Cinema halls rake in over Rs 4,000 crore in 4 months, eye blockbuster 2022
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3rd June 2022
Maharashtra cyber crime cell arrests Thop TV developer for piracy on Viacom18’s complaint
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3rd June 2022
Bollywood stages a comeback after extended weak show at box office
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16th May 2022
Disney+Hotstar to get 100 original shows as it gains 7.9 mn new subscribers
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16th May 2022
Can PVR, Inox Leisure offer blockbuster returns ahead?
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16th May 2022
India Inc’s Tryst With Metaverse
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16th May 2022
The rise and rise of Metaverse
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20th April 2022
India is Gearing Up for a Post upi Digital Payments Revolution
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20th April 2022
Tiktoks Ad Revenue to Surpass Twitter and Snapchat Combined
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20th April 2022
Josh The Short Video App Born After Indias Tiktok Ban Gets 805 Million
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20th April 2022
Diminishing Language Barrier Relevant Engaging Etories Making Regional Content Popular On Ott
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20th April 2022
Smartphones Drive ott Streaming Explosion in India 5g to be Game Changer
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20th April 2022
Media and Entertainment Industry in South Sees 15 Growth cii Report
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25th March 2022
How Universal To Sony See India’s Online Music Market Growing
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25th March 2022
‘I BELIEVE THAT TODAY WE ARE IN A PLACE WHERE INDIAN MUSIC CAN CROSS OVER GLOBALLY.’
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19th March 2022
The Indian music streaming market deconstructed
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31st January 2022
Warner Chappell Inks Sub-publishing Deal With Estate Of Legendary Belgian Singer Jacques Brel
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28th January 2022
300 Entertainment Launches Content And Film Division, 300 Studios
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28th January 2022
Spotify says ‘majority’ of its streams are active listening
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28th January 2022
Music metaverse startup Ristband bags Epic Games ‘MegaGrant’
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28th January 2022
Create Music Group buys influencer marketing agency VRTCL
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28th January 2022
Apple posts record revenues and grows to 785m paid subscribers
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27th January 2022
Triller and Boomplay team up for African music playlists
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27th January 2022
Warner Strikes Deal To Create ‘first Music-themed World’ In The Sandbox Gaming Metaverse
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27th January 2022
Universal Expands Agreements With Twitch And Amazon Music
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27th January 2022
He helped establish Spotify in the US, before selling his startup to Twitter. Now Sachin Doshi wants to transform podcasting at Podimo.
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17th January 2022
ADA Worldwide Inks Global Deal With Grammy-nominated Producer Murda Beatz
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14th January 2022
Pimco, One Of The World’s Biggest Investment Firms, Turns Its Attention To Music Rights
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14th January 2022
Pro Agency Inks Global Neighboring Rights Deal With Secretly Distribution
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13th January 2022
Siriusxm Acquires Music For Business Service Cloud Cover Media
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13th January 2022
Reservoir Buys Publishing Catalog Of Grammy-winning Dj, Songwriter, And Prod
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13th January 2022
Merlin Inks Multi-year Deal With Music Licensing Platform Lickd
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12th January 2022
Primary Wave Spends $60m On Stakes In Paul Rodgers And America Catalogs
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12th January 2022
Warner acquires Africa-based music distributor Africori
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11th January 2022
Arjun Pulijal Named President Of Capitol Music Group
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11th January 2022
Germany Generated 165 Billion Music Streams In 2021… Almost A Fifth More Than In 2020
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10th January 2022
At Least $5 Billion Was Spent On Music Rights Acquisitions In 2021. Could 2022 Be Even Bigger?
