Music Business News: France

Streaming fraud accounts for at least 1-3% of plays on services like Spotify and Deezer in France, shows investigation

Landmark study into France's music industry focuses on illegitimate streaming practices

Deezer admits data breach that potentially exposed over 220 million users’ info

Deezer blames third-party partner for information being hacked

Deezer teams up with LyricFind, Zebralution and 12 others for EU-funded lyric translation project

The EU has granted €2 million for the four-year project

Boomplay strikes partnership with France’s Generations Radio to promote African music

Partnership will see the launch of the 'Top Africa Charts show' to promote African music and spotlight African artists

TikTok, Meta, Russia, and 37% growth: 5 things we learned from Believe’s Q3 earnings call

Denis Ladegaillerie and Xavier Dumont tackle analyst questions, hinting at future trends in the business

Maria Garrido named Chief Marketing Officer Officer at Deezer

Exec to be based in Paris, reporting directly to CEO Jeronimo Folgueira

Believe’s revenues jumped by 37% YoY in Q3. It’s just raised its FY forecast for the second time this year.

Believe is on course to turn over more than €750 million this year, up by around a third vs. 2021

Deezer revenues grow 13.8% YoY in Q3, but total subscribers fall 2.5% to 9.4m

Streaming company publishes results for Q3 2022