Google may sink $50M into music video service Vevo

In what would become a very expensive game of musical chairs, Google is interested in making a $50 million investment into music video service Vevo.

IAB study: Mobile video isn’t really all that mobile, after all

63 percent of video-watching on mobile phones, the study said, happens right at home sweet home.

Vevo’s mobile traffic up 463% since July of last year

Music video company Vevo continues to experience its fastest growth on mobile.

The service accumulated more than 1.3 billion streams from mobile devices in the second quarter of 2012. Vevo grew its monthly mobile active users by 33 percent sequentially …

Vevo must decide: Facebook and Google compete for a stake in the music video site

Two of the biggest companies in the tech industry, Facebook and Google, are interested in grabbing a piece of popular music video site Vevo.

The tech giants are competing for an equity stake in Vevo as well as a lucrative …

Vevo music video service nets 3.5B monthly views after relaunch

Less than two weeks after a relaunch featuring deeper ties to Facebook, music video service Vevo is seeing a record number of video views per person and is now netting 3.5 billion total views a month.

Vevo, the independent music …

3,000 Facebook Timeline apps later, Foursquare, The Onion, VEVO and more hit the scene

Coinciding with the South by Southwest festival in Austin, a slew of major companies are finally offering apps for Facebook’s new Timeline.

The new Timeline apps include Foursquare, VEVO, The Onion, Fandango, and others.

The new apps join more than …

Top 10 hilarious and surprising viral videos of 2011

YouTube may have already picked the biggest videos to hit the web this year, but there’s a host of great videos that didn’t make the cut. From vigilante cyclists to deadpan taxidermists to obligatory cute kittens, the web was full …

BalconyTV turns apartment balconies into music venues

Irish band The Script have opened for U2 and appeared on CNN, but they made their TV debut on Stephen O’ Regan’s balcony in Dublin.

O’ Regan runs BalconyTV, a home-made TV show in which new bands perform on apartment …

Music video site Vevo eyes news and features with new editorial director

Vevo, the music video site jointly created by YouTube and music labels, is eyeing a new editorial focus with the hire of veteran journalist Jim Macnie as its editorial director.

Macnie, who previously served as managing editor of VH1.com for …

Rebecca Black follow-up ‘My Moment’ collects 65K dislikes in a matter of hours

Internet meme Rebecca Black is back and surprisingly, her follow-up to fail sensation “Friday” is not that bad. Her new video “My Moment” launched Monday evening, and it looks and feels a bit like videos from other teen starlets like …