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7th January 2022
Now John Legend Sells: BMG And KKR Buy Catalog From All Of Me Hitmaker
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6th January 2022
NFT Marketplace Opensea Valued At $13.3bn As It Raises $300m In Series C Funding
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6th January 2022
Exceleration Music Inks Strategic Partnership With Indie Label Sideonedummy Records
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5th January 2022
Primary Wave Acquires Stake In Catalog Of Singer-songwriter Matt Redman
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5th January 2022
Investors are spending hundreds of millions on records by Bruce Springsteen and the Red Hot Chili Peppers
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4th January 2022
Triller To Go Public In The Us Via Merger With Seachange
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4th January 2022
Believe Acquires 51% Stake In French Indie Label Jo&Co
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4th January 2022
Atlantic Records Inks Joint Venture Deal With Detroit’s Assemble Sound
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4th January 2022
Melodity – The Web3 Ecosystem for the Music industry to fully unleash creativity with play-to-earn, listen-to-earn, NFTs and Metaverse
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3rd January 2022
David Bowie’s Estate Sells His Publishing Catalog to Warner Chappell
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3rd January 2022
Symphonic Distribution Raises $37m, Having Generated $12m In Net Revenue In 2021
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30th December 2021
India’s smart personal audio reaches 14% of worldwide market share
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21st December 2021
Outdustry talks essential ingredients for success in India
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21st December 2021
BMG and KKR announce first joint acquisition: the ‘entire music interests’ of ZZ Top
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1st December 2021
India moves up on CISAC’s 2021 Global Collections ranking
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30th November 2021
Music bodies concerned about Europe’s Digital Services Act
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30th November 2021
Classical firm Kuke Music reports latest financial results
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30th November 2021
Tuned Global Strikes Deal To Power Relaunched African Music Streaming App Waw Muzik
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30th November 2021
Sound Royalties Launches Advances For Artists And Performers Seeking Tour And Production Support
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30th November 2021
BMG Buys Mötley Crüe Recordings Catalog For Around $90 Million
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29th November 2021
Believe acquires Think Music
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29th November 2021
Ricky Kej gets second Grammy nomination
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25th November 2021
Indian short-video app Chingari signs deal with label Saregama
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24th November 2021
Podcasts subscription service Podimo raises $78m funding
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23rd November 2021
Spotify has $3.5bn earmarked for next phase of audio expansion
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23rd November 2021
Sony Music is a ‘cornerstone investor’ in NetEase Cloud Music
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23rd November 2021
India moves up the global music-rights collections rankings
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19th November 2021
Moodagent releases first Indian brand campaign
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18th November 2021
Spotify Launches Real-time Lyrics For All Free And Premium Users Globally
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18th November 2021
TikTok Strikes Multi-year Music Licensing Deal With And APRA AMCOS
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17th November 2021
Downtown Music Services Inks Publishing Deal With French Band Air
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16th November 2021
Ingrooves Music Group announces global deals with Himesh Reshammiya and Yo Yo Honey Singh, appoints Amit Sharma as India Country Manager
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15th November 2021
Warner’s Recorded Music Revenues Just Topped $1bn For The Fourth Straight Quarter
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15th November 2021
After Making Tens Of Millions On Roblox, Warner Places Another Gaming Investment Bet
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15th November 2021
Spotify Acquires Findaway To ‘revolutionize The Audiobook Space’
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15th November 2021
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Share Price Hits All-time High On London Stock Exchange
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13th November 2021
Priya Dewan Upped To Vp, International Marketing, Asia Pacific And Md, Southeast Asia And Korea At The Orchard
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4th November 2021
Indian Short Form Video monthly active users rise to 250 million
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3rd November 2021
Believe Buys 25% Stake In French Indie Label Play Two For Around $14 Million
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2nd November 2021
Create Music Group Acquires India-based Distribution And Rights Management Firm Nirvana Digital
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28th October 2021
Sony Music’s Quarterly Streaming Revenues Burst Above $1bn For The First Time
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27th October 2021
Is Universal Music Group Going To Post A $2bn Ebitda Profit This Year?
