen when he says YouTube pays a $3 …

Help! I’m Getting Unskippable 38-Minute Ads on YouTube

YouTube vowed to do away with 30-second unskippable ads.  So, why have 30+ minute unskippable video ads appeared on the platform? Last February, Google announced that it would do away with unskippable 30-second video ads on YouTube. The decision came a…

Anthony Fantano’s Entire Tour Canceled Over Racist, Alt-Right Allegations

YouTube music critic and ‘The Needle Drop’ host Anthony Fantano will be saying home this month — but not by choice. In the sometimes insular circles of YouTube, Anthony Fantano is a superstar.  Technically, he’s one of the biggest mus…

Cash Me Outside Girl’s Father Says She Doesn’t Deserve a Record Deal

Has the Cash Me Outside girl’s management team fabricated a talent that she may not have? In her first single, ‘These Heaux,’ Danielle Bregoli (aka Bhad Bhabie) proudly rapped about the money that she had. “I ain’t nothin’ like these hoes / Don’t compa…

Cash Me Outside Girl’s New Song Goes Nuclear: 2 Million Views In 24 Hours

In three weeks, ‘Cash Me Outside’ artist Danielle Bregoli (Bhad Bhabie) has found massive success.  Yet, will anyone remember her three years from now? According to popular independent musician Ari Herstand, two separate music industries now exist. The traditional music industry follows the Superstar Business model.  Major labels run this industry.  They focus solely on […]

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Facebook Attacks One of YouTube’s Biggest Weaknesses: Portability

What’s one thing that sucks about YouTube?  Portability.  So Facebook just fixed that. For all of its serious flaws, YouTube still dominates music listening.  And yes, a massive percentage of music video ‘viewers’ aren’t ‘watching’ anything. But they’re also not listening on-the-go.  Because portability sucks on YouTube.  Which might explain why about 10,000 ‘YouTube to […]

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YouTube Cares About Paying Creators So Much, They’re Running Ads for Video Ad-Blockers

YouTube says they’re working really hard to pay artists more.  Does that include selling ads for video ad-blockers? Riddle me this: how does one make money on an ad that advertises its own extinction?  Such is the perplexing question now surrounding YouTube, which has been constantly running advertisements for video ad-blockers. Which is strange, because […]

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Despacito, the Most Popular Music Video in History, Ruled Ineligible by the VMAs

But while Despacito gets snubbed, does the industry care about the MTV Video Music Awards? Will anyone watch? Last week, ‘Despacito’ became the most-watched music video in YouTube.  MTV executives, however, ruled the video ineligible for this year’s Video Music Awards.  But with fewer people watching the once-popular awards show, will this notable snub make […]

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