Google creeps up on Amazon in the global smart speaker market. Strategy Analytics has found that Amazon shipped 4.8 million smart speakers in the second quarter of 2018. The company now has a 41% market share. Google shipped 3.2 million in the same p…
Category archives: YouTube
‘We are continuing to invest in ways for artists to build alternative revenue opportunities’
Vivien Lewit, Global Head of Artist Services at YouTube and Google Play Music, discusses her beginnings in music and the business
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Latest Industry: House of Blues, YouTube vs. Twitch/Patreon, UBS Group AG, Bucks Music Group, More…
Live Nation continues The War on Straws. 50 House of Blues Entertainment venues have implemented a straw-by-request policy. The Live Nation-owned venues have made plastic straws and other “accessible alternatives” available upon demand. Live Nation h…
Latest Industry: Eazy-E Trademark Lawsuit, Madonna, iKON, Eventbrite, Peermusic, UMPG, Republic Records, More…
Eazy-E’s widow reaches agreement with his son. Eric Darnel Wright, son of rapper Eazy-E – Eric Lynn Wright – has reached an agreement with his late father’s widow, Tomica Woods-Wright. She had sued Eazy-E’s son for illegally monetizing the NWA tradema…
Latest Industry: Apple Music vs. Spotify, Warner Music Group, YouTube, Niniola, Riptide Music Group, UTA, More…
Apple Music tops Spotify once again in total streams – this time for Travis Scott. According to Music Business Worldwide, Travis Scott’s newest album, Astroworld, has drawn 80 million global streams on Apple Music within the first 24 hours, up 16.5 mil…
Latest Industry: UMG, YouTube Stories, Apple HomePod, BBC Radio, Deezer, BASCA, Pogoseat, More…
Could UMPG reach $1 billion this year? According to MBW’s analysis of Vivendi’s quarterly results, Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) could become a $1 billion company by the end of this year. Thanks in large part to Post Malone’s Bentleys & …
Latest Industry: UMG, SOCAN + SODRAC, iHeartRadio, Radar Radio, Apple Music, Paradigm, Cherry Glazerr, More…
UMG earns over $50 million a week from streaming. Vivendi, Universal Music Group (UMG) parent company, has revealed Universal Music Group’s labels generated $1.44 billion in streaming revenue for the first half of 2018, or around $55 million a week. U…
YouTube Music is on a worldwide recruitment blitz for senior executives
Over 15 senior music roles are currently advertised by Google-owned company
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YouTube ups Victoria Campoamor to Global Head of Publishing Strategy and Operations
Exec will relocate from London to New York for worldwide role
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You Don’t Need to Be a Musician to Get a Record Deal in 2018
Streaming has upturned music’s status quo – and labels are looking farther afield for truly fresh talent