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26th October 2021
BMG Strikes Alliance With Germany’s Taubertal-festival In Latest Live Music Move
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26th October 2021
Sony Music Publishing Strikes Partnership With Punjabi/hindi Content Specialist White Hill Music
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25th October 2021
Ingrooves Expands Into Italy, Names Luca Stante As Country Manager For The Market
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25th October 2021
Exceleration Music Acquires Chicago-based Label Bloodshot Records
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10th October 2021
Kobalt Is Selling A Music Catalog For $1 Billion – And KKR Is In Prime Position To Buy It
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8th October 2021
Universal Music India Launches New Label Vyrl Punjabi In Partnership With Composer Jatinder Shah
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7th October 2021
Tiktok Names Six Certified Sound Partners Including Songtradr, Massivemusic, UnitedMasters And Epidemic Sound
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7th October 2021
Nepal-based Producer Sagun Launches Lo-fi Label Arden Records In Collaboration With Platoon
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6th October 2021
Opulous Teams Up With Lil Pump And Edm Star Kshmr To Let Fans Invest In Their Music
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5th October 2021
Warner Music Strikes Partnership With $90m-backed Influencer Text-messaging Platform Community
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4th October 2021
YouTube Music will launch free background listening starting in Canada
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1st October 2021
Spotify Rival Anghami Strikes Partnership With Mobile Game Pubg
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30th September 2021
Roblox Games Developer Supersocial Raises $5.2m From Investors Including Warner Music Group ‘to Build Iconic Metaverse Experiences’
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30th September 2021
Sony Music Launches ‘artist Assistance’ Program to Promote Wellness for Its Signed Talent
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29th September 2021
Universal’s New Partnership With $34m-backed Medrhythms Will See Its Music Used to Treat Neurologic Injury
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29th September 2021
Warner Music India Inks Exclusive Strategic Partnership With Entertainment Firm Jetsynthesys
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27th September 2021
Warner Music Group and Twitch Ink ‘first-of-its-kind’ Partnership
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23rd September 2021
Welcome to the New Record Business: Warner Music Group Is Now Generating Over $270m From Tiktok, Peloton, Facebook and Other ‘alternative’ Platforms Annually
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16th September 2021
David Bowie’s Entire Catalog Is Coming to Warner Music From 2023
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15th September 2021
Believe Revenues Jump 30% In H1 2021 To Over $300 Million
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7th September 2021
Bobby Ju Named Managing Director Of Sony Music Korea
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6th September 2021
South Africa’s Gallo Music Investments Acquires 45% Stake In Distributor Content Connect Africa (CCA)
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23rd August 2021
Aerosmith Inks Deal To Bring Entire Catalog To Universal Music Group
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23rd August 2021
Slip·Stream launches a ‘DMCA-proof’ album for streamers
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20th August 2021
Spotify has removed some of its podcasts from rival platforms
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17th August 2021
Reservoir Generated $16.7m in Calendar Q2 – and Paid Out $6m in Songwriter Royalties and Publishing Costs
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17th August 2021
Roblox Q2 revenues grew by 127% year-on-year to $454.1m
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9th August 2021
Hipgnosis buys catalog from Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie
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4th August 2021
Warner Boss Steve Cooper Talks Tiktok and Peloton Revenues, the Rise of Virtual Artists, and the Value of Record Labels
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30th July 2021
Universal Music Group signs global deal with Indian superstar Badshah
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26th July 2021
Tencent Music Given 30 Days To End Exclusive Deals With Global Labels In China
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26th July 2021
Universal Music Group Inks Licensing Deal With Tiktok Rival Lomotif
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23rd July 2021
Clubhouse comes out of beta a year after first launching
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22nd July 2021
Travis Barker Signs Global Publishing Deal With Warner Chappell Music
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22nd July 2021
WARNER MUSIC GROUP ACQUIRES ASSETS OF DOUG MORRIS’S 12TONE MUSIC
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21st July 2021
75% Of Tiktok’s Users Say They Discover New Artists On The Platform
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3rd July 2021
France says streaming services like Netflix must invest set amount in local content
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2nd July 2021
Spotify may branch out into the live music world
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1st July 2021
Bang Si-hyuk steps down as CEO of HYBE, formerly known as Big Hit Entertainment
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30th June 2021
Spotify expands its advertising network to more countries
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24th June 2021
UK live music industry sues British government
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21st June 2021
IMI LAUNCHES TOP 20 INTERNATIONAL SINGLES CHARTS INDIA
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14th June 2021
Virgin Music to provide global distribution for Primary Wave labels
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14th June 2021
IFPI and 17 representatives from Europe’s creative sectors raise concerns regarding the European Commission’s guidance on Article 17
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11th June 2021
Sony Music legacy artists set for streaming payouts as major removes unrecouped balances
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9th June 2021
SVF Music announces licencing deals with multiple Short Video Apps
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7th June 2021
Hipgnosis revenues up 66% as streaming surges during pandemic
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7th June 2021
Ackman’s Pershing Square In Talks To Buy 10% In Vivendi’s UMG For About $4 Bln
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3rd June 2021
The German Music Industry Is Tackling Piracy Through Self-Regulation
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2nd June 2021
YouTube says it paid the music industry over $4bn in the last 12 months
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1st June 2021
Why are music manufacturers focusing on custom vinyl records in 2021?
