YouTube Music In The News

TaP Music’s Hannah Neaves and YouTube’s Azi Eftekhari launch new creative agency, Remedy Inc.

First projects include Fashion x Music film for YouTube’s Legacy Series and general management of paid live-streams for Universal’s new content studio Mercury Studios

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SoundCloud’s revenues jumped 37% to $166m in 2019 – and it’s just posted its first ever profitable quarter

Firm's $10m-plus acquisition of Repost Network last year appears to be paying off

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YouTube just generated $5bn from ads in a single quarter – and YouTube Music has over 30m subscribers

Alphabet video platform looks in contention to generate $18bn from ads this year

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Amuse expands AI-driven royalty advances of up to $300,000 to independent artists’ collaborators

'Hundreds of artists' have used Fast Forward royalty advance service since it launched last year, states Amuse

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Is Spotify in for a rough ride from UK politicians?

New inquiry from British government to examine business models operated by streaming firms

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TuneCore partners with Spotify rival Gaana in India

Gaana announced in August that it had surpassed 185m monthly active users

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Amuse revenues grew 209% in 2019, but firm posted $11m operating loss

Distribution company's net revenues hit $9.5m last year, reveals fiscal report

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Over 500,000 tracks affected by YouTube music video block in Denmark

YouTube in dispute with Koda, which claims the platform is "making [Koda] responsible for [its] commercial strategy in relation to putting ads on content”.