Music Provider Outdustry Expands in China With New Publisher, Deal With U.S. Indie Company Reservoir

Vivienne Chow Chinese streaming giant iQIYI is to boost its Southeast Asia operation with the appointment of three new country managers. Two hail from Iflix, the regional streamer now being acquired by Tencent Video.IQIYI said that former Iflix executive Sherwin Dela Cruz had been hired as its country manager for the Philippines.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChina reopened the doors of its cinemas on Monday, after nearly five months of closure. But audiences only trickled in.The re-opening was restricted to theaters in cities and regions where the coronavirus is deemed to have been vanquished.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorImax China has expanded its decade long partership with Wanda Film Co.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefHong Kong’s new National Security Law gives the city’s police enhanced powers and greater reach into cyberspace.The Special Administrative Region’s government put into effect Article 43 of the new law on Monday night when it gazetted a range of new measures.

Rebecca Davis editorTencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) has established a strategic partnership with Japan’s CoMix Wave Films Inc., the animation studio and distribution firm best known for works by helmer Makoto Shinkai.The new partnership will see the original soundtracks from 17 popular Japanese animated films put up on TME’s music platforms: QQ Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music and KTV app WeSing.Two of Shinkai’s films have been hits in China in recent years.

Boz Scaggs in North America. The deal covers Scaggs' catalog from 1968 to the present and all his releases going forward.Scaggs has been releasing music for more than 50 years, with highlights including tracks such as “Lido Shuffle,” “It’s Over,” “What Can I Say” and “Lowdown,” the latter of which won a Grammy for Best R&B song in 1977.

Myka Stauffer has come in hot water with her fans after revealing that she rehomed her autistic son that was adopted from China. After concerned viewers wanted to know if Huxley was safe, they contacted her local police department who did a full investigation.

Sounds like the Stauffers are off the hook!

Tom Grater, Jill Goldsmith Yesterday’s news that the European Union will not lift travel restrictions on the U.S. due to the scale of the country’s ongoing coronavirus outbreak prompted concerns about the re-start of American film and TV production based in Europe.As of today (July 1), travelers from 15 countries including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan and China can cross borders into the EU, but the U.S.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIt is tempting to envision Chinese media firms as the local equivalent of a familiar Western brand. That mindset imagines Weibo as the Chinese Twitter, iQIYI as the Chinese Netflix, and WeChat as a Middle Kingdom version of WhatsApp.The reality is usually more complicated.

The growth of streaming, both local and international repertoire, has boosted revenues in China’s recorded music market the past few years. But publishing in China has remained a thorny challenge for songwriters seeking to generate income. Deals in the country of 1.4 billion people have traditionally involved publishers taking up-front advanc

Myka Stauffer went from a well-known mommy vlogger to an example of what not to do after she gave up her special needs son who she adopted from China. The Youtuber came back to social media to offer an apology and clear up some rumors.

In late May, YouTuber Myka Stauffer and her husband, James, announced their decision to give up Huxley, the four year old autistic boy they adopted from China almost three years earlier. A month later, she posted an apology, saying "no adoptee deserves any more trauma.”In a seven-minute-long video that has since been taken down, the couple recounted how Huxley had "a lot more special needs that we weren't aware of, and that we were not told" during the adoption process.