Google has unveiled it’s new vision for music: breaking up its premium YouTube Red into two new categories: a YouTube Music streaming service that can be accessed free with ads or by subscription for $9.99 per month, and YouTube Premium that will include original video content and ad-free access to everything on YouTube for $11.99 […]
NPR’s in-depth profile of YouTube music chief Lyor Cohen as company parent Google switches to a new framework for recorded tunes is revealing of a man who has waged battle at many an industry front, and now finds himself facing further skirmish. The NPR article includes a video link to Cohen’s recent SXSW presentation. The […]
Competition for control of streaming home entertainment devices has never been stronger, as the urge to cord-cut traditional distribution media continues to gain momentum, and consumers seek to port video and music from the mobile phones and the Internet to TVs and speaker systems. Apple, Roku and Amazon are giving chase, but it’s Google that […]
