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  • Jul 18, 13

    Billboards Top 100 strike gold by adding Youtube views to its factor of whats hot and whats not. 

    • Which is not to say that it's wrong for Billboard to add YouTube (GOOG) to the Hot 100. It should have done so years ago, since that's where a lot of people discover new music
    • The Hot 100 is the music industry's holy grail, as it is the broadest measure of success.

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  • Billboards add Youtube

    Innovation at its finest. In an ever changing industry, Record labels and large corporations are always reinventing themselves.

  • Jul 18, 13

    With the addition of Youtube songs into the billboards top 100, the industry continues to change shape and allow more room for indie artist. 

    • This week the Billboard Hot 100, the magazine’s 55-year-old singles chart, takes a evolutionary step by incorporating YouTube plays into its formula
    • “The notion that a song has to sell in order to be a hit feels a little two or three years ago to me,” Mr. Werde said. “The music business today — much to its credit — has started to learn that there are lots of different ways a song can be a hit, and lots of different ways that the business can benefit from it being a hit.”

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