Music Business News: Japan

Major labels generated $5bn in first half of 2016 – as Universal took lion’s share

Universal's streaming market share is greater than its overall holding

Sony’s publishing revenues fall as its copyright count blasts past 4.2m

Sony Corporation results show publisher was hit by exchange rates

Streaming now makes Sony $25m a week – overtaking physical and download

Streaming grows 39% as downloads plummet by 21%

A quick reminder of the power of the tech biz vs the music biz

Softbank just bought ARM for $32bn. For that amount, it could probably have bought all music ever.

Sony Music streaming income rockets 57% – and brushes $1 billion in a year

Streaming claims 27% of all recorded music income across the year

Sony’s historic buyout of Sony/ATV: 5 things you need to know

Sony is now edging towards becoming a $5bn music company

Pandora rival MixRadio shut down by LINE 14 months after Nokia sold it

Japanese messaging giant blames financial realities for closure

24% of Sony Music’s recorded music income now comes from streaming

Adele, One Direction and Little Mix amongst Q4's biggest global sellers