The Orchard In The News

‘Young Africans are finding their voices. More artists want to be African Giants that are Made in Lagos.’

MBW’s World Leaders series meets Lanre Masha, Director, West Africa at the Orchard

Paul Hitchman promoted to Global COO role at AWAL

Based in London, Hitchman will continue to report to AWAL CEO Lonny Olinick

From Sony Music’s deepfake takedowns to iHeartMedia’s $100m BMI sale proceeds… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days.

Please, don’t call it distribution.

JT Myers and Nat Pastor on their plans for Virgin Music Group, competing with The Orchard, and their disdain for the D-word

Sony Music’s artists aren’t involved in YouTube’s new voice-cloning AI experiment. Not unrelated: Google’s recent filing with the US Copyright Office.

MBW Explains: On 'fair use', Sony Music, YouTube's AI experimentation and the US Copyright Office

Vydia partners with AMPED and [Integral] in physical distribution and e-commerce push

The collaboration aims to take advantage of AMPED’s distribution network to enhance Vydia's physical releases.

KGV Kiran Kumar promoted to Managing Director of The Orchard in India

Exec joined The Orchard in 2021

The Orchard promotes Ian Dutt to President, UK and Chris Manning to Managing Director, UK & Europe

Both execs will continue reporting to Colleen Theis, President and Chief Operating Officer