Lambasting YouTube, CISAC Posts $11 Billion in Global Royalty Collections

According to CISAC, no, YouTube still doesn’t pay its fair share. Earlier today, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) published a new report. In its 2018 Global Collections Report, CISAC reported global royaltie…

YouTube: We’ve paid the music business $1.8bn in ad money over the past 12 months

That’s nearly double what YouTube paid out in 2016
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YouTube Has Allegedly Paid $6 Billion to the Music Industry

In a self-serving report, Google touts its own ability to stop anti-piracy and YouTube’s apparent inflated payments to the music industry.  But, why can’t anyone independently verify the information? Google has published a new report revealing how it t…

YouTube’s Art Tracks Explained

Since not every song arrives on YouTube with an accompanying music video or visual content, YouTube has introduced Art Tracks, which automatically populates artist’s audio tracks for them. _____________________________ Guest post by Chris Lejuez of The Orchard’s The Daily Rind If you’ve listened to music on YouTube within the past…

How To Premiere Your Next Video On YouTube

Although only available to select creators for the moment, YouTube recently followed Facebook’s lead by debuting a video premiere feature which allows viewers to watch a video together as soon as it’s published. Here Chris Robley walks us through how it works. By Chris Robley of CD Baby from their…

YouTube’s Lyor Cohen Warns Of Creator Apocalypse If Article 13 Become law

YouTube Global Head of Music, Lyor Cohen, pens a monthly newsletter to global industry execs, often co-authored by key figures from within the broader business. In this month’s newsletter, Cohen invited John Shahidi, CEO of Shots Studios, a management company for musicians and artists including Anitta, Alesso, Rudy Mancuso and…

In Full Panic Mode, YouTube’s Lyor Cohen Warns Article 13 Will Have “Severe Unintended Consequences”

Lyor Cohen continues YouTube’s path of promoting baseless arguments to defeat Article 13. Last week, Susan Wojcicki made a heartfelt plea to YouTube’s neglected creator community. With the Copyright Directive set to the pass in the European Union – eff…

Lyor Cohen warns music industry over ‘unintended consequences’ of Article 13

YouTube’s Global Head of Music slams Article 13 in a monthly newsletter to industry execs
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YouTube expands its Nashville team: Copeland Isaacson joins as Artist Relations Manager and Rachel Whitney as Country Music Programming Manager. "It’s critical that Nashville receives the support and respect from YouTube it deserves and bringing on two of Nashville’s very best, Copeland Isaacson and Rachel Whitney, is a strong signal…