Running the numbers on why a superstar artist has signed up to a platform best known for NSFW content
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Why Warner Music Group just paid $80m for a company that makes Instagram memes
What’s behind the major’s surprise buyout of IMGN Media?
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Stat Of The Week: Tencent Music is racking up label deals, and going far deeper than licensing
What Universal, Cooking Vinyl and Kobalt’s new deals really mean in China
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Beggars Group revenues hit $83m in 2019, as XL Recordings generated over $50m
“Whilst we are expecting a slowdown in certain channels [from COVID-19] – for example physical sales, synchronisation, and performance income – we expect streaming to be least affected.”
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Stat Of The Week: Live Nation spent more on ticketing in Q2 than its fans did
Michael Rapino discusses Live Nation’s horrible Q2 – and the bright future in 2021 and beyond
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As Round Hill sues TuneCore for $33m, could war break out between publishers and indie distributors?
Could Richard Busch’s latest industry lawsuit inspire other indie publishers to take legal action?
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Warner streaming revenue jumped 11% in calendar Q2, but COVID-19 took its toll on major’s results
Like its major music company rivals, Warner Music Group didn’t have an easy time of things during the COVID-hit calendar Q2 period.
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Sony Music’s streaming revenues grew 15.6% in H1 2020 – but pandemic hit calendar Q2 period
Streaming keeps moving up, but physical and licensing revenues hurt in three months to end of June
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TikTok users in the US overwhelmingly don’t want Donald Trump interfering with their use of the app
MusicWatch survey reveals consumer sentiment towards US President’s threat to ban the platform
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Stat Of The Week: COVID-19 is hurting Universal Music Group’s revenues – but also proving its profitability
Why a quieter release slate at UMG – temporarily – might end up pleasing Tencent and its consortium
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