YouTube paid out more than $8 billion to the music industry between July 2024 and June 2025, the Google-owned company’s global head of music, Lyor Cohen, has announced in an open letter to partners.
YouTune-Google music chief Lyor Cohen and Jidenna at YouTube Music's "Future of Music and AI" event in New York. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for YouTube Music Before the discussion about the future of ...