Music Business News: Indonesia

TikTok sister music app Resso shuts down free tier, goes subscription-only

Today's news comes eight months after another major music streaming service in India, Gaana, shut down its free tier

Believe makes series of leadership hires and promotions in Southeast Asia

Believe says that these new executive appointments 'are central to capitalize on the growth trajectory across the region'

Sony Music catalog pulled from Resso, TikTok’s sister subscription platform

Sources suggest Sony Music rejected commercial terms offered by platform

Half of APAC listeners use social media for music discovery, a win for TikTok and its music-streaming foray

APAC music discovery stats revealed in new report from US market monitor Luminate

Is TikTok (or ByteDance) slowly morphing into a record company?

Evidence is building that such a description might one day fit...

Spotify for Artists platform made available in 16 additional languages

The platform is now available in Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, European French and more

Priya Dewan upped to VP, International Marketing, Asia Pacific and MD, Southeast Asia and Korea at The Orchard

New position marks the company’s first Pan-Asian management role

TuneCore launches operations in Southeast Asia, headed up by Cyrus Chen

Platform is now present in 14 countries on 4 continents