Lady Gaga plays the piano with her leg in honor of new model for monetising music online


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Or maybe she was just giving a shout-out to the man who signs her checks. In any case,

is Lady Gaga, singing her heart out at the Vevo launch party in New York last month. Note the mid-breakdown toast to Doug Morris, CEO of Universal Music Group, which owns her label, Interscope, and the idea man behind Vevo, where Ms Gaga has her own dedicated channel.

Vevo's

posted today are likely to attract more advertisers to the so-called "Hulu for music" site, though so far none of those ads are visible from the UAE. But according to Ricky Ghai, the executive director of digital media at Abu Dhabi Media Company, one of Vevo's owners and this writer's employer, Vevo Arabia will be selling ads for Middle East audiences by the end of the year.