Tencent Music’s revenue beats view as more Chinese users pay for songs


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By Josh Ye and Tiyashi Datta (Reuters) -China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group bettered quarterly revenue estimates on Monday as a slate of original content helped its music streaming platform attract more paying users. The company’s U.S. shares rose 5.9% in extended trading after it said users who paid for online music jumped by a quarter to 82.7 million. Music subscription revenue of the platform that operates like Spotify rose 18%. Tencent Music also benefited from a push for original content, including a partnership with parent Tencent Holdings to produce songs from popular game titles. Its total revenue was 6.91 billion...