NetEase is quickly becoming one of the world’s biggest players in world music streaming as Alibaba join their stakeholders. China’s internet company boom has seen a lot of massive global players emerge. One of the…
The biggest music label in the world has up to half of it’s stakes up for sale presenting a major opportunity for investors. Vivendi have just appointed banks who will manage the sale of up…
Tencent’s entry onto the New York Stock Exchange has been up and down but last weeks boost puts them in a great position. Last month Tencent Music Entertainment made their entry on to the New…
Napster have re-positioned themselves since the name relaunched 3 years ago and now RealNetworks are investing big in their music services. RealNetworks have doubled their stake in Rhapsody International, making them a majority owner of…
China’s biggest streaming service are finally gearing up for their long-awaited IPO this week, but one of their investors are unhappy with the media giants and taking legal action. Tencent Music Entertainment have been discussing…
Pirate Studios want to make professional recording studios accessible at all times on your own terms and they have just gained $20 million in funding to help make it happen. When you’ve written your tracks,…
NetEase have a LOT of listeners streaming music on their services and they’ve just gained a LOT of funding to help to expand and grow their user-base. NetEase Cloud Music is the Chinese music streaming…
Smule’s founder once said that “music was the original social network” and with major new funding they’re making music more social around the world. Smule started with a humble mission, to draw people in with…
KEXP radio station just received what is thought to be the largest legacy donation to one station in public radio history. An anonymous donor has just bequeathed the largest donation to an individual radio station,…
As Spotify prepare to start streaming in India the country’s biggest native music services have joined forces in a massive deal. Saavn have just announced a major partnership with rival music service JioMusic that puts…