"Lexia 3" returns next year, Spotify enters the ticket

Organize people | Editor in Liying | Fan Zhihui

08.08-08.14

big company

>> Beatbread signed a series of new agreements with North American, European and African music publishers

· On August 9, the music financing platform Beatbread signed a series of new protocols (White Label Agreements) with music publishers in North America, Europe and Africa.

New partners include B Pure Sounds (UK), Catalog Masters, Family in Music (Finland), FINDING Artist Making Empire), FOMO (Future of Music Offering), Golden Path Music (Canada), and KMG Distrib. Federation and Vital Music.

Since its launch in November 2020, Beatbread claimed to have reached prepaid cooperation to nearly 400 musicians and record companies that "cross multiple genres, six continents and multiple positions." Beatbread said that its Chordcash technology engine will evaluate the streaming and social data of the musician to generate pre -quotation. When combining simplified verification and document processes, you can transfer the prepaid funds to the musician's bank account within a few days.

This time, Beatbread announced that it has established a partnership with another 11 other publishers. These publishers can use the company's CHORDCASHAI technology to provide automated prepayment services.

Based on the limited share of the existing curved library revenue, perhaps the unreasonable music, each artist's prepaid from $ 1,000 to $ 2 million. Beatbread said that prepaid is repaid among the streaming media and playback revenue during the selection of the artist.

>> Deezer plans to expand its business in Germany by cooperating with RTL

· On August 9th, Deezer, France's online music streaming platform, plans to expand its business in Germany through cooperation with the German Broadcasting Corporation RTL in the next few weeks.

In November 2021, the two companies announced the establishment of long -term strategic partnerships. According to the partnership, Deezer will be the RTL cross -media expansion music, audiobooks and radio partners.

>> Billboard announced officially entering China

· On August 9, the music content platform Billboard announced that it officially entered China to operate, bringing global music dynamics and content to Chinese music enthusiasts.

In addition to the list and music information, Billboard also seek cooperation with local Chinese companies to bring global pop music content to Chinese audiences, and at the same time spread Chinese artists and music to the world. At the same time, Billboard China will release the "Master Collection" program to invite musicians to recommend Chinese music works from a professional perspective.

In -depth review: Billboard's "Chinese Dream"

>> soundtrap newly launched real -time collaboration and automatic saving tools

· On August 10th, Soundtrap, which was acquired by Spotify in 2017, launched the test function of real -time collaboration and automatic preservation tools, allowing musicians to handle real -time processing projects from different devices.

In addition to real -time collaboration and automatic preservation, Soundtrap will also allow users to comment in order to share feedback on specific parts of their podcasts or music items.

Soundtrap is an audio creation platform. Creators can record, edit and collaborate on different devices in combination, loop, and instruments or connecting sound rails, and store their work in the cloud.

>> Spotify online ticketing website Spotify Tickets

· August 10 news, Spotify launched a new official website called "Spotify T 4".

Among them, online performances are listed in various places, and users with Spotify accounts directly purchase tickets for these performances without having to jump to third -party ticketing platforms such as TicketMaster, EventBrite, See Tickets, AXS.

In Spotify's ticket clauses and conditions, the company stated that it "represents third parties, including venue, event promoters, fan clubs and artists" to sell tickets, and the face value of tickets sold through its website is set by its event partners, and while its event partners are set up, and their event partners are set up. Not Spotify. Spotify only undertakes the role of ticket agents in ticket sales and charges booking fees.

At present, the performance information listed on this website includes seven musicians such as Limbeck, Crow, Annie Dirusso, Four Years Strong and Tokimonsta in the United States in the United States in the next few months. >> Warner Music and Facebook's parent company Meta reached an income division agreement

· On August 11, Warner Music Group (WMG) announced that it reached a new license agreement with Facebook's parent company META. The agreement will enable some music authorization income in WMG and its musicians to obtain some music authorization revenue in the posts of authorized Facebook creators.

Meta recently announced that it will begin to directly share with the music copyright owner to share part of the advertising income of 60 seconds or longer video content on Facebook.

On July 25, Meta confirmed that 20%of the advertising revenue from eligible videos on Facebook will be provided to the content creator; the rest will be assigned between the music copyright owner and Meta itself. The plan is currently limited to Facebook, and Meta has not announced whether the service will also provide Instagram.

>> Douyin Music Hot Star Platform Words and Music Library Bring Taihe Music Open the "Sound Program 3"

· August 11 news, Douyin Music Hot Star Platform Words and Music Library and Taihe Music will open the "Sound Program 3" from August 10th to August 16th to solicit different musicians and choose ≥ in the track list ≥ 1 DEMO, singing, singing, or using accompaniment video coordination, etc.

>> Capitol Records signing virtual artist FN Meka

· On August 12, Capitol Records signed a virtual artist FN Meka with tens of millions of fans.

It is reported that FN Meka has more than 1 billion views on Tiktok, and is also the first "AR artist" to sign a contract with a big label.

His first large manufacturer "FLORIDA WATER" cooperated with the Billboard champion Gunna and the professional "Fortress Night" player CLIX, which was released on August 12. This song is produced by Turbo (collaborated on Travis Scott, Young Thug, Lil Baby), and DJ Holiday (collaborated with Gucci Mane, Nicki Minaj).

