Music Business News: United Arab Emirates

The sound of opportunity for the record business across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is getting louder.

Chabaka is part of the wider CHBK Group

Larry Gaaga named Vice President and General Manager, Africa and Dany Neville joins as Vice President, A&R, Middle East

Deals include catalog acquisition of content production and distribution company RE Media, and the catalog of Egyptian rap duo El Sawareekh

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

He was was most recently Spotify’s Head of the Middle East and North Africa

DP World is fitting out a new warehouse in Bicester in the UK for Utopia's distribution unit, Utopia Distribution Services

Company says its AI-Powered Personalized Podcast is the first of its kind in the world