Music Business News: China News Apple Music Classical expands to China, Japan, South Korea and moreThis expansion marks a key step for Apple Music Classical, reaching regions where classical music holds a deep cultural significance News TikTok surpasses $10bn in-app spending milestone, poised to become top-grossing app in 2024 (report)Research firm data.ai predicts TikTok users will be spending 40 hours on the app by the end of 2024, 13x more time than on YouTube News TikTok aims for tenfold growth in US e-commerce business to $17.5B, challenging Amazon and Chinese rivals (Report)TikTok sister company Douyin pioneered the combination of short-form video with e-commerce sales in the Chinese market. News Universal Music Group renews multi-year licensing deal with Tencent Music platformsUnder the contract, TME will continue to have access to UMG’s music catalog for QQ Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music, and WeSing Interviews ‘We want music to continue to be an art form the way that it has been; we don’t want it to just be 15-second snippets.’TikTok’s Ole Obermann discusses the ‘Add To Music App’ feature, ticketing, Tate McRae, subscriptions, delivering revenue, where the company will be in five years and much more News NetEase Cloud Music strikes partnership with Japanese music distributor SPACE SHOWER FUGASPACE SHOWER FUGA will gain access to NCM’s large user base, while NCM will be able to offer its users an even wider selection of Japanese music. Interviews NetEase Cloud Music wants to be ‘the bridge’ between artists in the West and audiences in China. Here’s how.In this feature, we speak to Vivian Wei, Vice President of Copyrights at China-headquartered music streaming platform NetEase Cloud Music News Universal Music Greater China appoints former Warner exec Ming Lu as VP of Artist Development and Entertainment StrategyMing Lu signed and developed a number of successful hip-hop acts at Warner Music1 2 … 44 Next
News Apple Music Classical expands to China, Japan, South Korea and moreThis expansion marks a key step for Apple Music Classical, reaching regions where classical music holds a deep cultural significance
News TikTok surpasses $10bn in-app spending milestone, poised to become top-grossing app in 2024 (report)Research firm data.ai predicts TikTok users will be spending 40 hours on the app by the end of 2024, 13x more time than on YouTube
News TikTok aims for tenfold growth in US e-commerce business to $17.5B, challenging Amazon and Chinese rivals (Report)TikTok sister company Douyin pioneered the combination of short-form video with e-commerce sales in the Chinese market.
News Universal Music Group renews multi-year licensing deal with Tencent Music platformsUnder the contract, TME will continue to have access to UMG’s music catalog for QQ Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music, and WeSing
Interviews ‘We want music to continue to be an art form the way that it has been; we don’t want it to just be 15-second snippets.’TikTok’s Ole Obermann discusses the ‘Add To Music App’ feature, ticketing, Tate McRae, subscriptions, delivering revenue, where the company will be in five years and much more
News NetEase Cloud Music strikes partnership with Japanese music distributor SPACE SHOWER FUGASPACE SHOWER FUGA will gain access to NCM’s large user base, while NCM will be able to offer its users an even wider selection of Japanese music.
Interviews NetEase Cloud Music wants to be ‘the bridge’ between artists in the West and audiences in China. Here’s how.In this feature, we speak to Vivian Wei, Vice President of Copyrights at China-headquartered music streaming platform NetEase Cloud Music
News Universal Music Greater China appoints former Warner exec Ming Lu as VP of Artist Development and Entertainment StrategyMing Lu signed and developed a number of successful hip-hop acts at Warner Music