Music Business News: Japan Analysis News From HYBE’s new label services business to Sony and Warner’s calendar Q2 earnings… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe biggest stories from the past week – all in one place… Analysis News As HYBE raises $80m for its gaming business, could it try to emulate Sony Corp’s cross-media strategy?New 'HYBE 2.0' global strategy could look to borrow elements of Sony's longstanding multi-divisional structure News Sony unfazed by streaming music revenue growth slowdown in calendar Q2Sony says it's now expecting the music market to grow at mid-to-high-single-digit rates Analysis News Sony generated $2.54bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q2, up 11.4% YoY; recorded music streaming revenues up 5.0% YoYRecorded music up 10.8% YoY; music publishing up 13.3% YoY News HYBE, the home of BTS, restructures global business as part of new ‘HYBE 2.0’ strategyCompany launches HYBE MUSIC GROUP APAC, reorganizes three core 'pillars' of its business, and plans to make investments in gen AI, gaming and more News Japan’s Pony Canyon taps Orfium to monetize UGC on YouTubeThe deal marks Orfium's fourth major partnership in Asia over the past six months News Virgin Music Group partners with Japan’s Frontier Works for anime music projectsThe global anime market has seen explosive growth in recent years. News Warner Music Japan Chief Operating Officer Kazuhiro Shimada exitsShimada joined Warner Music Japan in November 20221 2 … 29 Next
Analysis News From HYBE’s new label services business to Sony and Warner’s calendar Q2 earnings… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
Analysis News As HYBE raises $80m for its gaming business, could it try to emulate Sony Corp’s cross-media strategy?New 'HYBE 2.0' global strategy could look to borrow elements of Sony's longstanding multi-divisional structure
News Sony unfazed by streaming music revenue growth slowdown in calendar Q2Sony says it's now expecting the music market to grow at mid-to-high-single-digit rates
Analysis News Sony generated $2.54bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q2, up 11.4% YoY; recorded music streaming revenues up 5.0% YoYRecorded music up 10.8% YoY; music publishing up 13.3% YoY
News HYBE, the home of BTS, restructures global business as part of new ‘HYBE 2.0’ strategyCompany launches HYBE MUSIC GROUP APAC, reorganizes three core 'pillars' of its business, and plans to make investments in gen AI, gaming and more
News Japan’s Pony Canyon taps Orfium to monetize UGC on YouTubeThe deal marks Orfium's fourth major partnership in Asia over the past six months
News Virgin Music Group partners with Japan’s Frontier Works for anime music projectsThe global anime market has seen explosive growth in recent years.
News Warner Music Japan Chief Operating Officer Kazuhiro Shimada exitsShimada joined Warner Music Japan in November 2022