YouTube In The News

Downloads down 12% in UK, albums down 5% – but streaming soars 81%

Overall album sales fall 5.3% in unit terms

Jay Z accuses Tidal rivals of ‘smear campaign’ as platform hits 770k subscribers

'Our actions will speak louder than our words', says Shawn Carter

Facebook has 10 times as many users as Spotify and Pandora combined

Total video views on social network now rival YouTube

Vessel gets $57.5m in new funding to help take on YouTube

IVP joins Bezos Expeditions and more to back video service

President of YouTube monetisation site AdRev exits after 8 months

Former CD Baby boss Brian Felsen going it alone

Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards nominees revealed

Dine Alone, eONE and others do battle in the independent label category

Midem Artist Accelerator shortlist announced

Hundreds, Ghetts, Sly Johnson amongst 14 finalists

Universal launches new YouTube label in Australia

New imprint will promote stars from Boom network