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YouTube Musicians Form The DFTBA Label

As part of its MusicTuesdays, YouTube posted a brief plug for DFTBA Records, describing the year-old record label that supports musicians on YouTube. As you might expect, these musicians understand that sharing their music on YouTube is one [...]

Posted On : Oct, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

YouTube to regain Warner Music videos

Music videos from Green Day, Jay-Z and Linkin Park will begin reappearing on YouTube as soon as December, the result of a multiyear agreement reached with Warner Music Group Corp. The Internet's dominant video site and one of the world's la [...]

Posted On : Sep, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

YouTube music industry video deal is 'a landmark deal'

After six months of negotiations, the two parties have finally come to arrangement which seems to suit all concerned. In March 2009, Google-owned YouTube deleted thousands of music videos from its site, after a breakdown in licensing negoti [...]

Posted On : Sep, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

YouTube-Backed Music Video Site Vevo Valuated at $300 Millio...

Music video site Vevo, the joint venture between two of the four big music labels, Universal Music and Sony Music, backed by YouTube, was first announced in April this year, with a launch date set for late 2009, but has since stayed mostly [...]

Posted On : Sep, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

YouTube may revive music streaming as PRS for Music cuts roy...

The music royalties collection body for the UK has sharply cut its prices for internet music tracks, paving the way for more online streaming services. Under the new pricing plan from PRS for Music, which represents composers and ly [...]

Posted On : May, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

'YouTube of music' gets a CEO

There are plenty of question marks surrounding Vevo, Universal Music Group's new music video site that's scheduled to launch later this year with a big assist from Google's YouTube. But here's one answer: The venture will be run by Rio Cara [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

YouTube clip lands musician Carnegie Hall gig

She might not have attracted as many viewers to YouTube as Nora the piano-playing cat, but thanks to her hastily prepared internet video audition, Melbourne viola player Lauren Brigden is about to perform at New York's Carnegie Hall as part [...]

Posted On : Apr, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

YouTube And UMG Team For A Premium Music Video Hub That We D...

During a conference call this morning Google and Universal Music Group annouced the upcoming launch of VEVO, a site billed as 'premium online music hub built for consumers, advertisers, and content owners..'. The site, which will launch lat [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

YouTube Can't Save the Music Business (Yet?)

YouTube users have seen Avril Lavigne's video for "Girlfriend," the most-viewed video on the site, over 118 million times. Last year, Avril's manager spoke of the millions she would earn on licensing from those views, and the idea [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

Website loses right to show music videos

Video website YouTube has been banned from showing professional music videos in Germany following a similar move in the UK.YouTube manager Patrick Walker announced the news in a blog entry on Tuesday.German performance rights organisation G [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Music fans shun TV for YouTube

Nearly three in five (57 per cent) youth consumers logged on to YouTube to watch a music video in the last 12 months, compared to 56 per cent who watched a music TV channel. However, TV still has the lead when it comes to adults as a whol [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

YouTube to Block UK Music Videos

YouTube, the online video site, is going to block most music videos from the United Kingdom due to talks with a royalty group failing. The video site is owned by Google, and says that the Performing Rights Society for Music was asking for m [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

YouTube Said to Be in Talks With Universal on Music Web Site

YouTube, the video-sharing Web site owned by Google, is in discussions with Universal Music Group to create an online music Web site, two people familiar with the situation said. The talks are still at an early stage, said the people. Who [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Users, not labels, silence YouTube music videos

Turns out that the top recording companies aren't responsible for silencing YouTube's music videos. Here's what YouTube said on the company's blog: people who post clips with unauthorized music to the site can choose to mute the audio rathe [...]