Music Business News: Japan News Tokyo-based virtual live music platform VARK raises USD $7.2m from NetEase Games, othersStartup offers a virtual live music event platform, metaverse templates, and video creation support tools for 3D avatars Analysis News Rob Stringer says music streaming fraud ‘is a problem that must be eliminated’, calls for better payouts from short-form video platformsSony Music Group Chairman covers various key industry topics in presentation to Sony Corp investors Interviews ‘Japanese acts account for nearly 90% of all tickets sold for live music events in Japan.’MBW's World Leaders series interviews Kaori Hayashi, CEO of Japan-headquartered concert promoter HIP (Hayashi International Promotions) Analysis News Meet the virtual artists backed by some of the world’s biggest entertainment companiesMusic companies are jumping into the virtual-artist space in a big way Analysis News The 3 major music companies are now jointly generating approximately $2.9m per hourWith $6.2 billion in revenue secured in Q1, can the majors now go on to jointly top $25 billion in annual revenue in 2023? Analysis News King & Prince sold 1.2m physical copies of their latest album ‘Mr.5’ in its first week in Japan, becoming the market’s fastest-selling album this yearUniversal Music Japan and King & Prince have set the record for 2023’s fastest selling album in Japan Interviews ‘The biggest question we face today is, how do we break Japanese artists internationally?’In this feature, we speak to Kaz Kobayashi, President & CEO, Warner Music Japan and Kazuhiro Shimada, COO, Warner Music Japan. News From Universal’s AI fightback to Primary Wave’s $100m deal in India… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place1 2 … 23 Next
News Tokyo-based virtual live music platform VARK raises USD $7.2m from NetEase Games, othersStartup offers a virtual live music event platform, metaverse templates, and video creation support tools for 3D avatars
Analysis News Rob Stringer says music streaming fraud ‘is a problem that must be eliminated’, calls for better payouts from short-form video platformsSony Music Group Chairman covers various key industry topics in presentation to Sony Corp investors
Interviews ‘Japanese acts account for nearly 90% of all tickets sold for live music events in Japan.’MBW's World Leaders series interviews Kaori Hayashi, CEO of Japan-headquartered concert promoter HIP (Hayashi International Promotions)
Analysis News Meet the virtual artists backed by some of the world’s biggest entertainment companiesMusic companies are jumping into the virtual-artist space in a big way
Analysis News The 3 major music companies are now jointly generating approximately $2.9m per hourWith $6.2 billion in revenue secured in Q1, can the majors now go on to jointly top $25 billion in annual revenue in 2023?
Analysis News King & Prince sold 1.2m physical copies of their latest album ‘Mr.5’ in its first week in Japan, becoming the market’s fastest-selling album this yearUniversal Music Japan and King & Prince have set the record for 2023’s fastest selling album in Japan
Interviews ‘The biggest question we face today is, how do we break Japanese artists internationally?’In this feature, we speak to Kaz Kobayashi, President & CEO, Warner Music Japan and Kazuhiro Shimada, COO, Warner Music Japan.
News From Universal’s AI fightback to Primary Wave’s $100m deal in India… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place