YouTube In The News

YouTube Music gets more expensive as users in 16 countries report major price hikes for YouTube Premium

Some YouTube Premium subscribers report getting notifications of price hikes of more than 40%

Sony Music Africa strikes strategic partnership with Crux Global to support artists from Ghana

Crux Global has been providing digital distribution services to local artists for over six years

‘To this day, I don’t look at charts, I don’t cloud my head with stuff I can’t affect.’

Swedish writer-producer Rami Yacoub reflects on his partnership with Max Martin, Britney's breakthrough, One Direction fans sleeping outside his studio, his five year hiatus, and selling his catalog - several times

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Read Sir Lucian Grainge’s Universal Music Capital Markets day opening address in full: ‘Streaming will continue to propel many years of industry growth.’

Superfandom, quantum leaps, and fundemental facts...

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TikTok on the clock: A timeline of the app’s tumultuous relationship with the current US government

TikTok and the US Justice Department faced off in federal court on Monday (September 16)

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American Hockey League sued for alleged copyright infringement by Sony and Universal-owned production music firm APM

AHL becomes latest US-based professional sports league to be involved in litigation over alleged copyright infringement

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From HYBE’s mystery acquisition to the copyright lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…

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HYBE’s NewJeans fallout is getting tenser by the day, as new CEO says company ‘follows the rules and pursues precision management’

HYBE CEO addresses NewJeans ultimatum after shareholders meeting