Analysis The following MBW op/ed comes from Simon Wills, Managing Director of Absolute Label Services Interviews MBW’s World Leaders series meets Vinit Thakkar, Managing Director of Sony Music India News JT Myers and Nat Pastor address a number of claims made about Virgin and UMG in recent months by lobbyists News Founded in 1988 by José Da Silva, Paris-headquartered Lusafrica specializes in Portuguese-language African music and other world music genres News The expansion represents the next stage of what HYBE calls its “multi-home, multi-genre strategy." News Apple Corps Ltd. was founded by The Beatles in 1968 to oversee the band’s own creative and business interests. News If the top court sides with Cox, it could mean internet providers will be shielded from lawsuits over piracy by their subscribers News Based out of Milan, Gnech will report directly to Sony Music Publishing President, International Guy Henderson.