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· On November 2, the song and music copyright acquisition company Hippnosis Songs Fund acquired more than 33,000 songs from the song and music copyright company Kobalt Music Copyrights S.à.rl , The total value is approximately 322.9 million US dollars. The scale of the
Hipgnosis transaction with Kobalt is larger than the recent acquisitions by major music and songwriters, including Round Hill Music's acquisition of Carlin Music for approximately US$245 million in early 2018. The acquisition of
Hipgnosis is the investment portfolio owned by the first fund established by Kobalt Capital Ltd in 2011, which includes 42 different styles of music libraries, covering more than 1500 noun songwriters. The fund generated $18 million in revenue in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 6%.
The transaction includes popular songwriters Lindsey Buckingham, Steve Winwood, the B-52s, 50 Cent, Savan Kotecha, Skrillex, Nelly, Bonnie McKee, George Benson, Christina Perri and Walter Afanasieff’s music library, as well as Nettwerk Music lyrics The copyrighted music library contains 18,000 songs, which Kobalt Capital acquired in 2016.
· On November 2, Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group company, and the record company Avenue Records reached a global licensing agreement, including agreements from WAR, Eric Burdon, Jimmy Witherspoon Blood, Sweat & Tears, Redbone, Circle Jerks, Funkadelics Records by artists such as New Riders Of The Purple Sage.
was announced by Rhino President Mark Pinkus that this agreement includes WAR records for nearly 40 years; Rhino will release the 1976 WAR album "at the Record Store Day's Black Friday Event on November 27th. The vinyl record of "Greatest Hits" is limited to 5500 copies, all derived from the original master.
· On November 2, Spotify announced that it will allow musicians and record companies to set tags for tracks through the "Discovery Mode" function. Spotify will use algorithms to select songs for listeners through the use of tags.
This function is mainly embodied in two aspects: Autoplay, that is, after Spotify users have played the album or playlist, the tracks will be automatically played according to the historical usage; Spotify Radio, based on the tracks selected by the listeners or the musicians to the listeners Play songs in a radio-style way.
Spotify said: "In order to ensure that artists can use the tool at any stage of their careers, no upfront budget is required. Instead, the label or right holder agrees to personalize the listening part when we provide this service, and follow the promotion In other words, when artists/record companies choose to use "discovery mode" to recommend songs first, they will agree to the lower recording copyright of the song in these personalized playbacks by default. Rate authorization.
When asked how to calculate the copyright usage fee for promotional records, Spotify product marketing director Lamb said, "This is our work that is still being tested, but our goal and intention is to enable artists and record companies to use this tool. Positive return on investment".
· On November 2, TikTok and Sony Music reached an agreement. The agreement will enable all TikTok users to access Sony Music’s music library. At the same time, the TikTok creator community can get the sounds of Sony Music’s current popular, newly released songs, and classic tracks. Fragments, used for TikTok content.
The news marks the first time TikTok has announced the signing of a licensing agreement with one of the three major record companies after reaching a copyright cooperation with independent music copyright agent Merlin, French music distributor Believe and the American Music Copyright Association.
· On November 3, according to reports, Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) announced that it has formally reached an in-depth strategic cooperation with independent music copyright company peermusic, independent music digital copyright alliance Merlin Network, and independent music copyright company The Royalty Network, and has entered into a partnership with Japan Independent music label SPACE SHOWER cooperated to start upgrading. With immediate effect, TME’s QQ Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music, National K Song and other platforms will be fully launched on the relevant labels' massive high-quality music content and Japanese popular music charts.
· On November 3, Sony Music UK and record company WEAREBLK established a joint venture company. The collaboration is led by DJ Semtex (artist development director of Sony Music) and will collaborate with entrepreneurs or brand founders such as Anthony'Antz' Robb, Abdikarim "Abdi" Abdille and Aidan Glennon. The collaboration will mainly focus on rap, UK rap, Artists in drill, grime, afrobeat, afro swing and R&B fields signed and developed.
· November 3 news, the Grammy Awards will rename "Best World Music Album" to "Best Global Music Album" to avoid "colonial connotation."
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which hosts the Grammy Awards, stated in a statement that this change means "we continue to embrace a truly global mindset... In the summer, we will work with artists from all over the world, Ethnomusicologists and linguists have discussed that they think there is an opportunity to update the "best world music album" into a more realistic, more modern, and more tolerant term... This change symbolizes a break from the previous The connotation of colonialism, folk and'non-American' embodied in the term, while adapting to the current music trend, reflects the cultural evolution of the diverse communities that the new term may represent." The
report pointed out that the term "world music" was first in 1987 Created in the UK in 1988, the purpose is to help "promote the music of non-Western artists", and the Grammy Awards formally established in 1992 the "Best World Music Album".
