In China, where YouTube is blocked, TME is seeing its paywall strategy starting to reap financial benefits
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Stat Of The Week: 1 in 5 plays on Tencent Music streaming services will be behind a paywall by the end of 2020
In China, where YouTube is blocked, TME is seeing its paywall strategy starting to reap financial benefits
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Hipgnosis’ spending stash grows to nearly $700m, as firm extends debt facility
Credit facility extended to $400m, as Hipgnosis readies another acquisition spree
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Remember when Spotify called Universal ‘music’s most innovative company’?
It’s the claim all of Universal’s rivals just simply love
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TikTok inks new global deal with Believe, one of the world’s biggest independent music companies
Believe generated around $700m in digital revenues last year
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Spotify and Universal Music Group ink multi-year global licensing deal
“With this agreement, UMG and Spotify are more aligned than ever in our commitment to ensuring the entire music ecosystem thrives and reaches new audiences around the globe.”
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Lived experiences: Anecdotes from black executives in music
15 stories from black executives working in the industry that suggest improvement is required
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‘For a lot of these TikTok hits, the artists could be an avatar – it wouldn’t matter.’
Vydia’s Roy LaManna on distribution, DIY… and why, if the record industry’s not careful, artists might find themselves replaces by virtual characters
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Shamrock Capital raises new $400m fund to buy content… including music copyrights
Jason Sklar will help guide acquisitions, after being promoted to Partner at Shamrock
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Stat Of The Week: 61% of Universal Music Group’s revenue comes from local artists
Why major music companies are thinking local like never before
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