Sony Music Entertainment In The News

Laffitte Management Group and Sony Music join $12m Series A funding round for creator commerce platform KOMI

Startup has raised $17m in a little over a year

TikTok Music expands to Australia, Mexico and Singapore

Expansion comes two weeks after TikTok Music launched in Brazil and Indonesia

Manusha Sarawan promoted to Managing Director of Southern and East Africa at Universal Music Group

Exec was most recently Chief Operating Officer at UMG Sub-Saharan Africa

Rami Mohsen appointed Managing Director of Sony Music Middle East

Mohsen previously served as the Head of Music - Middle East, North Africa & South Asia Subset at Spotify

Fred Rubenstein joins Sony Music Nashville as Vice President, Digital Marketing

Exec was most recently Senior Manager, Creator Acquisitions & Development for Amazon’s live streaming service Twitch

Sony Music Masterworks’ Terrapin Station acquires event producer Black Ink Presents

Sony Music Masterworks is continuing its campaign of acquisitions in the live music space

TikTok Music is live in Brazil and Indonesia. What might this mean for Spotify?

MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points – and suggest what might happen next.

From Universal’s $50m deal in Thailand to TikTok’s new music streaming service… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

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