Music Videos

Here’s the Follow Up to ‘Gangnam Style’. It’s Called ‘Gentleman’…

April 14, 2013

This quickly crossed 60 million YouTube views over the weekend, and features a similar "Gangnam Style" schtick. It's PSY's second act, and it's called "Gentleman..." ... Read More...

Streaming Music Doesn’t Work. So Rdio Is Launching Vdio…

Paul Resnikoff

April 3, 2013

Spotify imagines a world with a billion users, healthily-paid musicians, and a scaled-out business model that makes sense. But right now, that isn't the reality, and it may never be the reality with music alon... Read More...

Hey Advertisers: You Might Want to Ask VEVO for a Refund…

Paul Resnikoff

February 1, 2013

Or, at least an audit. This all started last week when YouTube eliminated 156 million viewcounts for Lady Gaga, which turned out to be the tip of an iceberg. That iceberg, which quietly floated by in December,... Read More...

The Things I’d Gladly Pay for On YouTube…

Paul Resnikoff

January 15, 2013

YouTube: it's a chaotic jungle of musical content, yet it's easily the biggest streaming music platform in the world (if not the biggest music platform, period). Not only does YouTube cover most of the globe, ... Read More...

Labels Intensify Their War Against Vimeo…

Paul Resnikoff

January 7, 2013

He who lives by the DMCA, dies by the DMCA. And the latter may be the fate of Vimeo, the cleaner cousin of YouTube that never played the copyright game as slickly. Which is partly why the major labels are in... Read More...

YouTube: Our VEVO Deal Is Being Renewed (for Now)…

Paul Resnikoff

November 2, 2012

This is called hugging it out, at least for now. According to John Hirai, who heads music for YouTube Japan & Korea, the deal with VEVO is likely to be renewed for at least a few more years, if it hasn't be... Read More...

Video Killed the BitTorrent Star

Paul Resnikoff

September 24, 2012

It's not that file-trading or BitTorrent traffic is going anywhere, it's just getting eclipsed by streaming video volumes. The following breakdown and projection comes from the Cisco Visual Networking Index, a... Read More...

Millions of People Want to Download YouTube Videos. So Why Not Let Them?

Paul Resnikoff

June 22, 2012

It's the same argument that was made about Napster back in the 90s. After all, if millions of people wanted to file-swap and build huge MP3 collections, why not let them do it? And, wrap whatever model you co... Read More...

Television: It’s Still 20 Times Larger Every Internet Video Channel (Combined)…

Paul Resnikoff

May 30, 2012

Of course, 'MTV' means something entirely different in 2012. But if you've got a shot at traditional TV - whether Fuse or football - you should probably take it. Because despite the disinformation otherwise, T... Read More...

Television: It’s Still 20 Times Larger Every Internet Video Channel (Combined)…

Paul Resnikoff

May 30, 2012

VEVO’s Traffic Is Taking a Bath…

Paul Resnikoff

March 20, 2012

For all the bluster and big numbers, all the "I'm leaving you, YouTube," there's this. VEVO's traffic has been dipping substantially since last year, according to comScore stats unearthed by MusicAlly. Take a ... Read More...

Mark Cuban: YouTube “Really Hasn’t Accomplished Anything…”

Paul Resnikoff

September 4, 2011

Photo Credit: Christian Wiediger And where does that analysis leave VEVO? "I said it was a huge mistake back then, and I still think it's a huge mistake," Cuban told CBS.com in an interview aired last week. ... Read More...

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Here’s the Follow Up to ‘Gangnam Style’. It’s Called ‘Gentleman’…

Streaming Music Doesn’t Work. So Rdio Is Launching Vdio…

Hey Advertisers: You Might Want to Ask VEVO for a Refund…

The Things I’d Gladly Pay for On YouTube…

Labels Intensify Their War Against Vimeo…

YouTube: Our VEVO Deal Is Being Renewed (for Now)…

Video Killed the BitTorrent Star

Millions of People Want to Download YouTube Videos. So Why Not Let Them?

Television: It’s Still 20 Times Larger Every Internet Video Channel (Combined)…

Television: It’s Still 20 Times Larger Every Internet Video Channel (Combined)…

VEVO’s Traffic Is Taking a Bath…

Mark Cuban: YouTube “Really Hasn’t Accomplished Anything…”