Blog: Kings of A&R

Once again, Warner Music has demanded YouTube to pull all music videos by its artists which could include hundreds of thousands of videos clips. Why? Because contract negotiations broke down. Warner wants a bigger chunk of YouTubes revenue stream. "The music companies typically get paid a share of any advertising revenue associated with the video and a per-play payment for every video viewed." The per-play fee is usually a fraction of a penny and with millions visiting YouTube everyday it was all expected to add up to a substantial amount. A source [...]