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PRS for Music strikes partnership with music tech startup Orfium for licensing across Africa

Orfium was founded in 2015 in Los Angeles by Drew Delis and Chris Mohoney and is led by CEO Rob Wells

TV-based music streaming service Roxi raises $8.7m, plans expansion into the US

Company says it offers 90m music videos and 400,000 karaoke tracks

Sky News Australia quits TikTok over national security concerns

News comes a week after the Australian government banned the use of TikTok on all staff devices

Spotify removes catalog of Zee Music, one of India’s largest domestic labels, due to licensing dispute

Zee has 93.6 million YouTube subscribers

BBC tells staff to delete TikTok after UK bans app on government devices

British broadcaster tells employees to uninstall TikTok from their work phones

Universal buys classical label Hyperion, four months after launching its own classical music service via Deutsche Grammophon

Hyperion was founded in the UK in 1980 by the late Ted Perry MBE.

Kobalt founder Willard Ahdritz leads seven-figure investment round in artist marketing platform un:hurd

Self-serve marketing platform also attracts investment from Musiio founder, amongst others

Mojo Music & Media buys several catalogs, including hits recorded by Duran Duran and Jennifer Lopez

Company has acquired a series of separate catalogs that collectively include 30 chart hits spanning seven decades