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News Tencent Music Entertainment had 88.5m paying users at the end of 2022, up 16.1% YoY Tencent Music Entertainment Group has published its financial results for Q4 and the full year, ended December 31, 2022
Analysis News There were 589m paid streaming users in 2022, driving a 9% rise in global recorded music revenues to $26.2bn Global recorded music body IFPI published its Global Music Report 2023 on Tuesday (March 21)
News Spotify removes catalog of Zee Music, one of India’s largest domestic labels, due to licensing dispute Zee has 93.6 million YouTube subscribers
News Michelle Teh appointed SVP, Global Classics and Jazz at Universal Music Group Exec returns to GCJ from UMG’s Global Priorities team
News Nettwerk secures capital from private equity firm Flexpoint Ford to make catalog acquisitions and invest in artists Company announces "significant structured investment" and strategic partnership with private equity investment firm
News Amazon to cut additional 9,000 roles, including positions at Twitch, as tech job cull continues Latest round of layoffs was confirmed by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Monday (March 20)
News Warner Chappell launches Limited Edition Music partnership to sign alternative rock, pop, and country songwriters Greg Sowders, WCM’s SVP of A&R and Catalog to lead Limited Edition Music alongside former WCM A&R executive, Marc Wilson
News From Believe’s $800m in annual revenues to HYBE ending its SM Entertainment takeover bid… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories on MBW from the past seven days
Analysis News In a shock move, Meta has pulled music by Italian songwriters from its platforms. Is this connected to Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Year of Efficiency’? A mega dispute is brewing in Italy between music publishers and Mark Zuckerberg's Meta
Analysis News France is ‘struggling’ to reach the paid subscription levels of other major music markets. Is TikTok partly to blame? SNEP report highlights slowdown in subscription streaming growth in key global territory
News Global recorded music revenues reached $31.2bn in 2022, but YoY growth slowed ‘significantly’ (report) Midia estimates highlight a slowdown in recorded music growth last year
News Catalina Santa Peña named Managing Director of Warner Chappell Music Colombia Exec replaces Daniel Mora, who was recently named as the new Managing Director of Warner Music Andes
News Iconoclast acquires music publishing catalog of Lady Gaga co-writer and producer Nick Monson Monson co-wrote and produced Lady Gaga’s third album Artpop
Analysis News Believe generated $800m in annual revenues in 2022, up 31.8% YoY Company's full-year financial results were published on Wednesday, March 15