Since 2013, Billboard has been using YouTube streams as one of the factors that help decide the magazine’s charts. On Tuesday, YouTube announced that it would no longer provide data to Billboard because of the “outdated” way that the magazine gives greater weight to paid-subscriber streams than to ad-supported ones. As of Jan. 16, YouTube will stop delivering data to Billboard.
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