ft.com - 12/29/2008
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A generation after the launch of MTV, major record labels are hoping to revive the music video business online by creating a single digital destination for their artists’ output. Plans under discussion include: a partnership with Hulu, the online television and film joint venture between News ...
alleyinsider.com - 12/22/2008
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MajorLabels.gif Warner Music Group -- now banned from
YouTube following failed licensing negotiations -- isn't the only...
major record label tired of doing business with Google's video-sharing site. A source familiar with the negotiations tells us that ...
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Music Labels In Talks To Create Hulu-For-Music (GOOG)
weblogs.hitwise.com - 12/30/2008
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With all of the focus on the economic
downturn and the troubles in the retail sector, it???s...
easy to forget the continued growth of social networking in the UK. Christmas is traditionally the busiest time of year for social networks,...
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Social Xmas: Facebook???s busiest day ever, YouTube ...
alleyinsider.com - 12/29/2008
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Fed up with lousy ad revenues from Google's
video-sharing service YouTube (GOOG), we've heard the four major...
music labels -- Universal MG, EMI, Warner and Sony BMG -- are in preliminary talks to create their own destination Web site . Call it a Hulu ...
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Music Labels Might Just Take Their Business To Hulu
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Music Labels Might Just Take Their Business To Hulu
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... video-sharing service YouTube (GOOG), we've heard the four major music labels -- Universal MG, EMI, Warner and Sony BMG -- are in preliminary talks to create their own destination Web site. Call it a Hulu for music videos.
Now the Financial Times confirms the discussions, but says a new joint venture to create a destination Web site is just one option among many. Some kind of non-exclusive partnership with Hulu itself seems the most likely outcome.
From the FT:
Plans under discussion include: a partnership with Hulu, ...
Labels Looking to Hook Up With Hulu? [NewTeeVee]
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... resulting in Warner music videos being pulled from the site, The Financial Times is reporting that major music labels might strike up a deal with premium content darling ...
Do Record Labels Have the DNA and Track Record To Create Their Own Hulu?
WatchMojo.com Business & Technology —
... YouTube vs. Hulu? That is the question record labels are asking themselves as they look for options to tackle declining offline sales and piracy. ...
Big Music: hoping for a ‘revival’
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... Nonetheless, the “major record labels” are “hoping to revive” it by, “creating a single digital destination for their artists’ output,” says the Financial Times. ...
Possible Hulu Expansions Becoming Hot Topics
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... Our mission statement describes us helping people to find and enjoy the world's premium content wherever and however they want. That will be predicated on finding the right partners and having a business model that enables us to create value for advertisers, content partners and our shareholders."Although Kilar didn't go on to give any sort of date, those are some encouraging words, anyway. And the second story gives a reason as to why many, many more people might want to use Hulu. Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson reports, "[M]ajor record labels are hoping to revive the music ...
Labels Think They Can Build a Better Music Video Mousetrap
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... -designed site or a new standalone service operated by the labels themselves, according to the Financial Times (free registration required). ...
Will Music Labels Make a Deal with Hulu and Shun YouTube?
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... According to a report by the Financial Times, some of the larger music labels are looking into creating a single destination site for their artists' video content. The Financial Times cites two unnamed label representatives who argue that ...
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For the first time, there are signs that YouTube is driving significant revenue for itself and some of the video site's partners. In an interview with CNET News this week, Rio ...
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Was YouTube Live a Success? That Depends.
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During the Web 2.0 Summit recently, the Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom, pointed out that one of the reasons the world is no longer the same is YouTube. For better or worse, said Mr. Newsom, we ...
Online Advertising: Hulu Catching Up With YouTube?
readwriteweb.com 11/17/2008 — According to the Financial Times , Hulu , the online video service backed by NBC Universal and News Corp. is slowly catching up to YouTube in terms of advertising revenue. Screen Digest 's Arash Amel forcasts that in 2008, YouTube will generate about ...
Universal Music and YouTube working on Vevo music video site
obsessable.com 3/5/2009 — The new site would feature music videos, interviews, and other music-related streaming content. If you've checked out more than a few music videos on YouTube , chances are that you stumbled across at least one from Universal Music. The label hosts many of its videos there, so many that its ...
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The Register 12/30/2008
YouTube don't pay the bills Several major record labels have recently discovered a global system of interconnected computer networks they believe could be used as a new platform for distributing musical videos.…
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