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1st June 2021
Twitch ‘disappointed’ with music publishing industry as it’s hit with 1,000 copyright infringement claims
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28th May 2021
Universal Music India and Capitol Records team up on Jason Derulo re-work of Tesher’s global hit Jalebi Baby
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28th May 2021
The Inflection Point For OTT Revenues In India
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27th May 2021
Marketing Music: Livestreams, Premieres and Listening Parties
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27th May 2021
TUNECORE AND BELIEVE PARTNER WITH YOUTUBE TO PROVIDE MUSIC FOR TIKTOK RIVAL SHORTS
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27th May 2021
Sony’s spent $1.4bn on music acquisitions in the last six months… and Rob Stringer’s not stopping there
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26th May 2021
Facebook’s new game plan for India
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25th May 2021
Tixxy sells concert tickets with targeted text messages
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25th May 2021
BTS break YouTube and Spotify records with ‘Butter’ single
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25th May 2021
Soundcloud launches weekly artist talk series on Clubhouse
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25th May 2021
Bruno Mars sells portion of his music catalog to Warner Chappell Music
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24th May 2021
Snapchat registers over 100% YoY growth for five consecutive quarters in India
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24th May 2021
Disney to Close 100 International TV Channels in Streaming Shift
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23rd May 2021
Hi-Res audio: It’s all about a maturing market
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22nd May 2021
UGC vs. Premium: Is the video valuation bubble big enough to burst?
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21st May 2021
From Universal’s 10% sell-off to Sony Music under investigation: It’s MBW’s weekly round-up
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21st May 2021
South Korean pop music industry suffers big losses amid pandemic
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20th May 2021
Streaming Revenue Will Reach $40 Billion This Year
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19th May 2021
UMG signs new Triller deal after public falling out
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18th May 2021
Tencent Music and NetEase Cloud Music sign deals with Sony Music Entertainment
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18th May 2021
Govt Advisers Warned New IT Rules Beyond Scope Of Law, But Were Overruled: Report
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17th May 2021
Apple and Amazon ignite hi-res music streaming battle
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17th May 2021
Brit Awards organisers hail growth in digital activity
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15th May 2021
Spotify rival Anghami expands into social audio space with new live radio feature
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15th May 2021
Universal Music set for public listing by late September
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14th May 2021
Spotify Singles update: over 630 tracks and 5bn streams
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14th May 2021
Italian record industry sues Vimeo
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14th May 2021
Discord adds ‘Stage Discovery’ feature to find live audio events
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13th May 2021
Tips Music announces music licensing deal with YouTube Shorts: Details here
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12th May 2021
How I used economic theory at Spotify to disrupt the music business
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12th May 2021
YouTube to launch $100 million creator fund for Shorts video feature
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11th May 2021
Why’s Believe’s going public? And what it’s going to spend $600m on?
