| 23 Jun 2026 | Spotify enables artists to directly upload full-length music videos and live performance videos | MusicAlly | feature |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Meta and YouTube found liable for designing addictive products that harmed young user | Guardian | legal |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Lyor Cohen writes to music partners on YouTube's AI 'transformation period' | YouTube | feature |
| 3 Mar 2026 | YouTube expands $7.99/month Premium Lite with offline downloads and background play | YouTube | feature |
| 10 Feb 2026 | YouTube reaches 29bn videos; 2025 annual revenue surpassed $60 billion | — | feature |
| 3 Nov 2025 | YouTube rolling out AI detection tool for creators to request removal of AI-generated likeness content | — | feature |
| 3 Nov 2025 | YouTube has paid more than $8bn to music industry in 12 months | — | feature |
| 13 Oct 2025 | Irving Azoff calls YouTube a 'bully' not paying artists fair share | — | feature |
| 15 Sept 2025 | YouTube publishes latest trends and culture report | — | feature |
| 30 Jun 2025 | YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on 20 years of YouTube and Shorts averaging 200bn daily views | — | feature |
| 2 Jun 2025 | YouTube paid $12bn to rightsholders through Content ID as of December 2024 | — | feature |
| 14 Apr 2025 | YouTube testing Watch With feature for creators to react over live event streams | — | feature |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Fast Company lists 10 most innovative companies changing the music industry | — | feature |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Lyor Cohen talks music videos, AI, and YouTube hitting 125m paid subscribers | — | interview |
| 10 Mar 2025 | TikTok overhauls desktop functionality to compete with YouTube | — | feature |
| 17 Feb 2025 | YouTube generates $10.47bn from ads in Q4 2024, up 13.8% | — | feature |
| 25 Nov 2024 | Navigating the Music Industry in the MENA region - IMS Dubai Panel | — | feature |
| 25 Nov 2024 | IMS Dubai 2024 Conference | — | feature |
| 11 Nov 2024 | YouTube reports $8.92bn in Q3 2024 revenue, second best quarter ever | DMN | business deal |
| 14 Oct 2024 | YouTube takes on TikTok with longer Shorts up to 3 minutes | TechCrunch | feature |
| 1 Oct 2024 | YouTube's SESAC contract expired without renewal, resulting in music being pulled | TechCrunch | legal |
| 1 Oct 2024 | YouTube and SESAC settle their dispute | Billboard | legal |
| 10 Sept 2024 | YouTube announced a slate of AI detection tools | TechCrunch | product |
| 29 Jul 2024 | YouTube announced livestream of Tomorrowland's 20th anniversary | RotD | venue event |
| 29 Jul 2024 | YouTube's independent music incubator program Foundry returned with first three artists of 2024 | YouTube | feature |
| 26 Feb 2024 | YouTube now lets you integrate music videos into Shorts | DMN | feature |
| 12 Feb 2024 | YouTube passes 100 million Music and Premium subscribers | RotD | chart position |
| 29 Jan 2024 | YouTube cutting 100 jobs as part of restructuring changes | TechCrunch | feature |
| 18 Dec 2023 | — | — | legal |
| 11 Sept 2023 | YouTube demystifies the Shorts algorithm, views and answers other creator questions | TechCrunch | feature |
| 8 May 2023 | Spinnin' Records reaches 30m YouTube subscribers and launches animated series | EDMTunes | milestone |
| 8 May 2023 | YouTube launches AI-powered music ad solutions for Gen Z | DMN | product launch |
| 17 Apr 2023 | YouTube livestreaming all six stages of Coachella | TechCrunch | partnership |
| 10 Apr 2023 | YouTube expands Analytics for Artists with Shorts data | YouTube | product |
| 21 Nov 2022 | YouTube has surpassed 80 million Music and Premium subscribers globally | YouTube | business deal |
| 8 Aug 2022 | YouTube announced Foundry Class of 2022, which includes TSHA | — | partnership |
| 18 Jul 2022 | At the one year anniversary of global Shorts launch, YouTube announced short-form videos are generating 30bn views per day, up 400% from one year ago, with 1.5bn monthly logged in users | YouTube | feature |
| 2 May 2022 | IMS Ibiza Summit 2022 announces key speakers and artists | RotD | festival lineup |
| 4 Apr 2022 | IMS Ibiza announces summit agenda details for April 2022 event | RotD | feature |
