Wonderers are wondering why rights holders would possibly want to empower YouTube any further. This as word spreads of a YouTube-Bible pact that would allow for a Top 200 Album chart with weighted audio streams and YouTube video views—including user-generated clips.
Neither YouTube nor Billboard is in the music business, so why should the tail wag the dog?
Does anyone believe Lyor “Lyr” Cohen will actually help by pushing their content, when historically Lyr has only ever been about helping Lyr? Furthermore, given the “wild west” nature of the platform, many believe the potential for overall abuse and fraud is astounding.
The question is: Will anyone do anything about it? Or will the fate of the industry’s most influential chart rest on John Amato’s appetite for shrimp cocktails and rides in the back of Cohen’s Bentley? Or the next buyer of Billboard?
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Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill... (4/20a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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