YouTube’s meager payouts have been a frequent source of contention in the music industry, so it is of little surprise, although it is a cause for further consternation, that the popular video sharing platform has recently found a new way to pay artists even less, says Bobby Owsinski. ___________________________ Guest…
Category archives: YouTube & Video
Music Industry Asks Google Why It Doesn’t Do More To Stop YouTube Stream Ripping
Last week, when an RIAA lawsuit forced YouTube-MP3 offline, we asked why Google has not worked to shut it down sooner. With other stream ripping sites still live, others in the music industry are now asking Google and YouTube the same question. __________________________________________________ Shortly after our op-ed "Why Didn’t Google…
Facebook Plays Money Card On YouTube
Further evidence that YouTube is doing its best to muscle in on YouTube’s territory, the popular social network has offered the music industry a truckload of cash in exchange for music licenses with the idea that it’s users can include popular music in the videos they upload without fear of…
Get Familiar With YouTube’s New Monetization Icons
In recent month YouTube has begun putting in place a new set of guidelines and controls to give advertisers more control and awareness surrounding where their ads are placed. This change is designed to recover advertisers’ trust following the placement of their ads overtop of inappropriate and/or hateful videos, and…
Ex-Maker, MySpace Music, MTV Exec Courtney Holt To Head Revamped Spotify Video Effort
Former Maker, MySpace Music and MTV executive Courtney Holt is finally moving his career past the letter "M" to head revamped video efforts at Spotify. The news comes on the same day the music steamer announced bundled discounts with video streamer Hulu. ______________________________________ Courtney Holt has been hired as Head…
Desktop Still Beats Phones For YouTube Viewing [New Survey]
[UPDATED] Social media is moving to mobile, but the desktop is still the most popular device to watch YouTube videos for consumers across generations. In its Q3 report, “The Generational Debate,” Strike Social examined a year of YouTube campaigns across 25 verticals in the U.S. and found that desktop computers…
BandLab Acquires, Rebrands DJ Live Streamer Chew.tv
After struggling financially for months, DJ community and live streamer Chew.tv has been acquired by Singapore based social music creation platform BandLab. The service will rebrand as "Chew by BandLab." Described as a "Twitch for DJ’s," Chew.tv has attracted a community of over 25,000 DJs at all stages in their…
Facebook Offering Labels, Publishers "Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars" For Music Rights
Facebook is offering major record labels and music publishers millions of dollars for limited rights to their catalog, according to a new report. The offer comes alongside efforts by the social network to create its own content ID system and ongoing licensing talks with music industry. ___________________________________________ Facebook is offering…
7 Tips For Publishing Engaging Facebook Video Content
As a result of the popular social media platform’s fiery competition with YouTube for video supremacy, Facebook is pushing its native video content more than normal posts, presenting a useful marketing opportunity for artists. Here we look at how to most effectively capitalize on said opportunity. ______________________ Guest Post by…
Why Didn’t Google Shut Down YouTube-MP3 Sooner?
Why did YouTube and Google let the RIAA take the lead in shutting down YouTube-MP3? Much like their own Lyor Cohen’s recent missive defending low payments and blaming musicians and labels for the "disconnect between YouTube and the rest of the industry," in failing to work to shut down the…