The logos of QQ Music, Kugou and Kuwo are seen on the screen of an iPhone on June 12, 2018 in Paris, France. QQ Music, Kugou and Kuwo are the three streaming Chinese music services owned by Tencent. Chesnot | Getty Images Tencent Music Entertainment Group will postpone its highly anticipated initial public offering because of the recent sell-off, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday citing people familiar with the deal. The Journal reported that the company met with its underwriters this week, but sources said Tencent Music ultimately decided to push its debut back amid concerns that the sell-off would affect its pricing. Stocks fell sharply Thursday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing more than 500 points lower, bringing its two-day losses to more than 1,300 points. Investors dumped equities around the globe amid concerns about rapidly rising interest rates, a possible global economic slowdown and overly ambitious tech valuations. The Nasdaq on Thursday became the first major benchmark to fall into correction territory. Sources told the Journal that Tencent Music was originally set to kick off its roadshow next week and begin trading the following week. The Journal reported that the division now plans to wait until November. The music arm of Chinese tech giant Tencent owns the four largest music apps in China and counts industry competitor Spotify as a backer. According to a prospectus filed earlier this month, Tencent Music plans on raising as much as $1 billion in what could be the largest U.S. IPO by a Chinese company since Alibaba raised over $20 billion in 2014. Parent company Tencent owns 58 percent of the music division, while recently public Spotify owns 9 percent of shares. Tencent did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment. Read the full report in The Wall Street Journal. — CNBC's Sara Salinas, Fred Imbert and Michael Sheetz contributed to this report.
Tencent Music Entertainment has postponed its initial public offering ( IPO ) because of the recent market sell - off , per The Wall Street Journal . After discussions with its underwriters it decided to delay its debut over concerns the sell - off would hurt its pricing . Tencent Music had been set to start trading in mid - October , but will now wait until November . In a prospectus filed earlier in October the company revealed plans to raise up to $ 1bn in its IPO . apple ’s music platform owns apple ’s two biggest music apps and is backed by Spotify .