· On November 4th, ONErpm, a global distribution, label service and copyright management company, and Unison, an Independent Management Entity (IME) organization in Barcelona, cooperated to collect Pan-European and Pan-African song and music royalties. The copyright management department of
ONEPM was established in 2019. At present, the department’s music library includes more than 2000 noun composers and more than 40,000 music works.
Unison was launched in early 2020 and has represented more than 600,000 works. In addition to the right to collect royalties for these songs in Spain, Unison has also recently become the first European independent brokerage entity with the right to directly grant multi-regional digital licenses in the EU . Unison provides its clients with global copyright management, direct cross-regional transactions with digital streaming media platforms, and establish cooperative relationships with related organizations in various countries. In addition to Europe, Unison has established partnerships with more than 20 related organizations in Brazil (via ABRAMUS), Canada (via SOCAN), Nigeria (via COSON) and South Africa (via CAPASSO and SAMRO).
· November 4 news, according to the latest official data released by Douyin, as of now, the daily active users of Douyin have reached 600 million, and more than 30% of the users have used it for more than half an hour. The number of
Douyin Enterprise Accounts has been suddenIt broke 5 million, while last year this figure was only 1 million. The Douyin Enterprise Account covers 29 industries and 295 sub-industries. The daily content published daily reaches 20 billion views. On average, one enterprise account video can bring 18 business opportunities.
· On November 4, Tencent Music Entertainment Group's music integration service platform, Aiting Zhuo Le, which focuses on the B-end, reached a strategic cooperation with Iraq. By connecting to Zhuo Le Cloud, I Ting Zhuo Le will provide industry-leading cloud music integration services for Iraqi pairs from the aspects of music copyright authorization, music library management, and content operation and maintenance.
In response to the needs of users in Iraq, LoveTin Zhuo Le provides a rich, high-quality and genuine music library for users to choose and use, which is greatly reduced through the cloud digital music integration service brand Zhuo Le Yun. A sense of embarrassment caused by unfamiliarity in a social chat scene. In addition to high-quality music content resources, iTing Zhuo Le also relies on Zhuo Le Cloud’s mature cloud music solutions to provide Iraqi pairs with industry-leading cloud music integration services such as hot song updates, content operation and maintenance, optimization and customization, and further upgrades user experience.
· News on November 4, during the 3rd China International Import Expo, "Music Afternoon Tea" will appear in the press center for the third time, with the theme of "Chinese Music in the Long River of History" and 7 music sessions in 7 days. meeting. Since its establishment in 2012, the Shanghai Concert Hall "Music Afternoon Tea" has been committed to building a platform for young musicians. So far, it has completed 1,848 concerts and approximately 6,100 young artists have appeared on stage.
"Music Performance" takes Shanghai music as an example to sort out and show the development process of Chinese music. Pianist Tang Jin, pianist Zhu He, national tenor Chen Jianbo, national soprano Zhou Yang, young flute and flute player Wang Junkan, young guqin player Lu Xiaozi, young pianist Liu Yun, as well as the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Han Quartet, Shanghai Nationality The Orchestra Ruan Group will be on stage one after another.
· On November 5, the British live broadcast company Drift expanded its business to Australia and New Zealand. The company is responsible for providing ticketing services for online events held by musicians including Nick Cave and Laura Marling. Driift will host a series of performances for musicians from Australia and New Zealand in their respective countries. The first performance will be announced in the coming weeks.
Driift was launched in August 2020 and has sold more than 100,000 tickets worldwide, including performances by Nick Cave, Biffy Clyro, Dermot Kennedy, Laura Marling, Lianne La Havas, James Bay, and Sleaford Mods. .
· On November 5, it was reported that ByteDance was negotiating with investors for a new round of financing, with a financing scale of US$2 billion and a post-investment valuation of US$180 billion. At the same time, ByteDance plans to list some mature businesses in Hong Kong. According to 36 krypton citing sources familiar with the matter, these mature businesses mainly include the three major businesses of Douyin, Toutiao, and Watermelon Video. Packaged and listed will help to obtain higher valuations. Feishu, TiKTok, Volcano Engine, and Dali Education are not included in the listing plan.
has previously reported that ByteDance is considering splitting Douyin and listing it in Hong Kong separately, and has communicated with Goldman Sachs on underwriting matters. At that time, Bytedance responded that it was indeed considering listing some businesses, but it had not yet been finalized.
