CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS // IFPI GLOBAL MUSIC REPORT HAILS CHINA’S SUCCESS By The Numbers I have a weird way to measure China’s impact on the global market that I like to do every year as the IFPI report comes out. No, it’s not to check the country ranking, though Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS // EDITOR’S NOTE Chinese New Year is behind us, warm weather ahead. Thanks to everyone who shared the newsletter last month, and welcome to the new subscribers! If you like what you see, tell a friend to tell a friend. A lot of people reacted to Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS // EDITOR’S NOTE Hello friends! This newsletter has been quiet for a few years, partially because all news coming out of China was covid-related, and partially because I had focused my time on other projects. It’s time to change that. If you’re new here, the below Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS // TENCENT MUSIC FINED, FORCED TO END EXCLUSIVE COPYRIGHTS It could’ve been worse. China is cracking down on big tech companies left and right, and there were rumors that Tencent Music might be forced to divest two of their three DSPs, which didn’t happen. What did Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS // GROOVE DYNASTY FEATURED IN GIGLIFEPRO AGENCY SPOTLIGHT Okay, forgive us a bit of self-congratulation off the top here. GigLifePro is a music consultancy company which features an awesome database of people who work in the music industry in Asia. Their most recent Agency Spotlight segment Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS // FOREIGN ARTISTS RETURN TO CHINA Since the summer of last year, China has been one of the only places in the world that doesn’t still face mass cancellations for events. It’s been great so far for Chinese artists, who’ve still mostly had free range to Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS // NETEASE AND TENCENT NAME 2020’S BIGGEST ALBUMS AND ARTISTS NetEase delivered their winning news via a very sleek in-app miniprogram, which was painstakingly translated by Groove Dynasty employee Ivy and is now featured on the Groove Dynasty blog. Tencent went for a bit more glitz Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS Some articles in this month’s newsletter are a few months old, I’m including them because they are great resources and still hold value to my readers in terms of understanding the overall music industry in China and it’s future outlook. New readers, please note, this is Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS Let me keep this part short – despite its coverage, this seems to me more like politicians pissing on each other than actual news, and I doubt it will have any real affect on the music industry or business at large. Details on exactly what’s happening Read more…
