Tencent Music – The Talking Fern

Tencent Music Entertainment goes public in Hong Kong

TME has successfully listed on the Main Board of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange
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China’s TF Entertainment inks deals with Tencent Music and rival NetEase Cloud Music… but Tencent gets a 30-day exclusivity window

TF Entertainment has struck deals with two China-based music streaming companies this week
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The independent artist market is exploding in China – with NetEase and Tencent battling to woo the best indie acts

Stat Of The Week: How indie acts are central to the strategies of China’s two biggest streaming music providers
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Tencent Music buys stake in L.A-based virtual concerts company Wave

“With this strategic partnership, we will further extend the boundaries of music services through virtual performances, and build a broader music ecosystem.”
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Tencent Music Entertainment Group and peermusic strike exclusive digital licensing deal in China

Catalog includes songs from artists like Jimmie Rodgers, Buddy Holly and The Rolling Stones to Rihanna, Beyoncé and Justin Bieber
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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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Kobalt and Tencent Music sign records, publishing deal in China

Deal allows for Kobalt and TME to “join hands in content”, as well as hosting live events
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Tencent Music inks another important label deal in China – with Cooking Vinyl

“Exclusive licensing and distribution deal” adds to Cooking Vinyl’s long and interesting history of industry moves in China
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Tencent Music pays indie artists over $84m via ‘Incentive Project’

Independent artist program ‘Tencent Musician’ was launched three years ago
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Tencent Music generated over $1bn from online music last year, ending 2019 with 39.9m paying users

TME generated $514m from paying online music subscribers in the year
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