News Tencent Music completes $2.4B acquisition of audio platform Ximalaya Ximalaya is one of China's largest podcasting and audiobooks platforms
News Primary Wave acquires interests in album art collection from Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell, co-founder of British design studio Hipgnosis Design studio founded by Powell and the late Storm Thorgerson in the 1960's
News Vietnam’s DAO Music Entertainment strikes strategic partnership with The Orchard Deal gives DAO Music Entertainment access to The Orchard's global distribution network
News Meet 2026’s first breakout band, according to Luminate – a masked math rock duo called Angine de Poitrine, with weekly global on-demand streams up from under 2k to 11.2m in a single year Band went viral after a KEXP performance that has since accumulated more than 14m YouTube views.
News Russ honored with NMPA Gold & Platinum Recognition celebrating 26 certified songs The plaque was presented by NMPA President & CEO David Israelite alongside Omar Grant, Senior Director of Creative at Sony Music Publishing
News What ‘blue dot fever’? Live Nation CFO says ‘There is absolutely no data that supports any issues’ with ticket sales. Live Nation‘s President & CFO spoke at MoffettNathanson’s investor conference on Thursday
News Primary Wave strikes partnership with Pete Townshend for ‘future creative endeavors’ including use of his name, image, and likeness rights Primary Wave Music partners with the co-founder and principal songwriter of legendary British rock band The Who
News Managers of Grammy winners Justice and Gesaffelstein back music biz masters targeting emerging markets The program's strategic advisory board includes several senior executives from the French music business
News Taylor Swift’s 1989 and Beyoncé’s Single Ladies among 25 recordings inducted into Library of Congress National Recording Registry Other inductees include The Go-Go's' debut album Beauty and the Beat, Weezer's self-titled Blue Album, Chaka Khan's I Feel for You and others
Analysis News Tencent Music is quietly building a live music empire. Concerts could become the streaming giant’s ultimate differentiator in the age of AI. TME's non-subscription music services revenue, encompassing live concerts, advertising, and merchandise, jumped 28.0% YoY to RMB 1.94 billion (USD $282 million) in Q1
Analysis News Listeners engage less deeply with music labeled as AI – even when it’s actually human-made, academic study finds The Wu and Holmes paper was based on two preregistered studies involving 399 US participants
Analysis Tencent Music investors see ByteDance’s Soda as a major threat. What is it, and why are they so worried? MBW explains why Soda Music has become such a preoccupation for TME's shareholders.
News BMG acquires publishing interests in catalog of Jet, the band behind ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’, expanding on 2023 recordings deal Jet released three studio albums and have sold more than 6.5 million records worldwide
News Universal Music India strikes global distribution deal with indie artist services company first.wav Company's operations span artist management, music distribution, and marketing
News Warner Music launches Atlantic Records Finland, led by Fredi Lundén and Kristiina Wheeler Lundén promoted to Director, Atlantic Records Finland; Wheeler joins as Senior A&R