· At 0:00 on November 5, the annual limited cooperation project jointly produced by NetEase Cloud Music and Eleven Music-"Imperfect Life Guide" was officially launched, and 11 new songs were included. The music project "Imperfect Life Guide" was led by Li Zhuoxiong as the literary coordinator, and Golden Melody producer Arai Eleven was the producer and producer. It was co-sponsored by three other music producers Chen Jianqi, Chen Junhao, and Zheng Nan.
The reason for this music project to attract the attention of the audience is that Chen Qizhen, Gui Bian, Zhou Shen, Wang Zi, A-Lin, Ni Zigang, Liu Ruoying, Ke Zhitang, Mao Buyi, Qi Zitan, Xu Jiaying, HUSH, Cai Jianya, Wang Yuan, Karen Mo Guo Yifan, Wei Ruxuan, Xu Guanghan, Su Yunying, Cen Ning'er, Ai Yiliang, Ma Siwei, Naiwan, and Masca were 24 musicians. They discussed the theme of "imperfection" and explained their different answers. Complete breakthroughs in their respective fields.
· On November 7th, Suning.com announced that it will cooperate with Huya Live to launch the Double Eleven e-sports night, which will be set at 19:00 on November 11. That night, the "strongest dark horse" SN team will enter the live broadcast platform for the first time. This is also the first official cooperation between Suning Tesco and Huya Live.
· On November 7, according to Bloomberg News, both Apple and Sony discussed the acquisition of the podcasting company Wondery.
It is said that Wondery is seeking a sale offer of US$300 million to US$400 million, and negotiations are still ongoing. Wondery is one of the largest independent podcasting studios, with over 8 million listeners every month, and the $400 million offer has successfully persuaded companies such as Spotify to retreat.
· November 7 news, according to The Verge report, Spotify intends to launch a paid subscription podcast service. Through a monthly fee, users can access original shows and exclusive episodes. This information was reported by Andrew Wallenstein, President of Variety Intelligence Platform, and described the potential service through a questionnaire in the Spotify app. The
survey described at least four possible paid subscription plans, with monthly subscription fees in the range of $3-8. The cheapest subscription plan includes access to exclusive interviews and episodes, but it will still include advertisements; and the most expensive subscription plan includes "high-quality original content", which not only allows early access to certain original content, but also does not Insert ads. None of these plans will be covered by Spotify’s premium music subscription.
data control
· On November 4, according to the June-September quarterly financial report released by the African music service website Mdundo, the monthly active users of the service increased from 5 million in June to 6.4 million in September, which is the same as 2019 This is an increase of 144% compared to September.
Mdundo also claims that by the end of 2020 its monthly active users will reach 9 million and by the end of 2021 it will reach 18 million.
In September of this year, Mdundo was listed on the Danish Stock Exchange and issued 4 million new shares at an issue price of 10 DKK per share, raising 40 million DKK (approximately US$6.4 million). Based on the issue price, the market value of Mdundo is 102 million Danish kroner (about 16 million US dollars). During the two-week tender period from August 17 to 28, the company’s stock offering was oversubscribed by 111%.
Mdundo stated in its latest financial report that East Africa, West Africa and Southern Africa achieved significant growth during the quarter. In addition, Mdundo reports that it has concluded B2B advertising deals with global and pan-African brands such as Safaricom, Standard Chartered, Nivea, Oxfam and Serengeti.
Mdundo is open to users all over the world, but is mainly concentrated in 15 African markets, including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Rwanda, Cameroon, Congo, Malawi, South Africa and Namibia.
· On November 4, according to the latest financial report released by the Performing Rights Association of Canada (SOCAN), in 2019, SOCAN’s revenue was 405.6 million Canadian dollars (about 310.5 million US dollars), an increase of 8.2% over 2018. The agency’s total expenditure on members was 296 million Canadian dollars (approximately US$226.6 million), which was a 6% decrease compared with 2018’s 315 million Canadian dollars (approximately US$241 million).
In 2019, SOCAN's domestic copyright revenue increased by 10% year-on-year to 315.1 million Canadian dollars (approximately US$241 million), and its international copyright revenue increased by 2.2% year-on-year to 90.5 million Canadian dollars (approximately US$69.2 million).
