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YouTube Paid Out $8 Billion to the Music Industry Over the Past Year

YouTube paid $8 billion to the music industry, nearing parity with another platform's $10 billion 2024 payout and exceeding a prior $6 billion figure.

Music

fromTechCrunch

1 day ago

YouTube paid out $8B to the music industry in 12 months | TechCrunch

YouTube paid more than $8 billion to the music industry between July 2024 and July 2025.

Film

fromBusiness Insider

1 day ago

Micro dramas viewed on phones took over China. Now they're coming for the US.

Made-for-mobile microdramas rapidly grow into a lucrative short-form market, produced quickly on low budgets with AI, sensational plots, and diversity and violence concerns.

fromTalkMarkets

2 days ago

Netflix Continues To Monetize Beyond Streaming

Netflix's Q3 revenues grew 17% to $11.51 billion in line with the Street's forecast. Its impressive content line-up helped drive viewership. According to reports, KPop Demon Hunters alone added " roughly 500 million viewing hours, with another about 400 million expected in the fourth quarter." EPS of $5.87 was significantly short of the market's forecast of $6.97. Netflix no longer reports a subscriber base, but analysts believe that it continues to add viewers in non-English speaking countries.

Business

UX design

fromMedium

1 month ago

How Netflix Turns Pauses Into Profits

Pause-screen ads deliver advertising during natural viewer breaks, preserving immersion and user control while generating revenue and exposure without interrupting active viewing.

fromAdExchanger

2 months ago

WBD Had A Modestly Successful Q2 As It Prepares To Un-Merge Itself | AdExchanger

Warner Brothers Discovery will separate back into two independent, publicly traded companies by mid-2026. The separation follows a merging process that began in 2022.

Media industry