Music Business News

GMM Music is bullish that the partnership with Tencent and TME will make a “fandom economy possible”

“While it may take some time, we strongly believe that DOJ’s lawsuit will succeed and ultimately bring sweeping changes"

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The latest developments in the power struggle between Ador's CEO and HYBE

The company is forecasting continued growth, though at a somewhat slower pace, in the coming year

Sony Music wants to see an end to free music subscriptions, and 5 other things we learned from its latest investor presentation

DMX's music has seen a resurgence of interest since the rapper's untimely passing in 2021

Launched by IFPI and WIN and operated by PPL, the RDx platform aims to streamline music data for royalty collections

Consumers who purchased the device “are left with nothing more than a paperweight that cost between $50 and $100"

Potential deal would become one of the biggest single-artist music catalog sales in history

Spotify has recently broken out streaming royalty data for a bunch of individual markets in Europe

ByteDance has until January 19, 2025, to sell TikTok or face an effective ban on the app in the US

Serletic headed up Virgin Records in the US between 2002 and 2005

The agreement will see Proper offer its services to Firebird's network of labels, artist management companies and other creative businesses

Cheerful Music's catalog includes hits like YI XIAO JIANG HU (KE MU SAN), which has amassed more than 50bn views on Douyin