The Deals: Multimedia Music Raises $100M For Film/TV Music Rights; Hipgnosis Licenses Catalog to Gaming Company
Summary
Commercially it presents opportunities for both industries with in-game purchases; creatively it is compelling for artists, composers, and games developers to work more closely. Reactionals platform enables curation and personalisation of music in existing games franchises as part of a seasonal refresh.Chrysalis Records signed a global agreement with Secretly Distribution that covers all physical and digital distribution for the labels frontline releases moving forward, including new projects from Laura Marling, Emeli Sand\xe9, Ben Harper, William The Conqueror, The Wandering Hearts and more. Believe will distribute Hospitals entire catalog of more than 5,300 tracks to its global network of DSPs while offering audience development services to support growing Hospitals international reach, including video channel management and strategic support from dedicated genre specialists on Believes label management and DSP editorial and marketing partnerships teams. Upcoming releases to be distributed under the deal include albums from P Money x Whiney, Metrik, Hugh Hardie and Flava D. Believe also boasts partnerships with other electronic labels including Metalheadz, Shogun Audio, Cr2 Records, Greco-Roman, Knee Deep in Sound and Southern Fried Records.Warner Music Czech Republic renewed its partnership with and invested in local hip-hop label Mike Roft to help expand its rosters global reach. Republic of Musics label partners including City Slang, Full Time Hobby and Ghostly can now upload new releases, manage their catalogs and access daily trend analytics from Labelcamps white-label dashboard, while the companys operations and marketing teams are using Labelcamp to manage release submission from partners and ensure their delivery to DSPs.