YouTube music payouts surpass $1bn

by Tom Pakinkis
Monday, Feb 3rd 2014 at 3:25PM

YouTube’s music payouts have surpassed $1 billion.

That’s according to comments from Google’s vice president of YouTube content, Tom Pickett, during a Midem panel.

Picket said that the milestone has been reached “over the last several years” adding that the company is “all-in on music”.

But, during the same panel, BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor said that he felt the figure should be even bigger.

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