Last week in music industry commentary

In our commentary section this week, industry insiders weighed in on what impact mask/vaccine mandates will have on live music, why labels are becoming more like Venture Capitalists, how anti-trust regulators in China are coming down hard on Tencent.

• More venues are adding vaccine, mask mandates. Will they hurt or help the return of live music?
• Chinese anti-trust regulators order Tencent to jettison exclusive label licensing deals in 30 days
• Reservoir Media trading on NASDAQ is an ‘important milestone’
• Labels are about to become more like VCs [Mark Mulligan]