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10th May 2021
Record label Believe follows Universal with €2bn listing plan
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8th May 2021
Twitter adds ‘Tip Jar’ donations feature including Bandcamp
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8th May 2021
Live Nation revenues fell by 79% year-on-year in Q1, but it says events are now ‘selling out faster than ever before’
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8th May 2021
Twitch mobile app was downloaded 22m globally in Q1 2021, up 62% year-on-year
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7th May 2021
IPRS announces an emergency relief fund of Rs 2.5 crores
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6th May 2021
Beggars group launches new music supervision business Colourbox music with Ben Turner and Simon Astall
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6th May 2021
PRS For Music introduces discounted rate for livestream licence following ‘healthy debate’
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6th May 2021
SoundCloud and Triller team up for emerging artists playlist
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5th May 2021
Deezer invests in livestream start-up Dreamstage
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5th May 2021
After Spotify’s (slight) price hike, Warner Music Group boss Steve Cooper expects music streaming prices will begin ‘closing the gap’ on video services
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5th May 2021
BTS label Big Hit (Hybe) generated $161m in revenues in Q1, up 29% year-on-year
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5th May 2021
Recording industry takes action against Vimeo for making available infringing music content
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5th May 2021
Warner Music’s physical sales up 19% in first three months of 2021
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4th May 2021
IFPI statement on the publication of the EU Priority Third Countries Report 2021
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3rd May 2021
Battle of subscribers: Netflix slows down in race with Disney+ Hotstar
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3rd May 2021
YouTube is now generating $2bn a month from ads – and grew faster than Netflix in Q1
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3rd May 2021
Warner Music group buys stake in virtual concerts platform Wave
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3rd May 2021
Jay-Z reportedly finalises Tidal sale to Jack Dorsey for $350m as platform boasts of paying ‘4x more per stream’ than rivals
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1st May 2021
Senior IAS Officer Tripurari Sharan Named New Bihar Chief Secretary
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30th April 2021
European Commission says Apple ‘distorted competition in the music streaming market’
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30th April 2021
Facebook Q1 revenues grew 48% year-on-year to $26.2bn
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30th April 2021
Spotify subscriptions grew just 2% to 158m in Q1, monthly active users topped 356m
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30th April 2021
Google earnings smash sales records as digital ad market booms
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29th April 2021
Snep boss thinks French music subscriptions could double
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29th April 2021
BMG speeds up royalty payments to songwriters as part of modernisation programme
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29th April 2021
Tencent could be hit with $1.5bn fine and forced to sell two music apps in China (Report)
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29th April 2021
Disney+Hotstar, MX Player, SonyLIV are top 3 OTT platforms in India
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29th April 2021
Goldman Sach: Universal is worth over $50bn and global music streaming revenues will rise $3bn this year
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28th April 2021
Spotify’s average subscriber is now paying less than $5 per month
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28th April 2021
Stylus counsel: Music industry execs on the 2021 vinyl boom
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27th April 2021
Times Music Inks Global Licensing Deal With Video Sharing App Triller
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27th April 2021
Songtradr acquires film, TV and gaming music data platform Tunefind
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27th April 2021
Warner Music Group Launches New Ad Sales & Creative Content Division
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27th April 2021
YouTube is a media juggernaut that could soon equal Netflix in revenue
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27th April 2021
Spotify to increase some subscription prices in the US, Europe and the UK
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26th April 2021
PRS For Music’s Andrea C Martin on the ‘tough year ahead’ as collections slump
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26th April 2021
Concord buys Downtown’s owned music copyright catalog for around $400m
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26th April 2021
Spotify is launching podcasts subscriptions… but it’s not going to make any money from them
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25th April 2021
Devraj Sanyal makes it to the coveted ‘Billboard International Power Players’ list
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23rd April 2021
Facebook begins testing ads in Instagram Reels in India, other markets
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23rd April 2021
Exclusive: In conversation with Mr. Blaise Fernandes- President & CEO, Indian Music Industry (IMI): Part 2
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22nd April 2021
Sony Music applauds Apple’s new podcast subscription launch
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22nd April 2021
Netflix is going ‘wobbly’ without fresh hits. The music industry is learning to live with the same thing
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21st April 2021
Songtradr acquires music licensing platform Pretzel
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21st April 2021
Deezer signs strategic partnership with Brazilian Netflix Rival Globoplay
