News India’s music publishing business held back by lack of copyright compliance, legal uncertainty (report)Music publishing revenues grew 2.5-fold in India in the past three years, but future growth will depend on addressing the country's copyright issues, EY says.
News Hari Nair appointed Chief Executive Officer of Tips IndustriesTips Industries appoints Sony and ByteDance veteran as CEO
Interviews Denis Ladegaillerie on AI, streaming royalty models, Believe’s game plan… and moreThe Believe founder and CEO joins MBW's Tim Ingham on the latest Music Business Worldwide podcast
Analysis News India’s Tips Industries generated $6.4m in calendar Q2, up 54% YoY – the company’s best-ever quarterly resultsAnother major highlight from the company's quarter was its YouTube subscriber growth and view count
News Primary Wave makes strategic investment in India’s Times Music in deal worth $100mPartnership will see Primary Wave and Times Music invest in catalog opportunities in the Indian market
News Reliance-backed Jio Platforms launches TikTok alternative in India in partnership with Rolling Stone, Creativeland AsiaApp will go live in January 2023
Analysis Blog India is home to the largest number of YouTube viewers in the world. But the platform’s music chart isn’t without flaws.Amit Gurbaxani investigates why a lyric video with more than 400m views hasn’t charted on YouTube's charts for India
News Believe buys controlling stake in India-based label Think Music for $14.6mBelieve has acquired a 76% stake in the company
News Indian Music Industry launches country’s first International Top 20 Singles Chart based on streaming dataData will be aggregated from Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music
News Ticketing and livestream platform DICE launches in IndiaDICE is now live in the UK, US, France, Italy, Spain, India and Australia
News Google invests $4.5bn in JioSaavn parent Jio Platforms for 7.7% stakeCompanies will also jointly develop an entry level Android smartphone
News TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer: We would never give Indian user data to the Chinese GovernmentEx-Disney exec directly communicates with India in wake of app's ban in market
News Sony/ATV expands in India, appoints Dinraj Shetty as Director for the marketHe will also continue to serve as Director, Licensing at Sony Music
Interviews JioSaavn: ‘We’re doing for music what Netflix did for movies.’The service's CEO, Rishi Malhotra, discusses his company's uniqueness – and the power of parent company Jio
News JioSaavn has over 100m Monthly Active Users. Could it be India’s biggest music streaming service?According to sources close to the company, JioSaavn currently has 104m MAUs globally