News Japan’s Pony Canyon taps Orfium to monetize UGC on YouTube The deal marks Orfium's fourth major partnership in Asia over the past six months
News Spotify is introducing comments to its podcasts. Are music tracks next? Spotify could follow YouTube, SoundCloud and China's streaming services in upping interactivity on its platform
News AI ‘will bring the biggest revolution the creative sector has seen,’ Björn Ulvaeus says in CISAC’s latest annual report The global umbrella group of collection societies is urging rightsholders to fight for their rights in the age of AI
News Tencent Music’s subscription revenues surge 39% to $500M in Q1 as paying subs hit 113.5M The music streaming service saw growth in both paid subscribers and average revenue per user
News Universal Music Greater China partners with TF Entertainment to push C-Pop stars to global stage TF Entertainment is noted in China for having adapted the trainee system (originally used in K-pop) for the Chinese music business
Analysis 3 reasons why… Warner Music Group might be tempted to bid $1.8 billion for Believe Weighing up the positive differences an acquisition of Believe could make to WMG
Analysis News Tencent Music users are ‘willing to pay’ for music produced with the company’s AI tools… and 3 other things we learned on TME’s latest earnings call Key takeaways from Tencent Music Entertainment's latest earnings call
News Tencent Music President and Chief Technology Officer Zhenyu Xie to exit Exec will continue to be involved with TME in a consulting capacity
News Tencent Music’s subscription revenues soared 45.3% in Q4 as paying subscribers hit 106.7m Both the number of subscribers and revenue per paying subscriber are growing rapidly at TME
Analysis Universal Music Group’s recent batch of international deals highlight 5 global trends to watch in 2024 From Latin Music to a booming Chinese market, these are the trends to watch out for in 2024.
News Japan’s Avex inks YouTube management deal with music tech startup Orfium News follows Orfium's acquisition of Japan-based content company Breaker INC in 2022
News HYBE inks music distribution deal with Tencent Music Entertainment Deal will see music from HYBE artists including Seventeen and Tomorrow x Together made available on QQ Music, Kugou and Kuwo
Analysis News Tencent Music’s independent artist platform reached 390,000 musicians at the end of 2022, adding 40,000 in Q4 alone Tencent Music Entertainment has published its Annual Report for 2022
Analysis News After taking stake in TikTok parent, China’s government to snap up shares in Tencent, Alibaba units (report) China's Government is acquiring stakes in local subsidiaries of China’s tech giants Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group
Analysis News Taylor Swift’s Midnights (3am Edition) has generated over $1.3m in sales on Tencent’s QQ Music in China Midnights continues to perform well in China