Sony Music Posts $1.9 Billion in Quarterly Revenue On Strong Results for Streaming, Publishing

Maasa Ishihara is a Japanese dancer who has supported performances by numerous A-list Western acts including Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj, TLC, Ciara, Major Lazer and Becky G, as well as J-pop megastars Namie Amuro, SMAP and more. Her most recent engagement was performing with Ariana Grande at the Grammys in January, and she is currently rehearsing as one of the main dancers in Bieber's upcoming tour.

David Stouck has been named regional director, A&R at Warner Music Asia, the company was announced Friday (Feb. 21). In his new role, he will oversee A&R operations in 10 markets: China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.  

Veep creator Armando Iannucci’s next film project will be a comedy set in the world of amateur sumo wrestling.

Iijima founded Disk Shop Zero in Tokyo in 1993, which housed a huge archive of Bristol music

Tim McGraw has parted ways with Sony Music Nashville, sources confirm to Billboard. McGraw and wife Faith Hill inked a highly touted deal with SMN’s parent Sony Music Entertainment three years ago in February 2017.

The Government has issued fresh advice on coronavirus to travellers who may have returned from countries including Singapore and Thailand.

Music streaming leader Spotify on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter operating loss, but said it grew its user base to 124 million paid subscribers and 271 total monthly active users at the close of 2019.Those user tallies compared with 113 million premium and 248 million MAUs at the end of September.

LONDON — Sony Music is further expanding its footprint in the podcast world through a global partnership with Somethin' Else, the U.K.'s biggest independent audio and podcast producer. Terms were not disclosed for the deal, which will see Sony Music and Somethin' Else develop original, not-necess

In the second quarter since all of Sony Music’s operations were united under CEO Rob Stringer, the company showed strong earnings, ending the calendar year with streaming revenues up 21% and overall revenue up 7.5% to $1.99 billion. Its profits for the quarter reached $333 million.

Currently riding high at the global box office with “Bad Boys For Life,” Japanese electronics to entertainment conglomerate Sony reported third quarter profits of $2.10 billion (JPY220 billion). That is sharply down on the $3.83 billion reported at the same point last financial year. Revenues increased by $1 billion to reach $22.5 billion ($2.46 trillion), compared with $21.4 billion (JPY2.40 trillion).

It's the first batch of 21 of the iconic studio's movies that are coming to the streamer this year.

Two new Johnny's boy bands' debut singles dominated the top two positions on the latest Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Jan. 20 to 26, with SixTONES' "Imitation Rain" coming out on top at No.

Warner Music Group posted another strong quarter in the fiscal Q1 of 2020, with revenue of $1.26 billion, a 4% jump year over year, led by a 17% surge in streaming revenue. The company’s net income also climbed 40% from $86 million a year ago to $122 million in the quarter ending Dec. 31.

A strong holiday season gave a boost to sales of Nintendo's family of Switch consoles as the Japanese gaming giant has revealed in its latest financial filing thathardware sales have topped 17.7 million units over the nine-month period ending Dec.

The Japanese box office leaped by 17% in 2019 to set a record $2.4 billion score, according to figures announced Tuesday by the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, locally known as Eirin. The previous high was the $2.2 billion recorded in 2016.