Warner and Sony buy $200m of shares in Tencent Music Entertainment ahead of streaming company’s US IPO

The two companies have banked more than $1bn from Spotify shares – what will TME bring their way?
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Tencent Music files for IPO in the United States, posts gross profit of $526m in H1 2018

F-1 filing hits SEC in the US, revealing latest financial stats for Chinese company
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Tencent Music Slashes Its Expected IPO Raise to $2 Billion

Reuters says Tencent Music halved its IPO.  Its parent company dismissed the report.  So, who should we believe? Ahead of its expected launch in the US, Tencent Music’s parent company has reportedly halved the amount it seeks to raise for the IPO.  The…

Tencent Music Cuts IPO In Half [REPORT]

Tencent Music Entertainment Group, China’s most popular music streamer, now hopes to raise about $2 billion in a U.S. IPO, down from an original ask of $4 billion. The music subsidiary of Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings filed confidentially with the U.S. SEC earlier this month, three people with knowledge…

Tencent Music Sets Oct. 18th For $30B US IPO

Tencent Music Entertainment will submit its IPO to the US Securities and Exchange Commission on September 7th with its IPO slated for October 18th, sources within China are reporting. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are underwriting the IPO at a value of about $30 billion, just under Spotify’s market value…

Tencent Music’s $30 Billion IPO Is Reportedly Arriving In a Matter of Weeks

Expect Spotify to earn a massive windfall from Tencent Music’s upcoming IPO launch. According to a new report, Tencent Music has already set a date for its IPO in the US. Citing IPO Zaozhidao, a reputable WeChat-based news blog, TechNode reports Tencen…

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Spotify’s mini-merger with Tencent Music isn’t just about power – it’s about getting rich quick.

What the 10% equity ‘swap’ between Spotify and Tencent Music really means
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