News Anghami says it’s already been approached by ‘multiple parties’ interested in buying the company Co-founder Elie Habib was recently interviewed by CNN
News Believe and Nuclear Blast team up to launch Blood Blast Distribution ‘dedicated to extreme music’ Blood Blast provides distribution to over 200 digital streaming and download platforms
News Sarita Borge appointed as Senior Manager at YMU Group Borge joins from First Access Entertainment
News Video games giant SEGA invests in India-based music service Flutin Independent artist-focused platform claims to have over 300,00 daily users
News Republic Records enters strategic alliance with K-Pop Powerhouse JYP Entertainment for TWICE New music to be released worldwide soon
News K-Pop has been streamed for more than 134bn minutes on Spotify since 2014 There have been more than 41bn K-Pop streams on the platform to date
News Norva Denton promoted to Senior Vice President of A&R for Warner Records Denton joined Warner Records in 2018 as Director of A&R
News Tom Lewis & Laura Monks promoted to co-Managing Directors at Decca Records Group Execs promoted as Universal-owned label enters tenth decade
News Def Jam CEO Paul Rosenberg steps down to launch Goliath Records JV with Universal Music Group Exec will continue to serve as a consultant to Def Jam on its legacy artists
News CTS Eventim expands into the US via Michael Cohl partnership New entity is based in New York City and will be led by Michael Cohl and Glenn Orsher
News Spotify rebrands New Music Friday playlist, which has 8m followers globally The revamped playlist has 43 versions worldwide
News David Stouck named Regional Director, A&R, at Warner Music Asia His brief sees him oversee A&R operations in a total of 10 markets
News Distribution company Beatroot Music to administer ‘thousands in unpaid royalties’ of former Dart Music Dozens of music creators to obtain years’ worth of unclaimed royalties, says firm
News Kobalt signs Australian pop star Tones & I to neighboring rights deal Artist is behind the global hit, Dance Monkey
News TikTok nabs exclusive BTS premiere for the K-pop stars’ new single ‘ON’ Clip from track to be debuted on platform 12 hours ahead of release