News NetEase Cloud Music strikes partnership with Japanese music distributor SPACE SHOWER FUGA SPACE SHOWER FUGA will gain access to NCM’s large user base, while NCM will be able to offer its users an even wider selection of Japanese music.
Analysis News From SoundCloud’s profitability to Universal’s $50bn+ public valuation… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up Five of the biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days
Interviews NetEase Cloud Music wants to be ‘the bridge’ between artists in the West and audiences in China. Here’s how. In this feature, we speak to Vivian Wei, Vice President of Copyrights at China-headquartered music streaming platform NetEase Cloud Music
Interviews News Alfonso Perez-Soto , Warner Music’s President, Emerging Markets, on the ‘huge opportunity in the MENA region’ Exec delivered a keynote interview in Saudi Arabia last week
Interviews ‘These archives, they contain gold’: Aviator’s Alex Seidl and Lindsay Jones on the business of rare music content The co-founders of Aviator join the MBW Podcast
News Defunct Gimme Radio sells e-commerce assets to Mainfactor, hints at relaunch of streaming service The sale comes 10 months after Gimme Radio announced it was shutting its streaming service
News Music rights investment company GoldState Music partners with private equity firm Flexpoint Ford to pursue music catalog acquisitions Flexpoint has approximately $7.7 billion of assets under management
News Universal launches Beat Galaxy music hub on Roblox, featuring ‘one of the largest song catalogs of any experience’ on the gaming platform UMG partnered with virtual world developer Supersocial to launch the new music hub
News Warner’s ADA Worldwide strikes global distribution deal with historical music label Omnivore Omnivore specializes in historical releases and reissues, as well as previously unreleased vintage recordings.
Interviews ‘We are looking towards Ed and Taylor right now as the inspiration.’ Drew Simmons talks about the thrills and challenges of managing 2023's breakout star, Noah Kahan
News Armada’s $100m BEAT Music Fund strikes series of rights deals in the UK, including the entire catalog of Sola Records The fund has set as its goal $500 million in music investments, including $100 million in its first two years.
News Universal Music Greater China appoints former Warner exec Ming Lu as VP of Artist Development and Entertainment Strategy Ming Lu signed and developed a number of successful hip-hop acts at Warner Music
News UK music licensing company PPL paid out over $61m to performers and recording rightsholders in Q4 PPL paid out to over 137,000 performers and recording rightsholders in its final quarterly distribution of the year
News TikTok expands partnerships with Spotify and Amazon Music to link app directly to streaming services in 19 new markets TikTok's Add to Music App feature lets users save songs they discover via TikTok on streaming services including Spotify, Amazon Music and Apple Music
News Tuned Global partners with newly launched Web3 music streaming platform Sona Tuned Global will provide recently-launched streaming startup Sona with content delivery tools and reporting services.
News Spotify is chasing annual profitability. SoundCloud’s already there. Company's revenues projected to be up 9% YoY in 2023
News LimeWire unwraps AI Music Studio for crafting ‘fully ownable’ AI-generated tracks The former illicit file-sharing platform has been reborn as an NFT marketplace and AI content generation platform.
News Ex-SM Entertainment CEO’s TITAN CONTENT to open global auditions for ‘next wave of global K-Pop superstars’ Auditions will begin in various locations in North America and Australia in January, the company says.