China-based streaming service said to be interviewing potential banks over the next month with plans to float in the US
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Global recorded music industry revenues topped $17bn in 2017 – and independent artists generated $472m of it
Industry revenues have grown by over $2bn in past two years, says Midia Research
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How much will artists get paid from the major labels’ Spotify profits?
Sony Corp just gave us a precious hint into the amount of money about to hit the artist community
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Here’s what the major labels are doing to fix their gender pay gaps
‘Our current gender pay gap numbers make starkly clear the need for us to accelerate the pace of change within our company’
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Sony Music sold 17.2% of its shares in Spotify yesterday, worth $250m+
Major continues to hold just under 5% of stock in Spotify, says Sony Corp
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Sony’s stake in Spotify worth $1.5bn, as streaming company finishes opening day on NYSE with $26.5bn valuation
Spotify valuation slips 9.8% from opening trade – but Daniel Ek will be happy
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Sony Music’s ex-boss in China, Timothy Xu, named CEO of Taihe Music Group
TMG merged with Baidu Music in 2015 to form a join label/platform operation
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Sony inks worldwide distribution deal with Australia’s UNIFIED
Jaddan Comerford says Oz company “could not be happier” with The Orchard deal
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Sony confirms it will share Spotify equity money with its indie label partners
Sony Music has told MBW that it will share any windfall from the sale of its 5.7% stake in Spotify with the independent labels it distributes. The news comes a day after the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) questioned whether the majors would pass t…
Sony is technically the biggest music company in the world (but it’s a bit of a stretch)
Why Fate/Grand Order messes up any hope of a like-for-like comparison between Sony and Universal
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