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21st April 2021
Anderson Paak signs global publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music
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21st April 2021
Warner Chappell Music signs deal with OneNote Records
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20th April 2021
Saregama inks music deal with Sanjay Leela Bhansali
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20th April 2021
The music industry’s centre of gravity is shifting
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20th April 2021
Netflix predicts worst quarter for streaming growth in its history, stock falls 9%
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19th April 2021
Apple music just made a lot of claims about what it pays artists. Let’s take a closer look
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19th April 2021
Clubhouse confirms funding ahead of Facebook’s rival
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19th April 2021
Why Soundcloud has the music business right where it wants it
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18th April 2021
From Reservoir’s $788 valuation to Spotify and Warner’s canoodling: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up
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17th April 2021
Apple Music tells artists it pays double Spotify’s streaming royalties
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17th April 2021
Warner Music Group and Spotify strike podcast development deal
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16th April 2021
Looking back: How Spotify has changed the global music industry for good in just 15 years
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15th April 2021
Warner Music, Spotify Partner Up for Original Podcasts
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15th April 2021
BPI highlights growth of rap and hip-hop in the UK
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15th April 2021
Tencent Music gets new CEO as Cussion Pang takes new role
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14th April 2021
After Gangnam Style, Kolavari Di and Despacito, Haryanvi song 52 Gaj Ka Daman breaks through
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14th April 2021
Canada is considering a proposal that would allow internet providers to block piracy websites
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14th April 2021
TikTok users watch the app for an average of 89 minutes per day – and there’s 732m of them worldwide
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13th April 2021
Spotify is officially a hardware maker now, as car thing arrives in the US
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10th April 2021
Interview of the Week – Mandar Thakur, COO, Times Music
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9th April 2021
Clubhouse users can now pay money to creators, and the app gets 0% of it
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8th April 2021
BPI reveals how lockdown changed the UK’s listening habits
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8th April 2021
Patreon is now valued at $4bn after raising $155m in latest funding round
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7th April 2021
BMG and KKR are ready to spend $1bn on music copyrights – and that’s just for starters
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7th April 2021
Sony Music Publishing India signs global deal with Anand Audio
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6th April 2021
Universal and Republic team with Wassim ‘Sal’Slaiby to launch Universal Arabic Music
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6th April 2021
Saregama inks a global licensing deal with Triller
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6th April 2021
ARIA predicts vinyl will outsell CDs in Australia in 2021
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4th April 2021
India sees 200% rise in time spent on mobile lock screens: Glance report
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2nd April 2021
“The time is ripe for the music industry to be unified” – Neeraj Kalyan, President, T-Series
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2nd April 2021
In conversation with Neeraj Kalyan, then man behind T-Series’s successful re-entry into IPRS
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1st April 2021
Sony Music is buying Som Livre, Brazil’s biggest homegrown record label, for $255m
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23rd March 2021
IFPI issues Global Music Report 2021
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23rd March 2021
A Thousand TikToks, A Thousand Cuts.
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22nd March 2021
WARNER AND TENCENT MUSIC TO LAUNCH A JOINT RECORD LABEL, AS THEY INK MULTI-YEAR LICENSING DEAL
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19th March 2021
BTS LABEL BIG HIT ENTERTAINMENT OFFICIALLY REBRANDS AS HYBE
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11th March 2021
Helping Content Creators Diversify Revenue on Facebook
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4th March 2021
Germany’s recorded music revenues grew 9% to $2bn last year, thanks to streaming’s lockdown boom
IMI updates and news
4th March 2021
The music business in 2021: Joining the dots
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4th March 2021
BTS announced as the winners of 2020’s IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year Award
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4th March 2021
Jack Dorsey’s Square is buying a majority stake in Jay-Z’s music-streaming platform Tidal for nearly $300 million
IMI updates and news
2nd March 2021
NeTease and Sony Music join $15M investment round in live-streaming platform maestro
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28th February 2021
US music fans spent more on vinyl than CD last year for the first time since 1986
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27th February 2021
High Court grants, for the first time, website blocking orders targeting cyberlocker and streamripping sites/app and considers that CJEU won’t follow AG Opinion in YouTube/Cyando
IMI updates and news
25th February 2021
International music publishers find potential growth in India
IMI updates and news
25th February 2021
Record industry wins landmark music streaming piracy case
IMI updates and news
25th February 2021
Is retail radio-ready again in 2021?