Data control

>> The total revenue of Warner Music in the second quarter reached 1.43 billion US dollars, an increase of 12.1% year -on -year

· On August 9, Warner Music Group (WMG) announced the 2022 Q2 Calendar Report (Finance Q3).

According to the financial report, according to the calculation of a fixed exchange rate, the total income of WMG (including recording music, lyrics and other activities) increased by 12.1%year -on -year to 1.43 billion US dollars. The growth of these two digits was promoted by Warner Chappell Music by Warner Copyright, the income of this business in Q2 reached US $ 245 million, an increase of 34.6%year -on -year.

Another highlight is WMG's "Artist Services and Expanded-Rights Revenue (ASER)" of WMG. ASER belongs to WMG's live music/tickets and peripheral income in the second quarter. A $ 190 million, an increase of 55.7%year -on -year.

In the second quarter, the total music revenue (including streaming media, physical records, paid downloads, peripheral and other non -lyric copyright revenue) increased by 8.5%year -on -year to $ 1.19 billion. Among them, the income of physical records increased by 1.7%year -on -year to $ 123 million; streaming media revenue reached US $ 773 million, which increased by only 2.7%year -on -year (calculated at the actual value, a year -on -year decrease of 1.0%).

However, the company said that the 2.7%year -on -year growth was not all, and two important impacts needed to consider. The first impact was the one-time "Catch-Up Payment" from an unnamed streaming platform in the previous quarter. The impact of the new agreement is consistent with the first two quarters. "

If this new digital partnership agreement is not considered, and the influence of DSP's "additional payment" last year, WMG's recording music streaming media revenue increased by 9.2%year -on -year in the second quarter.

>> IHEARTMEDIA's total revenue in the second quarter reached 954 million US dollars, an increase of 11% year -on -year

· On August 9, the US Broadcasting Corporation IHEARTMEDIA released the second quarter of the 2022 financial report.

The financial report shows that the total revenue in the second quarter increased slightly by 11%year -on -year to US $ 954 million, which was consistent with the 10%to 14%revenue of the group's forecast; net income was $ 14.4 million, and the net loss of US $ 32.3 million in the same period last year. During the three months as of June 30, the diluted income per share was $ 0.10, and the loss per share last year was $ 0.22. This marks IHEARTMEDIA from the influence of the 2020 epidemic. At that time, the company lost $ 197.3 million in the second quarter because the revenue of radio, network, sponsorship and activities, and audio and media revenue decreased by 46.6%.

With the recovery of live performances, the increase in variable content costs including profit sharing, third -party digital costs, and production costs, resulting in a comprehensive direct operating cost of 14%to US $ 365.4 million.

The company's podcast business continued to occupy a large share in the company's revenue. In the second quarter, it increased by 60.4%year -on -year to $ 86 million, which promoted the company's overall digital audio business revenue to increase by 28%to $ 253 million.

As early as the first quarter of 2020, digital revenue accounted for only 12%of the group's revenue. So far, the share of the department has expanded to 26%, and podcasts are now nearly 10%of total revenue.

>> In the past 3 years, Spotify has spent more than $ 1.2 billion in audio and podcast business

· August 11 news, according to MBW statistics, Spotify has acquired Betty Labs, Megaphone, the Ringer, Parcast and other companies in the past three years to expand its audio and podcasting business -from February 2019 to 2022 At the end of the second quarter of the year, it cost a total of 1.26 billion US dollars.

This number does not include the cooperation with talent investment with celebrities, including Joe Rogan (reportedly reported to be $ 200 million), Barack and Michelle Obama (reported at $ 25 million), Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (estimated to be 30 million US dollars) and Call. Her Daddy (according to reports worth $ 60 million).

According to Spotify's latest financial results, as of the end of the second quarter, the company had 4.4 million podcasts on the platform and released 100 new original and exclusive podcasts worldwide this quarter.

Spotify said that the number of MAUs participating in podcasts increased "large double digits" year -on -year.

>> Germany's recorded music revenue in the first half of the year exceeded $ 1 billion, an increase of 5.5% year -on -year

· On August 11, according to the German Music Industry Association (BVMI) released new data in the first half of 2022.

In the first half of the year, the German record industry created a revenue of $ 1 billion (967 million euros) through physical record sales and streaming media, an increase of 5.5%compared with the same period last year. It is reported that this income growth is mainly driven by audio flow.

Audio streaming revenue increased by 9.1%year -on -year, currently accounting for 73.3%of the total revenue of the recording music market. Among the physical record revenue of less than one -fifth (19.8%) of the total sales of less than one -fifth of the sales, CD income decreased by 6.5%year -on -year. However, compared with 16.4%of the same period last year, the decline has slowed significantly. By mid -2021, Germany's CD sales fell by 16.4%.

At the same time, the sales of vinyl records continued to rise, with revenue increased by 12.3%year -on -year, accounting for 6.2%of the recording music market in Germany. Vinyl records are now the third largest source of music revenue in Germany. The income generated in the first half of 2022 was almost half of the CD (12.8%).

