Music Business News: Japan

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

Universal claims 43% of major label money in first half of 2015

UMPG and Sony Music, helped by currency, have both gained share this year