YOUTUBE AND SPOTIFY PLAY BY VERY DIFFERENT MUSIC LICENSING RULES. FOR SPOTIFY, PROFITABILITY IS ELUSIVE. FOR YOUTUBE, IT IS A VIRTUAL CERTAINTY. All eyes (and ears) in the music business are on ...

YouTube Music has rolled out its first personalized playlists to all subscribers, including a rival to Spotify’s Discover Weekly called Discover Mix. YouTube’s Discover Mix and New Release Mix were ...

YouTube is out with its year-in-review lists for 2019, documenting the top videos, trends, creators, music, games and more. Leading the list of U.S. top-trending videos was beauty influencer James ...

Over the past several weeks, gapless playback rolled out to some YouTube Music subscribers. The capability is now officially available for all Premium users on the Android app and web client. Gapless ...

During the Alphabet 2019 Q4 earnings call, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai provided an update on how many paid YouTube Music and Premium subscribers there are. There were also official figures ...