The haters who watch his videos just to "dislike" his videos are making him money.
How ironic!
Haters would never download his music, purchase his album, buy concert tickets or merchandise. But with MVs, they are contributing to making him (and his label) richer LOL.
The haters who watch his videos just to "dislike" his videos are making him money.
How ironic!
Haters would never download his music, purchase his album, buy concert tickets or merchandise. But with MVs, they are contributing to making him (and his label) richer LOL.
Musicians could start with considering the issue of the ancillary use of music by corporations to their benefit at a cost to the musicians. Case in point – when my band Gang of Four made a video, the record company put the cost of that production in the band’s debit column to be paid back. And yet they gave the video away for free to MTV, a company owned by the conglomerate Viacom who honestly could afford to pay to license that content. But no, free! To add salt to the wound MTV doesn’t pay performance royalties to the artists either.
I didn't know that MTV doesn't pay performance royalties to artists. Another reason why VEVO is a good idea (from an artist perspective).
Vevo plans to set itself apart from rivals by giving musicians the ability to present all their music videos on Facebook within a single window — leading to more clicks and, hopefully, deeper engagement with fans, said Vevo's general manager, Fred Santarpia.
"The key differentiator between Vevo and others is that Vevo carries the official music videos," Santarpia said. "None of the others can offer that as part of their product suite. When those artists are premiering a new music video, they can do that with Vevo."
Vevo was the second-largest purveyor of online videos after YouTube as of July, serving up 3.2 billion video views a month worldwide, according to the most recent report from research firm ComScore. In the U.S., Vevo hosted 67.7 million unique visitors in July, up from 48 million a year ago, making it the top music site.
VEVO will only grow bigger when (if) Warner Music Group and kpop join the party.
I see so for itunes is 30% to itunes and 70% to label artists publishers and songwriters
and how is it for VEVO videos?
VEVO doesn't say. It did say that the "MAJORITY" of ad revenue goes to the labels/artists/publishers/songwriters. But it doesn't say the exact %. So your guess is as good as mine.
For what it worth, VEVO is not profitable yet. It said it will be in 2012.
VEVO doesn't say. It did say that the "MAJORITY" of ad revenue goes to the labels/artists/publishers/songwriters. But it doesn't say the exact %. So your guess is as good as mine.
For what it worth, VEVO is not profitable yet. It said it will be in 2012.
The Facebook deal might help them become more lucrative, if somehow social media manages to effectively merge with companies like Vevo, Spotify, Itunes, etc the opportunities are huge
