With live video now functioning as an established and important component of event marketing, more attendees now expect livestreaming to be available at major functions, and platforms like YouTube Live make it easy to do – especially with a little help from us. _________________________ Guest post by Rachel Grate of…
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YouTube Adds Restrictions To External Links In Videos
YouTube no longer allows creators to add external links unless they are part of its official YouTube Partner program. The change, apparently made to curb outward linking abuse, is a blow to musicians just starting to build their channel following. It also affects creators who prefer to have no ads…
Vimeo Acquires Livestream, Launches Live Video Platform
Video platform Vimeo has acquired live video destination Livestream and launched its own live solution Vimeo Live. Livestream powers over 10 million events a year many for 10,000 paying customers including Spotify, Quartz, Dow Jones and the Philadelphia Eagles. ________________________________ d-free video platform Vimeo jumped into the crowded live streaming…
The Shopkeeper: A Must See For The Artist Rights Movement [Video]
This documentary explores music producer Mark Hallman’s struggle to keep his recording studio open even as the music industry changes and evolves in the age of home recording software and streaming. __________________________ Guest post by Chris Castle of Artists Rights Watch He’s worked with Carole King, Ani DiFranco, and a…
YouTube Kills Its Paid Channels But Adds Sponsorships
If you’ve never utilized (or even heard of ) the paid subscription feature on YouTube, you’re not alone, which is why YouTube is axing the feature in favor of "sponsorships", which provide users with custom, sponsorship exclusive content. _________________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Chances are that…
Patreon Just Raised $60M, Now YouTube Is Gunning For It with Fan ‘Sponsorships
Patreon announced yesterday that it had raised an additional $60 Million to expand its fan-to-creator patronage site. Now Google’s YouTube is gunning for the startup, which has become a popular revenue tool for many of its creators, with it’s own Patraon-like fan "sponsorship" tools. Based on old-school patronage, Patreon enables…
Patreon Raises $60M More For Fan-To-Creator Patronage Platform
Patreon has raised an additional $60Million to expand its fan-to-creator patronage site. The popular platform is led by entrepreneur and musician Jack Conte, half of the duo Pomplamoose. __________________________________________ Jack Conte Patreon has raised an additional $60 million in a round led by Thrive Capital along with returning investors Index,…
Music Industry Paints Target On YouTube Ripping Sites, Despite Many Non-Infringing Uses [Op-Ed]
Stream ripping, particularly from YouTube, has become a top source of music piracy. But putting YouTube to MP3 conversion sites in the music industry’s crosshairs is shortsighted argues Timothy Geigner of Techdirt _________________________ Guest post by Timothy Geigner of Techdirt Concentrated attacks on technology tools that can sometimes, but not…
YouTube’s Lyor Cohen Dishes On Music’s "New Golden Age," Streaming Subscriptions and Props To Daniel Ek
YouTube’s Global Head Of Music, Lyor Cohen, is known for speaking his mind. So when the former label exec sat down for a keynote interview at the 2017 Music Matters summit in Singapore, people listened. He did not disappoint. "This business is entering a golden age" "There’s so much opportunity…
Spotify is Beating Apple Music and Here Is Why
Of the two major front-runners in the steaming war, Spotify and Apple Music, the former appears to be beating out its competition on several fronts. Here we look at some of main reasons for Spotify’s growing success over Apple, including its ‘bundling’ with Hulu. _______________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski…