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Warner Music Japan president and CEO Takeshi Okada, whose company is initiating a ‘full-scale’ expansion into anime music with an NBCUniversal Japan agreement. Photo Credit: WMG Warner Music Japan (WMJ) has kicked off “a full-scale entry into” the anime music space under a new partnership with NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. WMJ, where Takeshi Okada started as CEO

A breakdown of Sony Music Entertainment streaming revenue by quarter. Photo Credit: Sony Group CorporationSony Group Corp. generated ¥1.36 trillion ($10.02 billion at the present exchange rate) from its music division during the 2022 fiscal year, when recorded music income swelled by over 32%, according to a new earnings report. The FY 2022 financials of

As promised, YouTube Music now offers podcasts. In the US, you can launch the Android or iOS app to stream audio or video podcasts without a Premium or Music Premium subscription. Shows will play in the background, and you can cast them to other devices like speakers. The feature is reaching American users "gradually," YouTube

On Wednesday, a group of contractors at YouTube Music voted to unionize with the Alphabet Workers Union-Communications Workers of America (AWU-CWA). Out of the 49 workers who were eligible to vote, 41 voted in favor of the action, with the remaining eight abstaining. As of last year, the workers were already paying AWU-CWA dues but

Photo Credit: Gerald Ang & Dean AugustineWarner Music Singapore and Cross Ratio Entertainment announce signing an exclusive worldwide distribution agreement.Warner Music Singapore and Cross Ratio Entertainment, Singapore’s largest independent record label, have announced signing an exclusive worldwide distribution agreement. The deal will see Warner Music Singapore working closely with Cross Ratio Entertainment to explore new opportunities

Billboard China will be the exclusive media partner for the competition. 'THE ONE' TME Tencent Music Entertainment Group, the leading online music and audio entertainment platform in China, announced that its QQ Music has launched the global original music competition THE ONE, and global music media brand Billboard China will be the exclusive media partner

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In 2023, it’s hard to love classical music. Not because of the music itself — it’s just difficult to find it. Searching for George Gershwin is as likely to bring up his own performances as it is to bring up music he composed that’s performed by other artists. The problem is that, in the metadata