Trends: Five contenders for music’s enemy number one – update!
CMU Trends revisits five contenders for the music industry's enemy number one and assesses whether relations with each improved or worsened in 2017.…
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YouTube demotes Logan Paul, puts new projects on hold
YouTube has removed Logan Paul from its Google Preferred advertising programme and put his YouTube Red projects on hold after a video mocking a suicide victim.…
YouTube considering "further consequences" for Logan Paul over suicide video
YouTube says it is looking at further consequences for Logan Paul after he posted a video of himself laughing beside an apparent suicide victim in Japan's Aokigahara forest.…
Universal and Sony sign new deals with YouTube
Universal Music and Sony Music have signed new long-term agreements with YouTube, reportedly including improved Content ID commitments and terms for a planned subscription music service.…
Lyor Cohen to give SXSW keynote
YouTube's Head Of Music Lyor Cohen will give the keynote at SXSW's music conference next year, after earlier comments drew rejection from music industry bodies.…
YouTube planning subscription music service... again
YouTube is reportedly preparing a standalone subscription music service for a March 2018 launch, after its earlier YouTube Music Key product was shelved.…
Google pulls YouTube app from Amazon Fire TV devices
Google will remove its YouTube app from Amazon's Fire TV devices from January, citing a lack of reciprocity over product sales and support.…
One Liners: YouTube, Prince, Sam Smith, more
YouTube is reportedly launching a stories-style feature called Reels, Prince merchandise is on sale, and Sam Smith has released a video for 'One Last Song'.…
Video removal notices can't be defamatory, says YouTube
YouTube argues that Song Fi's three-year libel suit should be dismissed, citing a ruling that its content removal notices cannot be defamatory.…
YouTube announces Ticketmaster tie-up
YouTube is partnering with Ticketmaster to show upcoming US tour dates on artists' videos, letting fans click through to buy tickets.…
YouTube says that C3 video block was administrative not editorial
YouTube says it briefly blocked a Content Creators Coalition video from running as an advert due to a payment issue, not because of its content.…
YouTube pulls anti-YouTube video from YouTube
The Content Creators Coalition says YouTube blocked its critical 'Pennies vs Dollars' video for alleged terms violations, but YouTube reinstated it within hours.…