5 posts and columns on music videos

Warner Music’s YouTube Channel Is Not Not the Anti-Vevo

in Media on March 2 at 5:38 am PT

So what is it? Hard to say.
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Vevo’s Rio Caraeff Profits From Ubiquity (Video)

in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 7:46 pm PT

Rio Caraeff doesn’t run a normal start-up. His two-year-old Vevo, which is a video distributor for the music labels, took in $150 million in the past year. Here are his highlights from D: Dive Into Media.
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YouTube Leanback Freshens Up for Google TV's Debut

in Media on October 15, 2010 at 6:00 pm PT

One of the things that Google thinks you’ll do with Google TV is watch a lot of Google video, via YouTube. That’s why the search giant introduced a “Leanback” version of the site, designed for couch-bound surfers, over the summer. And that’s why Google has freshened up Leanback for this weekend: Saturday is the first chance consumers will have to get their hands on Google TV for themselves.

Vevo’s “Hulu for Music” Gets a Prelaunch Boost: EMI Adds Its Clips (But Not Equity) to the Mix

in Media on December 7, 2009 at 6:36 am PT

Vevo, the “Hulu for music videos” site that launches tomorrow, just got a bit bigger: In addition to clips from owners Sony and Universal Music Group, the site will offer EMI Music Group’s videos. It shouldn’t matter to Web surfers, but the music label isn’t going to be a partner in the joint venture; this is only a licensing deal.