Music Business News: Netherlands News Armin van Buuren’s Armada forms new parent company, acquires Amsterdam’s Cloud 9 Music, and targets $500m in new investments via its BEAT Music FundThe newly-formed Armada Music Group will encompass Armada’s label, publishing and investments arms News Pieter van Rijn named CEO of Downtown Music Holdings’ global services unit Downtown Music, as division ‘completes integration strategy’ with merger of CD Baby operations'This is an extraordinary time for Downtown Music as we enter this next phase as a fully unified operating company,' said van Rijn News Spotify challenges YouTube, launching music videos for Premium users in 11 marketsThe 11 markets include the UK, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Kenya. News Did Spotify just confirm that ‘superfan clubs’ are coming to its platform?Spotify appears to have revealed this information in a blog post Analysis Observations on Universal Music Group’s 2024 restructuring programThe 'why', the 'where', and the 'how many' of the music biz's biggest story of the moment under the microscope News NetEase Cloud Music strikes partnership with Japanese music distributor SPACE SHOWER FUGASPACE SHOWER FUGA will gain access to NCM’s large user base, while NCM will be able to offer its users an even wider selection of Japanese music. News Armada’s $100m BEAT Music Fund strikes series of rights deals in the UK, including the entire catalog of Sola RecordsThe fund has set as its goal $500 million in music investments, including $100 million in its first two years. News Universal Music Group is worth more than $50 billion, as firm’s share price hits highest point in 2 yearsUniversal's market cap is currently around $12 billion higher than Spotify's1 2 … 24 Next
News Armin van Buuren’s Armada forms new parent company, acquires Amsterdam’s Cloud 9 Music, and targets $500m in new investments via its BEAT Music FundThe newly-formed Armada Music Group will encompass Armada’s label, publishing and investments arms
News Pieter van Rijn named CEO of Downtown Music Holdings’ global services unit Downtown Music, as division ‘completes integration strategy’ with merger of CD Baby operations'This is an extraordinary time for Downtown Music as we enter this next phase as a fully unified operating company,' said van Rijn
News Spotify challenges YouTube, launching music videos for Premium users in 11 marketsThe 11 markets include the UK, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Kenya.
News Did Spotify just confirm that ‘superfan clubs’ are coming to its platform?Spotify appears to have revealed this information in a blog post
Analysis Observations on Universal Music Group’s 2024 restructuring programThe 'why', the 'where', and the 'how many' of the music biz's biggest story of the moment under the microscope
News NetEase Cloud Music strikes partnership with Japanese music distributor SPACE SHOWER FUGASPACE SHOWER FUGA will gain access to NCM’s large user base, while NCM will be able to offer its users an even wider selection of Japanese music.
News Armada’s $100m BEAT Music Fund strikes series of rights deals in the UK, including the entire catalog of Sola RecordsThe fund has set as its goal $500 million in music investments, including $100 million in its first two years.
News Universal Music Group is worth more than $50 billion, as firm’s share price hits highest point in 2 yearsUniversal's market cap is currently around $12 billion higher than Spotify's