| 15 Feb 2022 | YouTube plans to double down on creator tools including NFTs, live shopping and more video effects | TechCrunch | feature |
| 31 Jan 2022 | Superstar DJ Alok leaned on unpaid ghost producers; YouTube pulled Alok's 'Un Ratito' after credit claims from Sevenn | Billboard | legal |
| 13 Sept 2021 | YouTube passes 50m subscribers to YouTube Music and YouTube Premium | https://variety.com | feature |
| 2 Jul 2021 | Airbit has collected and distributed more than $2.5m in YouTube-generated revenue to producers for H1 2021 | RotD | financial results |
| 29 Jun 2021 | YouTube won its copyright-infringement challenge - platforms not liable for users uploading unauthorised works if they take quick action to remove | Reuters | legal |
| 29 Jun 2021 | YouTube is changing its terms of service regarding monetisation, royalty payments and US tax withholding | Music3.0 | policy |
| 23 Nov 2020 | YouTube Head of Music Lyor Cohen says more than 2bn logged-in viewers watching at least one music video each month | Google | chart position |
| 2 Nov 2020 | Analysis: How YouTube can be a music industry growth driver | — | feature |
| 3 Aug 2020 | Article: Curated YouTube channels laid groundwork for today's playlists | — | feature |
| 2 Mar 2020 | Winter Music Conference full list announced | — | feature |
| 23 Sept 2019 | YouTube revises chart criteria to exclude paid advertising views | — | feature |
| 15 Jul 2019 | YouTube revamps manual copyright claim system with timestamps | — | feature |
| 10 Jun 2019 | AXS partners with YouTube for live event ticketing | — | partnership |
| 24 Dec 2018 | YouTube says it can't always figure out who to pay for a song. Should that shape EU copyright legislation - and the rates it pays to all rightsholders? | Billboard | feature |
| 30 Nov 2018 | YouTube shifts subscription streaming strategy | — | feature |
| 23 Nov 2018 | YouTube campaign opposing European Commission copyright proposals criticized | — | legal |
| 9 Nov 2018 | YouTube paid $1.8bn in ad revenue to music industry | — | business deal |
| 5 Oct 2018 | YouTube reveals top 15 most streamed artists who played Ibiza summer 2018 | — | feature |
| 2 Jul 2018 | YouTube creators are gaining new tools to generate revenue from their videos outside traditional advertising, including channel memberships, merchandising, FameBit partnerships, and 'Premieres' feature | TechCrunch | release |
| 14 May 2018 | YouTube has a new deal with Vevo that lets it sell Vevo's clips directly to advertisers. Previously, Vevo's own sales force had first dibs on the videos, relegating Google to automated, remnant ad sales. | — | partnership |
| 7 May 2018 | YouTube algorithm leads to hundreds of unlicensed independent radio stations | — | feature |
| 26 Mar 2018 | YouTube music channels emerge as key gatekeepers in dance music | — | feature |
| 5 Mar 2018 | YouTube announces new features for live streaming including live chat playback and automatic captions | — | feature |
| 12 Feb 2018 | YouTube Go expands to over 130 countries | — | feature |
| 29 Jan 2018 | YouTube consolidates artist subscriptions under Official Artist Channel | — | feature |
| 22 Jan 2018 | YouTube channels surpass 10 billion lifetime views; Spinnin' Records included | — | feature |
| 22 Jan 2018 | YouTube changes monetisation eligibility requirements | — | feature |
| 15 Jan 2018 | YouTube partners with Ticketmaster to show tour dates | — | partnership |
| 8 Jan 2018 | NoCopyrightSounds celebrates 1 million paid downloads despite giving music away for free | — | chart position |
| 8 Jan 2018 | Universal Music Group reaches global multi-year agreement with YouTube | — | business deal |
| 8 Jan 2018 | Sony Music completes arrangement with YouTube | — | business deal |
| 1 Jan 2018 | NoCopyrightSounds celebrates 1 million paid downloads | — | chart position |
| 1 Jan 2018 | Universal Music Group reaches global multi-year agreement with YouTube | — | business deal |
| 1 Jan 2018 | Sony Music completes agreement with YouTube | — | business deal |
| 25 Dec 2017 | NoCopyrightSounds celebrates 1m paid downloads | — | chart position |
| 25 Dec 2017 | Universal Music Group reaches global multi-year agreement with YouTube | — | business deal |
| 25 Dec 2017 | Sony Music completes arrangement with YouTube | — | business deal |