IMI updates and news
24th February 2021
Over 60,000 tracks are now uploaded to Spotiy every day. That’s nearly one per second
IMI updates and news
23rd February 2021
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek talks Bollywood, creators and battling radio with live features
IMI updates and news
22nd February 2021
SoundSys launched to drive improvements in performance rights revenue distribution
IMI updates and news
22nd February 2021
The soundtrack of history: How Black music has shaped American culture through time
IMI updates and news
21st February 2021
‘Buy now pay later’ is big draw for India’s Gen Z
IMI updates and news
19th February 2021
US video streaming giants face tough second act in India
IMI updates and news
18th February 2021
BPI calls for government support to realise potential of billion dollar recorded music exports
IMI updates and news
18th February 2021
Universal launches Virgin music label & artist services around the world rebranding Caroline and Caroline International
IMI updates and news
18th February 2021
YouTube Music to improve discovery of user-created playlists
IMI updates and news
17th February 2021
Big Hit and Universal ‘rewrite global music history’ with joint K-Pop label, expanded partnership
IMI updates and news
17th February 2021
OTT firms look beyond ads, subscription for revenue
IMI updates and news
16th February 2021
Lego Vidiyo hands-on: An AR-powered music video app with scannable minifigures
IMI updates and news
16th February 2021
WARNER MUSIC GROUP BUYS MINORITY STAKE IN SAUDI ARABIA’S ROTANA MUSIC
IMI updates and news
16th February 2021
India will be the 6th largest contributor to global ad spends in 2021: GroupM’s TYNY Report
IMI updates and news
16th February 2021
Spotify unveils 2 Premium Mini Plans for listeners to have uninterrupted music experience
IMI updates and news
16th February 2021
India’s OTT industry loses up to 30% revenue to piracy
IMI updates and news
14th February 2021
Snapchat crosses 60 mn users milestone in India, clocks 150% growth in DAUs
IMI updates and news
14th February 2021
Government of Canada Launches Consultation on How to Implement its CUSMA Commitment to Extend Canada’s General Copyright Term of Protection
IMI updates and news
14th February 2021
Can Spotify Win the Indian Audio Streaming Market?
IMI updates and news
13th February 2021
ByteDance In Talks To Sell Its Indian TikTok Assets: Report
IMI updates and news
13th February 2021
CONFIRMED: UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP SET TO GO PUBLIC ON EURONEXT AMSTERDAM STOCK EXCHANGE THIS YEAR
IMI updates and news
12th February 2021
ARA SET TO REVEAL MANIFESTO FOR EUROPE’S RETURN TO LIVE
IMI updates and news
10th February 2021
Digitalisation is need of the hour, says NITI Aayog’s CEO Amitabh Kant
IMI updates and news
10th February 2021
e-Commerce grows by 36% in last quarter in India: Report
IMI updates and news
10th February 2021
Sony/ATV Returns to Sony Music Publishing, Unveils New Branding
IMI updates and news
10th February 2021
OTT consumption grew 13% in 2020, led by sports: RedSeer Consulting-Business Journal
IMI updates and news
10th February 2021
New data breaks down the dramatic increase in movies that went straight to streaming or digital-rental platforms in 2020
IMI updates and news
9th February 2021
The Four New Global Capitals of Music
IMI updates and news
9th February 2021
60% Of Pay-TV Users Want Subs To Include Streaming Content From Online Video Services
IMI updates and news
9th February 2021
Govt taking steps to control piracy, counterfeiting
IMI updates and news
8th February 2021
TIKTOK AND UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP SIGN GLOBAL LICENSING DEAL
IMI updates and news
8th February 2021
DailyHunt’s Josh raises $100 million from Qatar Investment Authority and others – just two months after Google and Microsoft made it a unicorn
IMI updates and news
7th February 2021
OTT Platforms That Are Going to Rule India in 2021
IMI updates and news
7th February 2021
Start-up value at $180bn
IMI updates and news
3rd February 2021
To bloom, Music Industry needs a free market
IMI updates and news
3rd February 2021
SONY MUSIC REVENUES SOARED ABOVE $4.5BN IN 2020, AFTER HUGE FINAL QUARTER OF THE YEAR
IMI updates and news
3rd February 2021
T-Series And RED FM Launches Indie Hain Hum Season 2 With Tulsi Kumar
IMI updates and news
3rd February 2021
India powers Spotify’s growth as it closes in on 350 million monthly active users
IMI updates and news
3rd February 2021
15 Indian indie musicians to have on your playlist in 2021
IMI updates and news
3rd February 2021
Spotify nears 350 million users driven by India
IMI updates and news
2nd February 2021
Saregama brings its content catalogue to Josh users
IMI updates and news · Uncategorised
29th January 2021
Back to growth
IMI updates and news
21st January 2021
Saregama India Q3 net profit jumps over three-fold to Rs 31.60 cr
IMI updates and news
13th January 2021
India will see investments in multipurpose venues
IMI updates and news
6th January 2021
Bilingual Collaborations Are Taking The Music World By Storm, These Are The Dream Collabs For 2021
IMI updates and news
2nd January 2021
Sony Music Buys AWAL, Kobalt Neighbouring Rights in $430M Deal
IMI Research Papers · IMI updates and news+1
29th December 2020
Public Performance Royalties from Non-Traditional Events in Wedding ceremonies in India.
