Posted June 1, 2007 By REUTERSPublished: June 1, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO, May 31 (Reuters) — YouTube, the Google video-sharing site, has agreed to a deal with the EMI Group to give YouTube users broad access to music videos by EMI artists. The companies said Thursday that YouTube users would be allowed not only to watch and play authorized videos and recordings from EMI artists like Coldplay, Norah Jones and David Bowie, but also to incorporate elements of the videos in their own “user-generated content.” No financial terms were disclosed. “With this deal, all four of the world’s major music companies are now official YouTube partners,” said Chad Hurley, chief executive and a founder of YouTube. Last year, the Warner Music Group, the Universal Music Group and Sony BMG Entertainment each signed content deals with YouTube. Google’s shares fell 0.1 percent, to $497.91, in regular trading. EMI shares were little changed, down 0.09 percent, to 275 pence. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/01/technology/01google.html Sony: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=sonybmg Warner: http://www.youtube.com/warnerbrosrecords Universal: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=universalmusicgroup Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 1, 2007 I doubt that's going to make any difference, they're all probably on there already. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 1, 2007 coldplay, norah jones and david bowie... david bowie is pretty good but don't EMI have any better bands or artists signed to their label to use as examples in a press release? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 1, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musicians_signed_to_EMI By the looks of that then yes they do have better artists. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 1, 2007 Theres many on their already. the highest viewed videos of all time are 1. Avril lavigne - Girlfriend - 32 million 2. Chemical Romance - 29 million (didn't say the name of the song) they are also number 2 and 3 on the all time viewed chart, Evolution of dance is number 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted June 1, 2007 Evolution of dance is number one. Awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