The BVMI report said that 80.2%of the recording music income in Germany was generated by digital music, and paid downloads accounted for only 2.4%of the entire market.

>> Roblox's reservation in the second quarter decreased by 4%, lower than expected

· August 11 news, the online game platform Roblox announced the second quarter performance, and the pre -sale service revenue (Bookings) decreased by 4 % year -on -year to US $ 639.9 million, lower than the US $ 657.2 million generally predicted by Bloomberg analysts.

The reservation volume is a key income indicator of the game company, covering the funds of users through virtual currency spending.

The number of daily active users (DAUs) on Roblox increased by 21% to 52.2 million, although the average booking volume of each DAU plummeted 21% to only $ 12.25. Similarly, the 54 million DAU expected by Bloomberg analysts in the region; the number of DAU participation in the second quarter also decreased by 16%to 11.3 billion. At the same time, in the second quarter, net loss was US $ 176.4 million, which was higher than $ 140.1 billion in the same period last year.

Although its management team is optimistic, investors' interest in ROBLOX's stock in the capital market becomes tepid after the results of their revenue. Roblox's stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange closed down 3.2%on Tuesday and rebounded 1.6%on Wednesday.

>> Endeavor's revenue in the second quarter exceeded 1.3 billion US dollars, an increase of 18%year -on -year. On August 12, the UFC parent company Endeavor (New York Stock Exchange: EDR) announced the second quarter of the 2022 financial report.

The financial report shows that the company's revenue in the second quarter exceeded 1.31 billion US dollars, an increase of about 18%year -on -year, because with the return of live performances, the activities and agency revenue improved.

The total revenue of $ 1.31 billion includes about 3319.3 million US dollars from its own sports assets (including UFC and Professional Bull Riders), and US $ 3579.6 million from agents (serving more than 7,000 talents and corporate customers). 9.06%year -on -year growth.

The largest income share came from the event performance and authorization revenue, a total of US $ 6278.7 million, an increase of 18.76%year -on -year. In addition, the department's income increased by 36.08%year -on -year in the first half of 2022 to $ 1.45 billion.

Throughout the second quarter, Endeavor reported that the company's net income was $ 42.2 million (much higher than the loss of the same period of 2021), and the adjusted EBITDA was US $ 306.4 million. As of June 30, the company's total debt was US $ 5.68 billion Essence

capital market

>> Hipgnosis is going to issue 222 million US dollars of bonds

· On August 10, Hipgnosis Song Management (HSM), Hipgnosis Song Management (HSM), was officially prepared to issue $ 222 million in bonds into the field of asset securitization.

In the pre-sale report of Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), KBRA awarded a preliminary rating of Hipgnosis Bond A- after evaluation. KBRA confirmed that the bond products called Music 2022-1 include the 950 songs of pricing artists and creators including Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado and Leonard Cohen.

According to Bloomberg, in July, the American copyright management organization SESAC quietly completed a $ 335 million bond transaction.

>> Roba and AP Music Royalties Fund announced the acquisition of GERIG

· On August 11, Roba Music Public Public Public Public Public Public Public Publish and AP Music Royalties Fund announced the acquisition of German Calcontal Copyright Group Gerig.

The transaction price has not been officially disclosed, but sources close to the transaction have confirmed to MBW that the transaction price is between 10 million euros and 20 million euros.

Gerig was founded in 1946. It consists of more than 20 lyricist copyright owners owned and managed. It has about 30,000 works and thousands of mothers.

It is said that Gerig has been the leading song copyright owner of Germany for decades, and has also represented some popular songs of the Munich Beer Festival, as well as most German Carnivals and party songs, including "Drink Doch Eine Met" and "MERER Losse der Dom in KöLle "," Johnny DäPP "," Heute Föhrt Die 18 Bis Nach Isstanbul ".

Music variety

· On August 9th, the third season of the Music Variety show iQiyi's "Summer of the Band" released a band recruitment statement and announced that it will be broadcast next year.

The "Lexia Star Plan" recruited in the third quarter of "Band's Summer" has reached a joint cooperation with the six major music labels, which are: street sounds, grass platform echo, Mao Livehouse, Modern Sky New Blood Plan, Fog Fog entertainment.

· On August 13th, Youku's "This! That's the hip -hop" premiered. The four celebrities captains this season are Wang Yibo, Han Geng, Li Chengyi, and Liu Yuxin.

Live entertainment

· At 20:00 on the evening of August 13th, "This Young's Summer" 2022 Summer Song will officially sing on the central video video number.

The song will be created by the Central Radio and Television Ceremony Center, Audiovisual Media Center, General Manager's Office, and CCTV Entertainment Media. , Zhou Shen, Travel Group Band, Landlord's Cats and many other heavy strength singing will join; even the hosts such as Sabenin, Ren Luyu, Nigetu, Ma Fanshu and many other hosts sing.

· On August 9th, the Music Festival official announced that the performance will be held from August 26th to 28th. Mu Shi, Yan Renzhong, Trojan Band, Sound toy, Sound fragmentation, Chen Hongyu, Guo Caijie and so on.

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