Analysis News NetEase Cloud Music now counts over 611,000 registered independent artists NCM had 38.3 million monthly paying users at the end of 2022
Analysis Is TikTok about to pull off a heist on the music industry? Could indie tracks and AI music successfully replace major label music on the platform?
News Ru Ping Gan named VP of Digital, Asia Pacific at Warner Chappell Music Exec joined the company in 2013
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 5 numbers that will come to define the music business in 2023 MBW picks out a handful of statistics underpinning some of the red-hot issues bubbling away as we type...
Analysis News Another music streaming service is making its own AI-generated songs – and it’s on course to create over 200,000 of them. MENA-focused Anghami claims that it will soon become the first platform to host over 200k songs generated by AI.
Analysis News Music now has over 616 million paying streaming subscribers globally Research firm estimates that Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) overtook Amazon Music to become the third largest DSP globally at the end of 2021
News NetEase Cloud Music strikes licensing deal with J-pop and anime music company Pony Canyon Pony Canyon's catalog includes artists such as Official HIGE DANdism, GARNiDELiA, Kana Hanazawa
Analysis The music industry isn’t ready for the AI revolution. Fruits Music founder, Stef Van Vugt, believes that AI will create a major opportunity for ambitious companies to challenge the majors
News Japan’s Avex Group strikes licensing deal with NetEase Cloud Music Deal gives NCM the right to distribute Avex's music catalog in China
News NetEase Cloud Music revenues reach $331m in Q3, up 22.5% YoY Cloud Music accounted for 9.7% of parent company’s overall revenue in Q3
Interviews News With AWAL and Platoon both acquired, Tencent-backed FRTYFVE is becoming an indie power player in artist services London-headquartered FRTYFVE has doubled revenues annually since Tencent invested in it in 2020
Analysis Blog Games have raced ahead to build Web3, but it’s not too late for music The following MBW op/ed comes from Bruno Guez, CEO of Digital rights administration company Revelator
News Kuke, a classical music platform from China, is at risk of being delisted from the NYSE Kuke launched its US listing in January 2021, raising $50m
Analysis News As Microsoft’s $68.7bn Activision buyout awaits approval, games giant files patent for AI music tech Activision has been experimenting with tech that creates AI-generated personalized music for players within a video game