Financials

SiriusXM Posts Q3 Revenue Gain As Satellite Radio Subscriber Growth Offsets Pandora Listener Dip

November 3, 2022

SiriusXM posted an almost four percent year-over-year (YoY) revenue improvement for Q3 2022 as an income boost stemming from satellite radio self-pay subscribers helped to offset Pandora’s YoY decrease in the... Read More...

Opry Entertainment Group revenues Q3 2022

Opry Entertainment Group Revenues Explode During Q3 as Post-Pandemic Crowds Return

Ashley King

November 2, 2022

According to its parent Ryman Hospitality Properties, Opry Entertainment Group saw its revenue grow 57.3% to $77.2 million in Q3. The post-pandemic boom is largely responsible, with the entertainment segment... Read More...

Sony Music Entertainment Posts 13% Q3 2022 Revenue Increase As Streaming Income Cracks $1.3 Billion

Dylan Smith

November 1, 2022

Sony Music Entertainment (SME) recorded a nearly 33 percent year-over-year revenue hike (as well as a 13.26 percent quarterly increase when factoring exclusively for recorded and publishing) during the three ... Read More...

Despite Continued Subscribership Decline, Deezer Posts Double-Digit Q3 Revenue Growth Amid Price Bumps

Dylan Smith

October 28, 2022

Deezer has reported a 13.8 percent year-over-year (YoY) revenue boost for 2022’s third quarter amid a push for €1 billion in annual income. The Access Industries-owned platform, which debuted on the Euronex... Read More...

Universal Music Group Revenues Jump 13% In Q3 as Subscription Revenues Approach $1 Billion

Ashley King

October 27, 2022

Universal Music Group reports revenue increases of 13% during Q3 as subscription revenues are nearing $1 billion. Universal Music Group has announced its financial results for the third quarter ended on Sept... Read More...

YouTube Ad Revenue Declined During Q3 2022 — As YouTube Music Subscriber Growth Contributed to a Non-Advertising Income Boost

Dylan Smith

October 26, 2022

Google parent Alphabet posted improved Q3 2022 revenue of $69.09 billion, but within the total, YouTube's ad income declined from the same three-month stretch in 2021. The Mountain View, California-headquar... Read More...

Pollen Debt Ex Employees Might not Get Paid

Pollen Owes $83 Million to Creditors – Ex-Employees Unlikely To Receive Pay

Ashley King

October 25, 2022

Festival tech startup Pollen went bankrupt in August, leaving hundreds of employees without a final paycheck. Now a breakdown of its debts owed reveals more than $83 million in unpaid bills. Bankruptcy admin... Read More...

Spotify Shares Drop Despite Double-Digit Subscriber Gains — And a Possible Price Hike Ahead

Paul Resnikoff

October 25, 2022

Spotify subscribers, monthly average users, and revenues all headed north during the latest third quarter. Wall Street sent shares south. It was an impressive third-quarter financial review for Spotify on Tu... Read More...

LiveOne Expects to Report Record Q2 Revenue and Membership Growth in Fiscal 2023

Ashley King

October 25, 2022

LiveOne expects to report a record Q2 revenue, adjusted EBITDA, and membership growth in 2023. Music and entertainment platform LiveOne with a "creator-first" focus, announces that it expects to report conso... Read More...

SoundExchange Reports $238.9 Million Q3 2022 Distribution, Elevating Yearly Total Past $700 Million

Dylan Smith

October 21, 2022

SoundExchange has announced that it distributed $238.9 million during 2022’s third quarter – a slight decrease from the same three-month stretch in 2021. The 19-year-old entity just recently shed light upon... Read More...

Festicket Debts Topped $27 Million — Unsecured Creditors, Including AEG and Live Nation, Will Recover Only 10-30%, Bankruptcy Docs Show

Dylan Smith

October 20, 2022

In late August, London-headquartered music festival platform Festicket filed a “notice of commencement of moratorium.” Now, with the moratorium process having concluded, new disclosures show that the company’... Read More...

U.S. Latin Music Revenues Top Half-a-Billion Dollars During H1 2022 (Thanks, Bad Bunny)

Paul Resnikoff

October 12, 2022

With Hispanic Heritage Month well underway, heating up celebrations is a report published by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) that contains new revenue data for U.S. Latin music. The genre... Read More...

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Sony Music Q3 2026 Revenue Approaches $3.2 Billion Amid Double-Digit Recorded Music and Live/Merch Growth

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Apple Reports Double-Digit Calendar Q3 2026 Growth as Subscriber Gains Drive Record Services Revenue

SiriusXM Reports 5,000 Self-Pay Net Additions for Q3 2026, Says ‘Morgan Wallen Radio’ Helped Drive a 5% Average Listening Time Increase

SiriusXM Posts Q3 Revenue Gain As Satellite Radio Subscriber Growth Offsets Pandora Listener Dip

Opry Entertainment Group Revenues Explode During Q3 as Post-Pandemic Crowds Return

Sony Music Entertainment Posts 13% Q3 2022 Revenue Increase As Streaming Income Cracks $1.3 Billion

Despite Continued Subscribership Decline, Deezer Posts Double-Digit Q3 Revenue Growth Amid Price Bumps

Universal Music Group Revenues Jump 13% In Q3 as Subscription Revenues Approach $1 Billion

YouTube Ad Revenue Declined During Q3 2022 — As YouTube Music Subscriber Growth Contributed to a Non-Advertising Income Boost

Pollen Owes $83 Million to Creditors – Ex-Employees Unlikely To Receive Pay

Spotify Shares Drop Despite Double-Digit Subscriber Gains — And a Possible Price Hike Ahead

LiveOne Expects to Report Record Q2 Revenue and Membership Growth in Fiscal 2023

SoundExchange Reports $238.9 Million Q3 2022 Distribution, Elevating Yearly Total Past $700 Million

Festicket Debts Topped $27 Million — Unsecured Creditors, Including AEG and Live Nation, Will Recover Only 10-30%, Bankruptcy Docs Show

U.S. Latin Music Revenues Top Half-a-Billion Dollars During H1 2022 (Thanks, Bad Bunny)