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 Warner and the three other majors -- Sony ...
news.cnet.com - 12/19/2008
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news.cnet.com —
YouTube's traffic machine may finally be turning into
a cash machine. 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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Universal Music seeing 'tens of millions' from YouTube
techcrunch.com - 12/19/2008
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techcrunch.com —
Video search on YouTube accounts for a quarter
of all Google search queries in the U.S., according...
to the latest search engine numbers from comScore. Its monthly qSearch report, which was released on Thursday night, breaks out the number of ...
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ComScore: YouTube Now 25 Percent Of All Google Searches
ft.com - 12/29/2008
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ft.com —
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 ...
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FT.com / Companies - Music industry looks to internet ...
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Do We Really Need a Hulu for Music Videos?
Mashable! —
... Hot on the heels of Warner’s deal with Google going sour comes a rumor that Warner, together with Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal Music Group, are in talks to create their own video portal dedicated to music videos; something akin to a Hulu for music. ...
The Music Industry thinks it can create a Hulu for Music Videos
The Inquisitr » Technology —
... According to a source quoted at Silicon Alley Insider, Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal Music Group all think they could do better creating their own music video Web destinations and are in early talks about forming a joint venture similar in concept to Hulu. ...
More Bad News For YouTube
Podcasting News —
Google got some more bad news today about YouTube.
Not only is Warner Music Group pulling all its videos off YouTube - it’s in talks to create an alternate to YouTube for music videos.
According to a report at Silicon Alley Insider:
A source familiar with the negotiations tells us that Warner and the three other majors — Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal Music Group — all think they could do better creating their own music video Web destinations and are in early talks about forming a joint ...
Record Labels Learning They Have Little Leverage On YouTube
Techdirt —
... Warner Music's response, apparently, has been to try to pretend it has some leverage, supposedly leaking a somewhat questionable story that it, and other major record labels, are preparing to launch a "Hulu for music." However, as Greg Sandoval notes in the News.com link in the paragraph above, this seems like little more than idle speculation by the labels. They had talked about this months ago, and have done nothing since. Instead, it was a bluff by the record labels in a weak attempt to convince Google that it needs to play ball or face competition. Google ...
Rumor: Music labels want to create Hulu for music videos
Download Squad —
... There's been a lot of buzz over the last few days about how all of Warner Music Group's music videos have gone missing from YouTube. Now Alley Insider reports that Warner, BMG, EMI, and Universal are talking about building their own site for music videos. The idea would be to create a single destination where be able to find music videos from popular artists. There's some reason to think the site could work. After all, Hulu has become one of the top destination for online video by providing full length, ad-supported streaming episodes of TV shows and movies with ...
Will Music Labels Abandon the Good Ship YouTube?
The ArtLab —
... It's hard to say, but Silicon Valley Insider suggests that they might be more willing than you'd think: turns out the major record labels are now in talks to start a joint venture that would be to music what Hulu is to video. According to the Insider, "The labels agree that their content's future on the Web is ad-supported, but the $25,000 checks have them convinced they could do a better job selling sponsorships, pushing concert tickets, and music sales on their own site." ...
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paidcontent.org 12/19/2008 — YouTube is driving more than traffic to music labels like Universal Music Group. Rio Caraeff, EVP of UMG's eLabs, told CNET that YouTube is adding " tens of millions of dollars " to the recording company's bottom line: "(YouTube) is not like radio, ...
Online Advertising: Hulu Catching Up With YouTube?
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Hulu To Be Bigger Than YouTube Next Year?
alleyinsider.com 11/17/2008 — In a sign of just how little success Google has had at monetizing YouTube, a research firm is predicting that Hulu will surpass it in US revenue next year.
Screen Digest estimates that YouTube will make $100 million in US revenue this year compared ...
YouTube Is A Global Media Property
avc.com 12/1/2008 — My friend Steve Kane left an interesting comment on yesterday's post about analog dollars and digital pennies . In it he noted the following: any case, i'm not sure what comscore is counting, but most other
measurements services give youtube roughly ...
Labels Think They Can Build a Better Music Video Mousetrap
blog.wired.com 12/29/2008 —
Record labels already command a share of ad revenue when their music videos are played on YouTube, but think they can improve on Google's model for monetizing videos online.
The four major labels are planning their own video venture: either a ...
YouTube Gets More HD Video
informationweek.com 12/21/2008 — In a move likely to pique the interest of video news organizations, YouTube also added three new video landing pages.
YouTube fights back. I didn't watch.
anzman.blogspot.com 11/23/2008 —
Last night after weeks of 'quiet hype' on the YouTube blog and elsewhere, Google launched YouTube Live .
There are already some lessons to be learned, as the reviews (mostly bad), continue to roll-in.
Prior to the launch, there had been ...
Warner Music pulls plug on YouTube deal —
The Register 12/22/2008
Claims living in material world, is material girl YouTube began removing videos with music from Warner Music Group's stable of artists this weekend after royalty renegotiations between the two companies broke down.…
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