There’s no question: The Grammys were the biggest online event of the last couple of days. There were 135,000 Grammy-related tweets by midnight Sunday night, according to new data from Trendrr, and the music awards show was subject to thousands of news stories and millions of […] Read more »
Last year, the Grammy Awards ratings rose 10 percent from 2008, with a 23 percent increase amongst viewers aged 18-34. And while there are a number of factors to which you could attribute that increase, one major factor is this: the 51st Annual Awards marked the […] Read more »
Vevo started off with a bang, further confirming what we already knew — that people really like watching music videos online. So much so, in fact, that the online music video site launched on Dec. 8 still managed to beat out existing sites like MySpace Music, […] Read more »
In the next few days, content from Vevo will disappear from YouTube’s API, putting an end to third parties using it to serve videos without the company’s permission, according to sources. By doing so, Vevo will put an end to companies co-opting its videos and serving […] Read more »
Not too long ago, Hulu dipped its toes into the music video biz with a limited deal to bring EMI’s Norah Jones on board to promote her new album. Well, now it seems the company will be pushing further into those murky waters by striking a […] Read more »
From the ownership to the user experience to the embarrassing way the site fell flat on its face at launch, there are plenty of reasons to believe Vevo might not end up being the revolutionary force that Bono thinks it will be. But if there’s one […] Read more »
It makes sense that Vevo, the music video site that launched as a joint venture between Universal Music and Sony Music yesterday, is trying to cast itself as MTV meets Hulu. An unlikely underdog when it entered the scene back in early 2007, Hulu — a […] Read more »
If Vevo is supposed to be the future of the music industry, that future has gotten off to a slow and ignominious start. Apparently Vevo’s servers are still hungover from a wild night of partying with Bono, Adam Lambert, Mariah Carey, and Lady Gaga, because it’s […] Read more »
Online music video destination site Vevo launched tonight with an introduction by Bono, who forecast that the new site would strike a new paradigm in the music industry. “Friends, we are gathered here today to mourn the loss of a great old cash cow that was […] Read more »
Vevo said today it’s signed up EMI Music, adding even more videos to its soon-to-be launched online music video site. With the addition of EMI, Vevo will have three of the four top recording labels in its stable, with Warner Music Group being the only holdout. […] Read more »
VEVO, the forthcoming music video site from Universal and Sony music (and powered by YouTube), announced today that it will also be getting content from “the vaults” of CBS Interactive Music Group. Starting next year, VEVO will run programming from Last.fm and more than 90 CBS […] Read more »
Vevo, the premium music video site developed by major labels Universal and Sony in conjunction with Google, said this afternoon that it will launch its service on Dec. 8th. The news comes less than a day after another major label, EMI, began using Hulu as a […] Read more »
