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Consumption of music videos

Since the invention of the internet, the ways of consuming music videos has grown from just being on TV channels like 4 music and MTV to social media sites, YouTube and VEVO. Many record companies and artists have social media sites were they will post teasers of new music and videos to followers with links to watch the full videos. music videos are now viewed by a mass audience. Sites like YouTube have auto play and a recommend and trending section to attract people to view other videos.
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