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Tencent Music Officially Prepares to List Shares In Hong Kong — Trading Begins Next Week

September 14, 2022

About six months after disclosing its intention of spearheading a secondary stock listing, Tencent Music (NYSE: TME) is reportedly preparing to make shares available on Hong Kong’s exchange “as soon as next w... Read More...

Is Spotify Stock a Buy or a Sell? Evercore Encourages Long-Term Investments As Ark Offloads Additional Shares

Dylan Smith

September 12, 2022

Spotify stock (NYSE: SPOT) has rallied by about seven percent during the last five trading days but remains approximately 54 percent beneath the per-share price that it boasted at 2022’s beginning. Now, as ex... Read More...

TikTok Parent ByteDance Reportedly Shelves IPO Plans As Triller Prepares to List On NASDAQ

Dylan Smith

September 6, 2022

TikTok parent ByteDance isn’t planning to list shares on the public market despite long-running rumors to the contrary, according to a new report. ByteDance’s IPO plans (or lack thereof) just recently came ... Read More...

Are K-Pop Fans Interested In Becoming K-Pop Investors? ‘KPOP and Korean Entertainment ETF’ Officially Sets Sail

Dylan Smith

September 1, 2022

CT Investments has officially launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) called KPOP and Korean Entertainment, which is designed to enable K-pop’s notoriously dedicated supporters to back the space’s foremost pub... Read More...

Triller Announces ‘Substantial’ Funding Round Ahead of Planned Q4 2022 IPO

Dylan Smith

August 29, 2022

Short-form video-sharing app (and TikTok competitor) Triller has officially announced the close of a “substantial” funding round as it prepares to list on NASDAQ in “early Q4.” Triller – which made headline... Read More...

Hipgnosis Moves Into Asset-Backed Securitization With $222 Million Bond Offering — Powered By Catalog Royalties From Justin Timberlake, Leonard Cohen, Others

Dylan Smith

August 11, 2022

Hipgnosis Song Management (HSM) is officially preparing to make a move into asset-backed securitization with a $222 million bond offering. HSM’s arrival into the music-bond space – where the likes of KKR and... Read More...

Spotify Stock Surges As Monthly Active Users Crack 433 Million, Ad Revenue Jumps By 30%

Dylan Smith

July 27, 2022

Spotify stock (NYSE: SPOT) is surging after the company added six million paid accounts and about four million ad-supported users during Q2 2022, when revenue from the latter hiked by nearly 30 percent quarte... Read More...

What Financial Meltdown? BMG Is Potentially Splurging Another $1 Billion on Song Acquisitions In 2022 — And Scooping Deals Others Have Abandoned

Raha Muhammad

July 24, 2022

BMG's chief executive Hartwig Masuch recently spoke about BMG's billion-dollar war chest, a herculean acquisition spree, and why the quaking economic picture doesn't scare BMG. A recent report in the Financi... Read More...

Deezer Stock Slide Continues — 40% Decrease During First Week of Trading

Dylan Smith

July 8, 2022

On Tuesday, French music streaming service Deezer suffered a nearly 30 percent stock price tumble during its first day on the public market. Now, with the company’s initial week of trading in the books, share... Read More...

Live Nation Head Michael Rapino Inks $30 Million Annual Contract Following Multimillion-Dollar Stock Selloff

Dylan Smith

July 7, 2022

Michael Rapino has officially signed a half-decade contract to remain president and CEO of Live Nation, which could pay the Ontario native a staggering $30 million per year – in addition to a $6 million once-... Read More...

Deezer Stock Plunges By Nearly 30% During Its First Day On the Euronext Paris

Dylan Smith

July 5, 2022

Back in April, French streaming service Deezer (once again) confirmed plans to go public, this time via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger. Nearly three months later, the platform has officia... Read More...

Verzuz Owner Triller Officially Files For IPO After SPAC Merger Falls Through

Dylan Smith

July 1, 2022

TikTok rival Triller has formally filed for a direct listing via an initial public offering, execs have announced, with shares expected to begin trading (as “ILLR”) by September. The short-form video-sharin... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

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Live Marketing Platform Hive Secures $27 Million Investment

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DJ Reinier Zonneveld Raises a $1 Million Pre-Seed for GasLab, a GenAI Music App That Actually Prioritizes Paying Musicians

Tencent Music Officially Prepares to List Shares In Hong Kong — Trading Begins Next Week

Is Spotify Stock a Buy or a Sell? Evercore Encourages Long-Term Investments As Ark Offloads Additional Shares

TikTok Parent ByteDance Reportedly Shelves IPO Plans As Triller Prepares to List On NASDAQ

Are K-Pop Fans Interested In Becoming K-Pop Investors? ‘KPOP and Korean Entertainment ETF’ Officially Sets Sail

Triller Announces ‘Substantial’ Funding Round Ahead of Planned Q4 2022 IPO

Hipgnosis Moves Into Asset-Backed Securitization With $222 Million Bond Offering — Powered By Catalog Royalties From Justin Timberlake, Leonard Cohen, Others

Spotify Stock Surges As Monthly Active Users Crack 433 Million, Ad Revenue Jumps By 30%

What Financial Meltdown? BMG Is Potentially Splurging Another $1 Billion on Song Acquisitions In 2022 — And Scooping Deals Others Have Abandoned

Deezer Stock Slide Continues — 40% Decrease During First Week of Trading

Live Nation Head Michael Rapino Inks $30 Million Annual Contract Following Multimillion-Dollar Stock Selloff

Deezer Stock Plunges By Nearly 30% During Its First Day On the Euronext Paris

Verzuz Owner Triller Officially Files For IPO After SPAC Merger Falls Through