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Proper Group’s Drew Hill elected as Chairman of the Official Charts Company

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Drew Hill, CEO of Proper Group's distribution division, has been elected as Chairman of the Official Charts Company, the company compiling music sales charts for the UK and French markets. Hill takes over the non-executive position from Sony Music’s Charlotte de Burgh-Holder, who has held the role for the past two years. The OCC is a joint venture between the Digital Entertainment & Retail Association (ERA) and record labels' trade body the BPI.  As Chair of the Official Charts board, Hill...

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Emmanuel is a Washington, DC-based freelance journalist, blogger and media consultant, specialising in the entertainment business and cultural trends. He was the US editor for British music industry trade publication Music Week. Previously, he was the editor of Impact, a magazine for the music publishing community (2007-2009), the global editor of US trade publication Billboard (2003-2006), and the editor in chief of Billboard’s sister publication Music & Media (1997-2003).

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Believe joins DDEX as Charter Member

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April 23, 2026

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Paris-based independent music company Believe has joined DDEX, the music industry's international data standards-setting organisation, as a DDEX Charter Member, effective from May 1, 2026. Believe will be represented on the DDEX Board by Michael Ceglio, VP of Operations Strategy at Believe's distribution and services company for independent artists TuneCore.

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Believe, which becomes the newest Charter Member since BMAT in 2025, joins DDEX’s current roster of 20 Charter...

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Secretly Distribution acquires data and analytics company Babel Ops

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April 11, 2026

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US independent distributor Secretly Distribution, part of Secretly Group, has acquired data and analytics company Babel Ops. The agreement, the terms of which were not disclosed, includes Entertainment Intelligence (Ei), the company founded in 2014 by music executive Erik Gilbert and IT leader Greg Delaney, who went on to found Babel Ops together in 2020. Ei provides bespoke data and analytics tools for music business clients in the independent sector. Enterlytics by Ei powers reporting for ove...

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UBC joins SCAPR’s Virtual Recording Database (VRDB) platform

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April 10, 2026

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Brazilian rights society UBC (Brazilian Union of Composers) has joined the Virtual Recording Database (VRDB) platform developed by SCAPR, the Societies’ Council for the Collective Management of Performers’ Rights.

The VRDB is an international and centralised data platform that enables neighbouring rights organisations to accurately document the repertoire they represent and share their local usage lists with other collective management organisations (CMO). UBC has already started working in p...

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