YouTube Music Copyright Crackdown? Musician Claims Universal Music Hit Him With Bogus Claims
First it was the gamers who got affected by YouTube’s Content ID bot. Now is it the musicians' turn to feel the sting? Bjorn Lynne, a Swedish musi...
YouTube Strips Billions of Views From Bieber, Minaj and Others in Apparently Yearly Tradition
Apparently if YouTube gets their way, December will become known for Christmas, Hanukkah and fake view deletions. Revisiting a practice that caused wi...
Fullscreen Opens Universal Music Library To Its Artists
In February, Universal Music Publishing Group announced a partnership with the two biggest YouTube networks — Maker Studios and Fullscreen — that gra...
YouTube Signs Licensing Deal With Universal and SACEM
YouTube’s transformation from a simple video-sharing site to an entertainment powerhouse has been reaffirmed with a licensing deal that would make t...
YouTube Strips Lady Gaga Of Over 176 Million Views — Is She A ‘Monster?’ Ugh
Last week, The Daily Dot reported that YouTube had cut over 176 million views from the official Lady Gaga Vevo YouTube channel. The massive view reduc...
YouTube and VEVO’s Partnership Is On The Rocks — Do They Really Need Each Other?
With the contract between YouTube and music video distributor VEVO officially expired, the possibility of the two companies parting ways is more p...
Sony, Universal and RCA Collectively Lose 2 Billion YouTube Views — Did They Buy Automated Traffic?
YouTube is cleaning house. According to The DailyDot, Google recently removed more than 2 billion views from YouTube channels run by Sony/BMG, RCA Rec...
