Music Business News: Japan News Shintaro Aki appointed Managing Director of EMI Records Japan Exec joins UMJ from Warner Music Japan, where he most recently served as Senior Executive Producer News Virgin Music Group partners with Japan’s Bushiroad Music on global anime music distribution Virgin will provide digital distribution services for Bushiroad Music‘s content across 35 countries News Sony generated $2.55bn from recorded music and publishing in Q3, up 9.6% YoY Company's global recorded music revenues were up over 10% YoY News Nintendo launches music streaming app for Switch Online members Nintendo is finally providing fans with an official way to enjoy their favorite gaming soundtracks Analysis News From Timbaland’s Suno partnership to UnitedMasters’ direct TikTok deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place… News Qobuz launches ‘first of its kind’ high-fidelity streaming and download service in Japan Japan's music market lags behind others when it comes to adoption of streaming services, and Qobuz sees an opportunity in that. Analysis Why was Sony Music willing to pay megabucks for Queen and Pink Floyd’s catalogs? MBW glances over some of the key factors in Sony's willingness to spend over $2 billion on three recent catalog deals Interviews Believe’s Global Head of Music, Romain Vivien, talks artists, AI, streaming fraud, and the future of independence MBW’s World Leaders series meets Romain Vivien, Global Head of Music at Paris-headquartered music company Believe1 2 … 31 Next
News Shintaro Aki appointed Managing Director of EMI Records Japan Exec joins UMJ from Warner Music Japan, where he most recently served as Senior Executive Producer
News Virgin Music Group partners with Japan’s Bushiroad Music on global anime music distribution Virgin will provide digital distribution services for Bushiroad Music‘s content across 35 countries
News Sony generated $2.55bn from recorded music and publishing in Q3, up 9.6% YoY Company's global recorded music revenues were up over 10% YoY
News Nintendo launches music streaming app for Switch Online members Nintendo is finally providing fans with an official way to enjoy their favorite gaming soundtracks
Analysis News From Timbaland’s Suno partnership to UnitedMasters’ direct TikTok deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Qobuz launches ‘first of its kind’ high-fidelity streaming and download service in Japan Japan's music market lags behind others when it comes to adoption of streaming services, and Qobuz sees an opportunity in that.
Analysis Why was Sony Music willing to pay megabucks for Queen and Pink Floyd’s catalogs? MBW glances over some of the key factors in Sony's willingness to spend over $2 billion on three recent catalog deals
Interviews Believe’s Global Head of Music, Romain Vivien, talks artists, AI, streaming fraud, and the future of independence MBW’s World Leaders series meets Romain Vivien, Global Head of Music at Paris-headquartered music company Believe