The Kendall B. Show is headed to YouTube After five years of waking up the Mile High City with Denver’s Old School and R&B, Kendall B and Jammin 101.5 (KJHM) are parting ways. Kendall’s final broadcast on Jammin will be Friday morning, Septem... Read More...
YOUTUBE SAYS IT PAID THE MUSIC INDUSTRY OVER $4BN IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS Earlier this year, at his Stream On event, Spotify boss Daniel Ek announced that his company paid out over $5 billion to the music industry in 2020. According to a new information revealed by YouTube, ... Read More...
YouTube names Tuma Basa Director of Urban Music Tuma Basa has officially joined YouTube as Director of Urban Music. The news, confirmed by YouTube, verifies earlier reports of Basa making the switch. Basa left his position as Global Programming Head, H... Read More...
YouTube is about to ‘Remix’ 2018 is going to start with a bang: YouTube looks set to launch a new music streaming service in March next year. The platform, codenamed ‘Remix’, will reportedly bring together an on-demand Spotify-like pai... Read More...
Issa Rae & Jussie Smollett Launch New Web Series ‘Giants’ Insecure creator and star Issa Rae is teaming up with Empire star Jussie Smollett for a new Youtube series that will explore the lives of a trio of black millennials. Fresh off of her Golden Globe nomina... Read More...
Lyor Cohen Named YouTube Global Head of Music YouTube, Google’s video streaming service, has hired former Warner Music Group executive Lyor Cohen as its global head of music as it looks to strengthen its relationships with the music industry. Cohen, a v... Read More...
Successful Frontiers of Music Marketing One of the best examples of non-traditional marketing and promotions is Chicago rapper, Chief Keef, who is also one of the youngest and steadily rising artists on set and clearly a visionary when it comes to ma... Read More...
YouTube emphasizes music as it releases TV-crushing metrics “Today, I’m happy to announce that on mobile alone YouTube now reaches more 18–49-year-olds than any network — broadcast or cable. In fact, we reach more 18–49-year-olds during primetime than the top 10 TV show... Read More...
PALM is finally on YouTube! It's been a long time coming, but 2016 is here and it's finally time for PALM to expand to the world of YouTube! That means all your favorite reviews, artist updates, interviews, and more will be watchable onli... Read More...
Indie Buzz Presents: Watch it Wednesday Here at the Urban Buzz, we try our absolute hardest to bring you quality information about the urban music and entertainment industry. With that being said, we do notice that the column intended to focus on und... Read More...