News Indie artists sue Google, claiming it mined music from YouTube to train Lyria 3 AI music tool The all-indie roster of plaintiffs include those who have also sued AI music generators Udio and Suno in October.
News YouTube Music rolls out AI-powered playlist generator tool for Premium users The launch makes YouTube Music the latest to offer the feature as rivals Spotify, Amazon Music and Deezer have already rolled out the same tool in recent years.
Analysis News YouTube’s subscription business is now generating roughly $20bn a year – with music a key growth driver YouTube's combined advertising and subscription revenues exceeded $60 billion for 2025
News YouTube’s ‘twin engine of ads and subscriptions is firing on all cylinders,’ says Lyor Cohen, as platform makes $8bn+ payout to the music industry over the past year The figure was shared by Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s Global Head of Music, at the Billboard Latin Music Conference in Miami on Wednesday.
News Waymo adds YouTube Music to robotaxis after Spotify deal YouTube Music now joins Spotify and iHeartRadio as the third music service available in Waymo vehicles.
News YouTube’s quarterly ad revenues top $10bn for the first time in Q4 2024 Despite growth in ads, Alphabet's shares sank in pre-market trading as investors digested the company's revenue miss
Analysis News YouTube generated $7.66bn in ad revenues in Q2, up 4.4% YoY… and more than double what Spotify generated across its entire business in Q2 $7.67bn generated from YouTube ads in Q2 was up 4.4% YoY increase
News YouTube ad revenue dropped 2.5% YoY in Q1, but paid subscription sales increased 9% The number of YouTube Music and YouTube Premium subscriptions reached 80 million towards the end of last year
News Google parent Alphabet to slash global workforce by 6%, with 12,000 workers to be laid off Tech giant become latest to axe substantial number of its employees
Analysis News YouTube’s Q3 ad revenue slides 1.9% YoY amid ‘shift in user behavior’ YouTube ad revenue in Q3 came in at $7.07 billion
News YouTube is generating over $1.5bn per month from ads – and boasts over 20m paying music subscribers worldwide 'In the ad supported proportion of YouTube, we pay out a majority of revenues to our creators.'
News Alphabet/Google leads $70m funding for startup aiming to challenge major labels UnitedMasters has been set up by one-time President of Interscope Records, Steve Stoute