Tag: YouTube Music

YouTube Music Adds Student Discount Plans

YouTube has added student plans that match discounts offered by Spotify and other competitors YouTube Music Premium will cost students $4.99 per month and YouTube Premium which includes video is. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/28/2018 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: streaming, YouTube Music

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YouTube Music Charts 11.2-8.18: Ariana Grande Is #1, Linkin Park Passes 1B Views

On the YouTube Music Charts this week, Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next” reached #1 on the US Top Songs Chart, Linkin Park’s “Numb” crosses 1 billion views, and Queen continues. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/13/2018 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: charts, YouTube, YouTube Music

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Google Home Smart Speaker Sales Soar, Great News For YouTube Music

Two analysis of the smart speaker market paint a somewhat different picture. But both point to two trends: smart speaker sales are soaring and Google Home smart speakers are gaining. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/29/2018 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Alexa Internet, Amazon.com, Android (operating system), Apple Music, Google, Market share, music industry, Samsung, Smartphone, Spotify, Strategy Analytics, YouTube Music

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YouTube To Overwhelm Heavy Music Users With Ads

[UPDATED] Heavy music users on YouTube are about to be deluged with ads in an effort to encourage them to switch to Google's new paid music streaming service, according to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/21/2018 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Amazon, Apple, Apple Music, DIY, DIY musicians, Google, indie, Lyor Cohen, music, music business, music industry, music tech, musician, musicians, Pandora, Spotify, streaming, YouTube, YouTube Music

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