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# YouTube Comments On “Difficult” New Warner Music Deal
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/youtube-comments-on-difficult-new-youtube-deal/
- Published: 2017-05-07T09:18:28.000Z
- Updated: 2017-05-07T09:18:28.000Z
- Description: Warner Music Group has become the first major label and music publisher to sign a new deal with YouTube. But in a leaked memo to staff, WMG CEO Steve Cooper. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2017/05/youtube-comments-on-difficult-new-youtube-deal.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Streaming, YouTube & Video, music, musicians, Warner Music Group, WMG, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:13

[![Youtube_logo](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0998c271970d-200wi "Youtube_logo")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0998c271970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Warner Music Group has become the first major label and music publisher to [sign a new deal with YouTube](https://www.hypebot.com/warner-music-signs-youtube-deal-under-very-difficult-circumstances/). But in a [leaked memo](https://www.hypebot.com/wmg-ceo-steve-coopers-leaked-email-to-staff-on-youtube-deal-full-text/) to staff, WMG CEO Steve Cooper [said](https://www.hypebot.com/wmg-ceo-steve-coopers-leaked-email-to-staff-on-youtube-deal-full-text/) that he had “secured the best possible deals under very difficult circumstances.” Here, YouTube comments on the agreement:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ [![image from upload.wikimedia.org](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0998c39c970d-300wi "image from upload.wikimedia.org")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0998c39c970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)  
“After months of negotiations, we are pleased to say we’ve renewed our deal with Warner Music Group, Warner/Chappell and PEDL. This new deal continues to capitalize on the growth in advertising revenue we've paid to the music industry – over a $1b paid out between November 2015 and December 2016 – and is an important step to enabling the international expansion of our subscription service, YouTube Red.”**MORE:**
- **[Warner Music Signs YouTube Deal "Under Very Difficult Circumstances"](https://www.hypebot.com/warner-music-signs-youtube-deal-under-very-difficult-circumstances/)**
- **[WMG CEO Steve Cooper's Leaked Memo To Staff On YouTube Deal \[FULL TEXT\]](https://www.hypebot.com/wmg-ceo-steve-coopers-leaked-email-to-staff-on-youtube-deal-full-text/)**