IMI updates and news
28th December 2020
INDIAN LABEL TIPS MUSIC INKS GLOBAL LICENSING DEAL WITH FACEBOOK
IMI Reports · IMI updates and news+1
18th November 2020
Vision 2025-The Show Must Go On
IMI Research Papers · IMI updates and news+1
18th September 2020
Royalties in Private Radio Industry of India
IMI updates and news
17th September 2020
GIVING THE MUSIC INDUSTRY ITS DUE: ANTIQUATED REGULATIONS ARE DAMMING MUSIC REVENUES
IMI Research Papers · IMI updates and news+1
15th September 2020
Economic Value Of Music For Fm Radio In India
IMI updates and news
14th September 2020
IMI expects 10% of radio players’ gross ad revenue as new base of royalty for music labels.
IMI updates and news
9th September 2020
A New Dawn : New Horizons & New Hopes For The Recorded Music Industry
IMI updates and news
28th August 2020
DISCORDANT POLICIES FOR RECORDED MUSIC INDUSTRY
IMI updates and news
18th August 2020
State of the Recorded Music Industry 2020- National Address by Vikram Mehra, at All About Music 2020
IMI updates and news
4th June 2020
Why Combating Music Piracy In India Is A Losing Battle
IMI updates and news
23rd March 2020
Indian Music Industry, heavily dependent on cashflows, hit hard by Coronavirus; Smaller Labels Face Existential Threat
IMI updates and news
10th February 2020
Digitalisation is need of the hour, says NITI Aayog’s CEO Amitabh Kant
Banners · Highlights+1
28th November 2019
Crack down on piracy in entertainment biz
Highlights · Imi Paper+3
27th November 2019
Vision 2022: Unlocking Fair Value to Stakeholders to Propel the Recorded Music Industry in India to the Top 10 Music Markets in the World
IMI Research Papers · IMI updates and news+1
12th November 2019
Towards fair compensation for music in private radio in India∗
Banners · Highlights+4
24th September 2019
Digital Music Study, 2019
IMI updates and news · Press Release
11th September 2019
Chairman’s Speech – Dialogue: The Indian Music Convention 2019
IMI Research Papers · IMI updates and news+1
3rd September 2019
Fair value of music: Context of Radio
Highlights · Imi Paper+3
3rd September 2019
Indian Music Industry (“IMI”) and Deloitte report: Recorded Music Industry’s contribution to Indian economy at INR 8660cr
IMI updates and news
27th May 2019
Record Labels’ global investment in A&R and marketing hit $5.8 Bn in 2017
IMI updates and news
13th May 2019
Malware in Content Streaming Hardware
IMI updates and news
11th May 2019
IMI WELCOMES LANDMARK BOMBAY HIGH COURT VERDICT
IMI updates and news
3rd April 2019
India’s recorded music industry registers 24.5% growth in 2018
Highlights · Imi Paper+4
13th February 2019
Audio OTT Economy in India at inflection point, says IMI-Deloitte report
IMI updates and news
27th November 2018
Global Digital Content Market (GDCM), 2018 – New Delhi
IMI updates and news · Press Release
29th October 2018
IMI Announces New Chairman of its Board of Directors
Digital Music Study 2018 · Imi Paper+3
23rd October 2018
Digital Music Study 2018
IMI updates and news
30th May 2018
IMI Conducts Workshop for the Eastern Chapter
IMI updates and news
27th April 2018
IFPI, IMI & PPL Organised the 1st Ever Indian Music Industry Conclave in Chennai and Chandigarh
IMI updates and news
18th April 2018
Indian Music Industry Figures Show 27% Growth Since 2016