Major Labels Say That Content ID Not Effective Enough

The 3 major labels are furthering their attack on  YouTube,  the platform they love to hate. With licenses up for renewal soon, the majors a...

How Long Should Your Teaser Video Be?

Many artists and bands will post a teaser video of their album before it's released, or as a brief sampler afterwards. The problem is th...

Facebook Finally Launches Its Version Of Content ID

Content creators have been complaining for months that many of their YouTube videos have been showing up on Facebook posted by someone els...

YouTube Has All The Leverage In New Label Negotiations

If you’re a record label, or an artist, band or publisher for that matter, the one thorn in your digital side is YouTube . Why? It’s by far ...

How Gen Z Is Using Social Media

Gen Z is coming of age and they have a whole different take on communication than the generations before. Gen Z is generally defined with b...

YouTube Says It Pays Plenty Of Royalties

Many fingers are being pointed at YouTube for not contributing much to label and artist bank accounts despite the enormous number of stream...

YouTube Now Lets You Selectively Blur The Screen

YouTube videos are so incredibly powerful that every artist and band has to do them in order to both engage their current fan base and also...

Bandpage Is Acquired By YouTube

Bandpage , the app that allows artists to monetize their followings, has been acquired by YouTube for a fire sale price of $8 million. The ...