Music Business News: United Arab Emirates Interviews ‘Songwriters and publishers should be seeing a larger slice of the digital pie.’MBW's World Leaders series meets Spek, PopArabia's Founder and Chief Executive Officer, and Reservoir's Executive Vice President of International and Emerging Markets News Recording Academy to expand in Africa and Middle EastThe expansion aims to provide educational resources, advocate for intellectual property rights, and celebrate the musical heritage of these regions Analysis News Anghami’s paid subscribers jumped 18% in Q1 2024, after a 2023 of revenue ‘headwinds’The MENA-focused streaming service expects a revenue boost following its merger with TV and film streamer OSN+ News Anghami completes merger with MENA-based Netflix rival OSN+The combination of the music and video streaming platforms will create an "entertainment powerhouse" in the MENA region, the companies say News Saudi Arabian media giant MBC quietly bought a 14% stake in AnghamiAnghami's stock price soared 59% in one day, after news of the acquisition went public News Anghami and Rotana expand partnership to cover live concerts, collaborationsThe new, three-year strategic agreement goes beyond conventional music licensing, covering live concerts and artist collaborations News Sony Music Publishing expands in MENA with new Dubai office, names Dounia Chaaban as Managing DirectorExec will report to Sony Music Publishing's Senior Vice President of International, Dan Nelson News Universal inks strategic partnership to develop a ‘Music City’ in the Middle East – featuring the first Capitol Studios outside of HollywoodUMG strikes partners with UAE-based DGMC to build "the Middle East’s first-ever Music City'1 2 … 6 Next
Interviews ‘Songwriters and publishers should be seeing a larger slice of the digital pie.’MBW's World Leaders series meets Spek, PopArabia's Founder and Chief Executive Officer, and Reservoir's Executive Vice President of International and Emerging Markets
News Recording Academy to expand in Africa and Middle EastThe expansion aims to provide educational resources, advocate for intellectual property rights, and celebrate the musical heritage of these regions
Analysis News Anghami’s paid subscribers jumped 18% in Q1 2024, after a 2023 of revenue ‘headwinds’The MENA-focused streaming service expects a revenue boost following its merger with TV and film streamer OSN+
News Anghami completes merger with MENA-based Netflix rival OSN+The combination of the music and video streaming platforms will create an "entertainment powerhouse" in the MENA region, the companies say
News Saudi Arabian media giant MBC quietly bought a 14% stake in AnghamiAnghami's stock price soared 59% in one day, after news of the acquisition went public
News Anghami and Rotana expand partnership to cover live concerts, collaborationsThe new, three-year strategic agreement goes beyond conventional music licensing, covering live concerts and artist collaborations
News Sony Music Publishing expands in MENA with new Dubai office, names Dounia Chaaban as Managing DirectorExec will report to Sony Music Publishing's Senior Vice President of International, Dan Nelson
News Universal inks strategic partnership to develop a ‘Music City’ in the Middle East – featuring the first Capitol Studios outside of HollywoodUMG strikes partners with UAE-based DGMC to build "the Middle East’s first-ever Music City'