Monday, October 25, 2010 8:50AM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
If only it were, say, Led Zeppelin and the Jackson 5 as the bold-face names in this news item. But alas, we’re here to relay the announcement that Lady Gaga has become the first artist to hit 1 billion views on YouTube.
In achieving such a monumental, web video feat, the pop starlet edged out fellow global sensation Justin Bieber, who sits behind Gaga with more than 962 million views.
But weep not for Bieber. He’s just about a month away from joining Gaga atop the Mount Olympus of YouTube views.
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Friday, October 8, 2010 5:21PM - By Seraphina L.
Yoko Ono has already begun a lavish celebration in honor of her late husband and former Beatles member, John Lennon. However, she and EMI will continue to celebrate his 70th birthday and this time around they plan on inviting fans from all over the world to join. Lennon’s widow and EMI Music have prepared a special 24 hours exclusively on YouTube which will feature tons of tributes from famous friends and such as Ringo Starr, Brian Wilson, Aerosmith, The Jonas Brothers, Jeff Bridges, Tony Hawk, Bret Michaels, DMC (of RUN DMC), Brandon Boyd (of Incubus), Brian Walton and plenty more. Details after the jump!
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Monday, July 12, 2010 10:00AM - By Will Kriegshauser
We’ve already thanked God for YouTube once already in The 10 Worst YouTube Music Video Remakes, so no need to reiterate. Music video remakes on YouTube that are actually kind of good are kind of hard to find. Turns out, someone not making a complete douchemonkey out of themselves is waaaay more difficult to scour for. The laugh factor is reduced, and the wow factor is meh because, you know, it’s on YouTube. Making good, or halfway decent remakes and posting them on YouTube is mostly a thankless skill – like knowing how yodel, or speak Klingon. Regardless, there are enough of them to make a list of 1o of the greatest…
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Friday, July 9, 2010 11:01AM - By Will Kriegshauser
I’ll just go ahead and say it: thank God for Youtube. How did we ever entertain ourselves before Youtube? Reading? Horseshoes? Strip clubs? It’s hard to think about. It’s hard to think about what life was like before Youtube, before this crawled into our living rooms, or this made Romanian dance-pop cool, and reminded people that there was a country called Romania. Youtube has this magical, persuasive power over people that makes them do stupid stuff on camera. They made a whole show about this phenomenon called Tosh.0. Music video remakes are not exempted from this power. Here’s a list of 10 remakes that will make you either laugh, cry, or maybe both at the same time.
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009 5:09PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Following Tuesday’s statement from Vevo that they do not “authorize, condone or otherwise endorse” the actions of music portal Muziic, which added Vevo content to its streaming music service without the ads, the much-hyped music video site has now said content from Vevo will disappear from YouTube’s API.
According to NewTeeVee,Vevo is closing down third parties using the API to serve videos without the company’s permission.
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Monday, October 19, 2009 8:16PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
U2 and YouTube (u2ube?) are teaming up to present a live-stream of the band’s Sunday night concert from the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California.
This is going to be one monster of a web streaming production; pray for strong Internet connections, please. The live-streamed event of U2′s 360° show starts at 8.30 PT on Oct. 25; the stream will be available in 16 countries. YouTube would not divulge how many users it was expecting to click over, but said it believed the network would be able to handle the web traffic.
Check the promo video for Sunday’s show below.
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Monday, September 28, 2009 7:12PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Reports are swirling that Warner Music Group and YouTube are close to sealing a deal that would allow music videos from artists such as Green Day, REM, David Bowie, Madonna and other artists back on the video-sharing site; a dispute over licensing rights caused Warner Music to pull music videos by its artists from Google’s YouTube in December.
According to Advertising Age, Warner is also interested in joining Vevo, a music video site YouTube and Universal Music Group are planning to launch later this year.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:50AM - By Krystal Clark
YouTube has found another way to interact with the masses via their website. They have teamed up with the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival for this year’s event. An official press release has been sent out to spread the word about the new collaboration, with all the details inside. Read below to find out what these two entities have in store for its fans.
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Monday, May 18, 2009 3:00PM - By Morelli
Patrick Walker, the Head of Video Partnerships at YouTube, outlined the site’s efforts in making progress towards deals with artists and royalty collecting groups at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton. Youtube blocked all premium music videos in the UK, after a failed deal with PRS for Music in March. Walker told the BCC that everything is “great” with the major labels. As for PRS, he said:
“We’re working very hard to come to an arrangement with PRS and we won’t strike a deal unless it makes economic sense. They’ve been a good partner in the negotiations and we’re trying to come up with something that makes sense for everyone involved. Ultimately no-one wins if the videos stay off the service, so we’re trying to come up with a win-win scenario.”
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