Madonna

The People Who Bring You “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” Bet on YouTube Channel About … Dance?

Peter Kafka in Media on October 10, 2013 at 1:15 pm PT

One of the the first “funded” channels gets new backers.

How the Macarena and Many Bar Mitzvahs Helped Psy Break Big with “Gangnam Style” (Video)

Peter Kafka in D11 on May 29, 2013 at 7:01 pm PT

Manager Scooter Braun tells all!

More D11 Speakers: Meet the Managers of Bieber (Braun), Gaga (Carter) and Madonna (Oseary)

Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg in D11 on May 6, 2013 at 3:00 pm PT

They make the songs that make the whole world tweet.

Robert Downey Jr. Reports for Duty to Help Activision Sell More Black Ops II (Video)

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 29, 2012 at 11:30 pm PT

Guess who brought a jet to a gunfight? Downey did!

YouTube, Which Wants More TV Dollars, Pays Up for More “Channels”

Peter Kafka in Media on October 7, 2012 at 8:00 pm PT

YouTube pours more money into the experiment it launched a year ago, by inking deals with another 60-plus Web programmers, many of them in Europe. Some of them you’ve heard of.

Stunning News: Music Industry Acts Rationally

Peter Kafka in Media on December 14, 2011 at 11:14 am PT

The world’s biggest music label signs one of the biggest stars in the world, for a song. But the Madonna/Univeral deal still makes sense for both sides.

YouTube and Hollywood Finally Link Up: Here Come the Channels

Peter Kafka in Media on October 28, 2011 at 6:00 pm PT

Google announces deals with “Modern Family” star Sofia Vergara and a bunch of other famous people to make stuff for the site. Next up: Signing on advertisers.

Hello, American Pie! Why a 40-Year-Old Song Became This Weekend’s Viral Video

Peter Kafka in Media on May 29, 2011 at 9:17 pm PT

Because it’s fun, because it’s a long weekend, and because the people of Grand Rapids, Michigan, have an axe to grind.

Lady Gaga Sells Lots of Cheap Music–And Full-Priced Music, Too

Peter Kafka in Media on May 27, 2011 at 12:51 pm PT

Amazon’s melted servers still sold lots of 99-cent “Born This Way” albums this week–and iTunes sold a lot of full-priced ones, too. Also, weird but true: People are still buying compact discs!

Read All About It! But Don't Watch–The Grammys Tune Out Online

Peter Kafka in Media on February 14, 2011 at 4:27 am PT

The Grammys generated a flurry of online interest last night, but the music industry’s biggest event of the year is AWOL this morning. Opportunity wasted.