SOCAN’s digital music copyright revenue was 86 million Canadian dollars (approximately US$66 million), a year-on-year increase of 37.6%; and the reproduction rights copyright income increased to 12 million Canadian dollars (approximately US$9 million).
· On November 6, live entertainment giant Live Nation announced its third quarter 2020 financial report. In the third quarter of 2020, as of 9On the 30th, Live Nation’s revenue was US$184 million, compared with US$3.77 billion in the third quarter of 2019, a year-on-year decrease of 95%.
The company told investors in the document: "We estimate that due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, the loss of revenue in the third quarter of 2020 is approximately US$3.7 billion, and the loss of revenue in the first nine months is approximately US$7 billion." Live Nation also It was revealed: "(In the third quarter) a total of 5.2 million tickets were refunded, with a total amount of slightly more than 500 million U.S. dollars. Since 2020, a total of 23.3 million refunds have been refunded, with a total transaction amount of nearly 2.3 billion U.S. dollars."
Live Nation's ticket revenue in the third quarter reappeared Negative growth was -19.8 million U.S. dollars, and the company's ticket sales in the third quarter of 2019 were 388.5 million U.S. dollars.
specific to the concert category, Live Nation's third quarter revenue also fell 95% year-on-year, reaching 154.8 million US dollars, lower than the 3.17 billion US dollars in the third quarter of 2019. Sponsorship and advertising revenue fell 78% year-on-year, from US$215.2 million in the third quarter of last year to US$47.9 million in the third quarter of 2020.
· On November 6, NetEase Cloud Music released the "Report on the Living Status of Chinese Musicians (2020)". The "Report" shows that China's original music has made great progress in recent years, among which the scale of NetEase musicians has exceeded 200,000; the influence of original music has increased significantly. In 2019, the annual playback of original musicians on the platform exceeded 273 billion; the current status of musicians has been obtained More obvious improvement, 40% of musicians' income has increased significantly.
Artist News
· November 2 news, according to Korean media reports, Quan Zhilong recently devoted his efforts to the production of the new album. Is preparing to return. The agency YG Entertainment stated its position that "Kwon Zhilong is indeed making songs." This is also the first time Quan Zhilong has released a SOLO album in 4 years.
· On November 4th, the copyright company Warner Chappell Music renewed the contract with the musician Tao Zhe. After releasing his first album of the same name in 1997, Tao Zhe was nominated for the Golden Melody Award five times. Tao Zhe has won six Golden Melody Awards so far, including the Best Male Singer Award and the Best Album Award. In addition to being a successful singer and songwriter, Tao Zhe also composed or produced music for artists such as Zhang Huimei and Jolin Tsai. At the same time, he was also committed to cultivating young music talents. He founded the "Zhe Xue Music Academy" to Support and cultivate music talents.
· On November 27th, Tao Zhe will hold a charity concert for disabled children in Taipei, and plans to release a new album.
· November 4th news, recently South Korean singer Park Jae Bum accidentally revealed his plans for the future through an interview. In this regard, he said that he will withdraw from the music scene within two years and will do his best to train idol artists.
Live entertainment
· On November 5, Taihu Midi officially announced two performances: December 31, Wuxi Taihu Midi New Year's Eve. The main lineups are: Faz, Travelling New Bee, ROLLINGZOOS, LOFT BEACH, Second District Six Building, Building Blocks Cube; On January 1st, Shanghai Taihu Midi New Year Chamber Music Festival, the main lineups are: Jiubao, Zuihu, Yu, Leviathan, Siyu, RUSTIC, Travelling New Bee, etc.
Music Variety
· On November 2, the Japanese version of "PRODUCE 101 JAPAN" officially announced that the second season will be launched. On November 3, the second season tutor will be announced. Vocal tutors: Aoyama テルマ, Sugawara Hidenori; rap tutor: KEN THE 390 ; Dance tutor: DA PUMP KENZO, Zhong Zonggen Rino. Registration for the program will begin on November 4.
· On November 7, Beijing Satellite TV’s "1111 Super Show" lineup announced: Ayunga, Cai Guoqing, Guan Xiaotong, Huang Zitao, Jia Nailiang, Li Xueqin, Qiao Xin, Times Youth League, Zheng Shuang, Wang Ziyi, etc.
· On November 7th, Zhejiang Satellite TV's "The Voice of China" top seven list was released: Cao Yang, Fu Xinyao, Jia Yiteng, Shan Yichun, Song Yuning, Pan Hong, Zebra Forest successfully advanced.
is new this week
· On November 2, AB6IX released a new EP "SALUTE", with 6 EPs released by Warner Music.
