Analysis Interviews ‘Short-form video has changed the way music is performed, shared, and enjoyed. Competition for eyeballs is fierce.’ MBW's World Leaders series interviews Sherry Tan, Managing Director of Warner Music China
News Mobile rhythm game Beatstar paid out $16 million to music rightsholders in its first year The app is reminiscent of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, both developed by Harmonix. But Beatstar, developed by Space Ape, doesn't require guitar-shaped game controllers to play as it is purely built for mobile.
News Warner Chappell Music strikes licensing deal with short-form video platform (and TikTok rival) Kuaishou App reports to reach more than 180m monthly active users outside of China
News East Goes Global launches distro arm to distribute music to DSPs in China East Goes Global recently closed a $1 million seed funding round
News BLACKPINK’s ‘Pink Venom’ sets record as biggest YouTube music video premiere of 2022 Video is only behind two BTS tracks in terms of all-time biggest 24 hour debuts
News Fans can now pay to access their favorite artist’s music before it’s officially released on Audiomack Platform, with around 20 million monthly users, builds on its earlier Supporters feature with new tool for artists
News NetEase Cloud Music ‘expands K-Pop portfolio’ with YG Entertainment licensing deal YG's roster includes K-Pop groups such as BIGBANG and BLACKPINK
News Backstreet Boys livestream concert watched by 45m viewers in China via Tencent’s WeChat app Performance is claimed to be the the highest-attended livestream concert on WeChat by an international artist
Analysis News Steve Cooper is leaving Warner Music Group. Will one of these 53 people replace him as CEO? MBW runs down a bunch of executives that might just have a shot of being Warner Music Group's new boss
News K-pop giant SM Entertainment strikes licensing deal with NetEase Cloud Music NetEase Cloud Music granted the right to distribute SM's music catalog
News Social music creation platform BandLab closes Series B funding round at $65m Prosus Ventures joins list of investors
News ByteDance launches new music streaming service in China App is called Qishui Yinyue, and its catalog currently features 10m music tracks
Analysis Blog The gamification of the music industry has just begun. 'The worlds of music, video games, AV and the blockchain are becoming irreversibly entwined,' suggests Ran Geffen
News Tencent to acquire gaming device maker Black Shark to help it build the Metaverse (report) Black Shark to shift focus to virtual reality, says report
News Sony Music Middle East and Spotify rival Anghami launch JV record label, Vibe Music Arabia Rami Zeidan will be leading Vibe Music Arabia as General Manager