Tag: china

Douyin is the Chinese version of TikTok, and like other apps that are popular with young people in China, it’s facing pressure to limit the time they spend on its service. Cue what Douyin described in a blog post as...

Could TikTok’s parent company ByteDance be about to provide competition in a streaming market dominated by Tencent Music and NetEase Cloud Music?

As the founder of music technology firm MQA – and before that of Meridian Audio – Bob Stuart has plenty of views on audio quality and the evolution of music services. This week, he shared them in a keynote interview...

The inaugural Music Ally China Digital Summit is taking place this week, and a panel session today focused on international marketing, with a particular focus on Chinese artists. "Outside of China, the main Chinese music...

Blokur CEO Phil Barry has been talking about the startup's evolution, in an appearance at the Music Ally China Digital Summit this morning. The company now processes data for around 70m songs from "trillions of streaming...

Fuga boss Pieter van Rijn has been outlining where he sees future revenue growth coming from, in his speech at the Music Ally China Digital Summit. “The continuous rise of UGC and social platforms in combination with...

Tencent Music has announced an official end to its exclusive deals with music labels, in response to regulatory moves in China.

The major labels are striking licensing deals with a variety of players. The latest example is WMG's new agreement with China's Kuaishou.

It will soon be quicker to report on which aspects of the technology industry the Chinese authorities are NOT cracking down on...

It’s not every day that a digital music company raises $60m, especially one that Music Ally hasn’t written about before. Meet Allsaints Music Group...

Tencent Music (TME) has been dealing with the close interest of the Chinese authorities in its business practices recently...

UMG is launching Republic Records China as a frontline label, and relaunching EMI China, PolyGram Records China and Universal Music China to sit alongside it.