· On November 3, He Ziling released the new single "Oh, Oops", the single was written and composed by Lou Yixuan and released by NetEase Cloud Music.
· On November 3, Ma Yuyang released the new single "Only I Pretend to Be So gregarious". The single was written and composed by Ma Yuyang and released by Dai Ya.
· On November 3, SNH48 Sun Rui released the new single "Keep Fighting", which was written and composed by HuSWan and released by the producer.
· On November 3, MAMAMOO released a new EP "TRAVEL", with 5 EPs, released by RBW.
· On November 3, the Black Panthers released a new EP "Boundary", with 2 EPs, released by Shanghai Fenghua Qiushi.
· On November 3, Liu Cong KEY.L and Kafu.Hu jointly released the new single "Economy Class". The single was written by Liu Cong KEY.L, Kafu.Hu, Dasha DamnShine, and Liu Cong KEY.L, Music composed by Kafu.Hu and released independently.
· On November 3, Yinlin released a new single "Xi Shi Jiangnan". The single was composed by Qi An and Yin Lin, and was released by NetEase Cloud Music.
· On November 3, Mr. Lu Dan released the new single "Dream Series", which was written and composed by Xiao Teng and released by NetEase musicians.
· On November 3, Shi Xitong released a new EP "GIFTS", with 4 EPs, released by Beijing Longtao Entertainment.
· On November 4, Zhang Zining released a new single "Happy Commemoration". The single was written and composed by Pan Jiali and JerryC, and was released by Sony Music and Big Dog.
· On November 5th, Chen Jue released his new single "Mini", which was written by Chu Jiu and Liu Xuandou, released by Beijing Qingwa Entertainment.
· On November 5th, Zhou Bichang released a new single "Farewell". The single was composed by Ge Dawei, Saul Godman, and Zhou Bichang, and released by Beiyi Culture.
· On November 5th, Zhou Junwei released the TV series "Colored Glass" Reminiscence "Colored Glass". The single was written and composed by Zhou Junwei and released by Warner Records.
· On November 5th, Fu Jing released TME's special project "Returning" the "Chinese Golden Song: 10 20 30" EP28 "Preference". The single was written by Ge Dawei, composed by Chen Wei, and released by the producer.
· On November 5th, Li Zhenning released a new EP "Deep", with 3 EPs, released by Black Gold Music.
· On November 5th, Rainie Yang released her new album "LIKE A STAR", with a total of 10 albums, released by Universal Music Taiwan.
· On November 5th, Fei Qiming released a new single "I Want to Find You". The single was written by Lou Nanwei and composed by Chen Yaochuan, and was released by Shanhe Wanwu.
· On November 5, Maluma and The Weekend collaborated to release the new single "Hawai (Remix)", the single is composed of Juan Luis Londono, Bryan Lezcano, Kevin Jimenez, Kevin Cruz, Edgar Barrera, Rene Cano, Miky La Sensa, Johan Espinosa, Andres Uribe, Juan Camilo Vargas, Abel Tesfaye "The Weekend" lyrics, composition, Sony Music released.
· On November 6, Wang Yuan released his new single "Stop The Clocks", which was written and composed by Afshin Salmani and Josh Cumbee, and released by Beijing Times Fengjun.
· On November 6, Sihan and Huang Xiaoyun jointly released the new single "Time Folding". The single was written by Lei Yuxin, composed by Sihan, and released by LIQUID STATE LIMITED.
· On November 6, Yu Wenwen released a new single "Tentative". The single was written by Gu Chen and composed by Yu Wenwen and released by Warner Music.
· On November 6, Ah Yu released a new single "Three Characters", the single was written by Wu YuexinComposed by Jiang Xiaohui, released by Xunfei Music.
· On November 6, Ouyang Nana released a new EP "NANA II" with 3 EPs, released by Meng Tuo Culture.
· On November 6, TREASURE released a new EP "THE FIRST STEP: CHAPTER THREE", with 2 EPs, released by YG.
· On November 6, YangYang released a new single "Sensitive Dark Night". The single was written and composed by YangYang and released by NetEase musicians.
· On November 7th, Times Youth League released a new EP "Youth Rivers and Lakes", with 2 EPs, released by Beijing Times Fengjun.
· On November 7, Click15 released the new single "B Funk For Summer Troops". The single was written and composed by Ricky, and it was released by Red Eye Music and Indie Work.
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