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Highlights at IMS Asia-Pacific

Shanghai’s Electronic Music Conference Attracts DJ Superstars

International Music Summit (IMS) comes together in a two-day conference discussing some of the most vital issues affecting the music industry in Asia-Pacific. Its topics focus on the exponential growth of the streaming, technology and festival market within the electronic dance genre. The end of the conference also signifies the beginning of a two-day electronic music festival STORM Festival featuring Alesso, Hardwell, Afrojack and Skrillex. EVP Insights of BBC Worldwide David Boyle opened both days of IMS presenting surprising and insightful statistics about electronic music in the Asia-Pacific region. In…

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Singapore-based social music company BandLab Technologies has recently announced its acquisition of a 49% stake in Rolling Stone the magazine.

Rolling Stone Publishing Sells Shares to Singapore Social Music Company BandLab

The full press release from Rolling Stone as below: Singapore – September 25, 2016 – Rolling Stone, the leading voice of music and popular culture for nearly 50 years, today announced the formation of a strategic partnership with BandLab Technologies, who will take a 49% minority stake in Rolling Stone, alongside parent Wenner Media. BandLab Technologies will focus on expanding…

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Playster announce partnerships with Sony, Warner and The Orchard

Is Playster The Next YouTube?

Calling itself ‘the Netflix of everything’, Playster has recently launched an ‘all you can eat’ offer allowing access to a range of subscription options involving e-books/audiobooks [$9.95], movies [$3.95], music [$9.95] and games [$5.95]. And if you are an all-rounder user, subscribing to every element for $24.95 per month. Playster, offering the iOS and Android platform and calling itself as…

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Facebook seeks Director of Global Music Licensing Partnerships

Facebook Seeks Director of Global Music Licensing Partnerships

Is Facebook going into the streaming business? This news may not come as a surprise to many of those who are well-versed in the music streaming business. As Facebook continues to expand its model creating new revenues, its about time this internet giant gives a try on streaming. The giveaway was a recent ad on its site revealing its search…

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Samsung's Milk Music is officially shut down in the US.

Samsung Milk Music Officially Shuts Down

When Samsung launched its very own music streaming service just two years ago as an alternative to ad-supported services such as Spotify and Pandora, it was actively promoted on all the Galaxy devices across the world. However, with the emergence and aggressive advertising by the streaming giants which include Spotify and Apple Music, Milk Music has within a short period…

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Tencent and PCCW invest in STX Entertainment

STX Entertainment Welcomes New Investors Tencent and PCCW

STX – an entertainment company based in the United States that produce, market, own and distribute content at scale in the film industry for global audiences across traditional and digital media platforms –  has plans to expand its television and international operations, and add high-quality, full-scale capabilities across music and digital, including short-form, app-based and virtual reality/immersive entertainment. This partnership will…

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Pentatonix, an acappella group from Texas and two-time grammy award winner, attends Music Matters Singapore

Here’s How Pentatonix Gained 1.5bn Views on YouTube

With over 11 million YouTube subscribers and an accumulated 1.5 billion views on their music videos, Pentatonix’s career were heavily pushed via YouTube and direct fan engagement. Their first ever music video, recorded from an iPad, became an instant sensation on YouTube reaching over 300,000 views in the first week. The two-time grammy award-winner stressed the importance of social media…

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Laneway Festival Returns to Singapore

Chet Faker, KOHH to Perform at Laneway Festival

Laneway has been growing from strength to strength and it was not a surprise to see that they have already confirmed the date for their seventh edition for 21 January next year. With growing number of festival goers and more tie-ups than ever – they have gained some diehard collaborators too that saw value in putting their brands out there. Last…

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Tencent reveals QQ Music's total number of users in China at Music Matters.
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Tencent Reveals QQ Music’s Influence in China

Music Matters first day wraps up with some of the biggest names from the Chinese music industry discussing topics that are affecting regionally and at a global scale. The subject of streaming and China popped up at every opportuned-discussion pulling and tugging at each other like an engaged couple; a rather new, anticipated and predictably accurate union which got people…

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Music Matters to host music executives from Netflix, Live Nation, Tencent and more.

Music Industry Executives Converge at Music Matters Singapore

For those of us from the music side of things, we are in for another big treat. Music Matters is not a stand alone conference anymore; delegates and conference attendees get to attend music related discussions happening at Digital Matters, Marketing Matters and Sports Matters. These conferences happen simultaneously next door includ some of the most prestigious venues surrounding Marina…

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