Coronavirus panic just wiped nearly $5bn off the combined value of Vivendi, Spotify and Live Nation… in a day

MBW monitors how ‘Black Monday’ has hammered music stocks around the world
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Sony Music revenues grew by over $250m in calendar 2019, topping $4bn

Fine Line by Harry Styles was Sony Music’s biggest seller in calendar Q4 last year
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The major labels will generate over $14bn in 2019, as Warner bucks trend of streaming slowdown (just)

Some very impressive news for Universal, Sony and Warner… and a warning sign?
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The birth of Sony Music Group creates a joined-up superpower at the heart of the music business

MBW estimates that SMG will turn over more than $5bn each year, including Japan
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Sony Music streaming revenues topped $2bn in 2018, as total sales hit $3.9bn

Sony’s overall annual recorded music revenues in 2018 grew by 1.7%
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Sony Music revenues up 5.8% so far this year, sales dipped slightly in last quarter

Streaming revenues shoot up 26% in the first nine months of 2018
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Sony declines to submit concessions to EC over proposed $2.3bn EMI Music Publishing buyout

Proposed deal values EMI Music Publishing at $4.75 billion
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Sony EMI takeover investigation now underway, IMPALA hopes for ‘stiff opposition’

European Commission starts initial assessment
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Jon Platt’s arrival marks an opportunity for aggressive Sony to finally sing in harmony

What Jon Platt’s move from Warner/Chappell means – and why it completes the new-look Sony
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Sony’s EMI takeover ‘has to be blocked’ says IMPALA, as it files official EC complaint

Helen Smith and co voice regulatory concerns over the year’s biggest music takeover
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