The CEO of SoundCloud, Alexander Ljung, has promised subscribers that the streaming service is “here to stay”, amidst financial losses, staff layoffs and talk of a potential sale.
In a ...
Music industry trade bodies have welcomed moves at the European Parliament that take the European Union another step closer to new copyright legislation – and the potential closing of the ...
Wiz Khalifa’s video for See You Again featuring Charlie Puth has overtaken Psy’s Gangnam Style as the most-viewed video of all time on YouTube.
Taken from the soundtrack to Furious ...
Vevo still plans to launch a music video subscription service, according to CEO Erik Huggers – but the music biz shouldn’t start holding its breath just yet.
Huggers first floated ...
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has said the website now reaches 1.5 billion logged-in viewers every month.
"That’s the equivalent of one in every five people around the world,” she said ...
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and YouTube have signed a multi-year agreement for US public performance rights and data collaboration.
Effectively immediately, the deal will see ...
CISAC has slammed the value gap created by tech giants such as YouTube as “the most significant challenge we face today” in its annual report.
Over the past year, global ...
Time was when you could come to MIDEM and barely hear an artist’s name mentioned. Not any more: day two of the French conference’s 2017 was all about those that ...
YouTube has appointed Stephen Bryan as its new head of label relations.
In his new role, Bryan, who joins the company from SoundCloud, will report directly to YouTube’s global head ...
International collective management organisation SACEM has been appointed by Warner/Chappell to administer its repertoire with Deezer, Qobuz and YouTube in a multi-territory online mandate.
The agreement will apply to pan-European ...
