News Chou is as the center of a paywall strategy for Tencent Music Entertainment Analysis Will $430bn-valued Tencent want a piece of Sony, Warner, BMG or Kobalt? News in a separate deal, Alibaba has also acquired NetEase's import e-commerce platform Kaola for approximately $2 billion News Major league deal will take on Tencent Music Entertainment, owner of QQ Music, Kuwo and KuGou Interviews Kobalt's Willard Ahdritz talks publishing, major record companies, and the true worth of the business today News Merlin has now paid indies more than $2bn from digital services since being founded News Boomplay has more than 42 million users News Company has integrated with Tencent, NetEase, and soon, Alibaba