Music Business News: Africa News Sony Music pulls catalog from Africa-focused music streaming service Boomplay Sources tell MBW that concerns have been growing at other rightsholders over late royalty payments from the platform News Emerging markets-focused label Heatwave strikes publishing joint venture with Kobalt Heatwave was launched by ex-Syco Music MD Tyler Brown and Harold Serero, a former senior A&R executive at Ultra Music Publishing Analysis News The 21 biggest music business deals of 2024: From Irving Azoff to Daddy Yankee, Hipgnosis, and Queen. The year's biggest deals were dominated by private equity, securitization of music assets, and some blockbuster acquisitions by Sony Music News Reservoir acquires rights to catalog of Grammy-winning Lion King composer Lebohang Morake South African composer strikes music rights deal with Reservoir Media News Live Nation expands in South Africa and Portugal The Dome in Johannesburg will be Live Nation's first permanent venue in Africa News Believe unveils new leadership structure in MENA region Liliana Abudalo appointed Head of Label & Artist Solutions, MENA and Celine Hitti named Head of Artist Services, MENA News SoundExchange strikes royalty agreement with SAMPRA, opening new revenue streams for US and South African artists SAMPRA represents over 75,000 recording artists and 11,000 record companies in South Africa News Ikenna Nwagboso, co-founder of Mr Eazi’s emPawa Africa, to step down Exec to step down from his role effective January 20251 2 … 25 Next
News Sony Music pulls catalog from Africa-focused music streaming service Boomplay Sources tell MBW that concerns have been growing at other rightsholders over late royalty payments from the platform
News Emerging markets-focused label Heatwave strikes publishing joint venture with Kobalt Heatwave was launched by ex-Syco Music MD Tyler Brown and Harold Serero, a former senior A&R executive at Ultra Music Publishing
Analysis News The 21 biggest music business deals of 2024: From Irving Azoff to Daddy Yankee, Hipgnosis, and Queen. The year's biggest deals were dominated by private equity, securitization of music assets, and some blockbuster acquisitions by Sony Music
News Reservoir acquires rights to catalog of Grammy-winning Lion King composer Lebohang Morake South African composer strikes music rights deal with Reservoir Media
News Live Nation expands in South Africa and Portugal The Dome in Johannesburg will be Live Nation's first permanent venue in Africa
News Believe unveils new leadership structure in MENA region Liliana Abudalo appointed Head of Label & Artist Solutions, MENA and Celine Hitti named Head of Artist Services, MENA
News SoundExchange strikes royalty agreement with SAMPRA, opening new revenue streams for US and South African artists SAMPRA represents over 75,000 recording artists and 11,000 record companies in South Africa
News Ikenna Nwagboso, co-founder of Mr Eazi’s emPawa Africa, to step down Exec to step down from his role effective January 2025