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# Last week in music industry commentary
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/last-week-in-music-industry-commentary-31/
- Published: 2021-08-09T13:50:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-09T13:54:56.000Z
- Description: 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. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/08/last-week-in-music-industry-commentary-31.h
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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?**](https://www.hypebot.com/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**](https://www.hypebot.com/chinese-anti-trust-regulators-order-tencent-to-jettison-exclusive-label-licensing-deals-in-30-days/)
- [**Reservoir Media trading on NASDAQ is an ‘important milestone’**](https://www.hypebot.com/reservoir-media-trading-on-nasdaq-is-an-important-milestone/)
- [**Labels are about to become more like VCs \[Mark Mulligan\]**](https://www.hypebot.com/labels-are-about-to-become-more-like-vcs-mark-mulligan/)