Google and YouTube: We paid out the music industry $1 billion. IFPI: No, you didn’t. Google announced on Tuesday that YouTube paid the music industry over $1 billion in advertising revenue alone in 2016. Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl stated that this payout “[demonstrates] that multiple experiences and models are succeeding alongside each other.” That […]
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