AWAL, the Sony Music-owned distribution and services company for the independent sector, is launching operations in the Middle East, coinciding with the exclusive signing of Egyptian artist, Wegz, and his independent label Raad Records.  
AWAL Middle East is headquartered in Dubai, and will work in partnership with Sony Music Middle East, whose A&R Director, Issa Outa, will head up AWAL Middle East.
In his new joint role, Issa will continue to report to Rami Mohsen, Managing Direct...

A coalition of 21 organisations from across Europe’s music sector — representing authors, composers, performers, managers, labels, music publishers, collecting societies and live — have called for "a comprehensive policy strategy and an ambitious budget" for Europe’s music sector within AgoraEU, the new programme proposed by the European Commission.
AgoraEU will regroup three strands: Creative Europe – Culture; MEDIA+ for audiovisual and news media; and Democracy, Citizens, Equality, Rights and ...

The UK's Musician Union will put forward at the Labour Party Conference (Sept. 28-Oct; 1) a motion calling for Copyright Reform, as the organisation believes "now is a historic chance to fix copyright law and protect musicians from the impact of AI and streaming."
The motion is designed to ensure that music streaming and artificial intelligence "don’t make it impossible to earn a living as a musician," and will address the forthcoming Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill, calling on Parliam...