Look out Spotify: Google has officially announced a new music subscription service that takes advantage of YouTube’s vast collection of music and existing relationships with labels. Read more »
Spotify’s payments to record companies and publishers are pegged to its gross revenue, and increase roughly in proportion to the increase in Spotify’s user base. Performance royalties paid to artists, however,… Read more »
YouTube’s most recent Android app contains a number of references to premium music features, suggesting that the site’s music subscription service could launch soon. Read more »
YouTube is reportedly planning to launch its own subscription music streaming service, which would include video, this year. It will enter a very crowded marketplace. Read more »
By taking an equity stake in the Vevo, Google would create a liquidity event that ultimately could help Universal divest its stake at a respectable valuation, while buying some goodwill for… Read more »
Streaming media is hot – maybe too hot. music streaming could be more energy-intensive than CD production and distribution, while YouTube could soon guzzle one percent of global electricity, says a… Read more »
It’s easy to embed a wide variety of music players on your website, but hard to get them singing from the same hymnsheet. Musicplayr’s trying to fix that with a newly-revamped… Read more »
The adoption of tablets, social media and new interfaces and the changing nature of the TV itself mean the digital living room will continue on its path of rapid change, thanks… Read more »