The European Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have extended their support to Europe’s cultural creative businesses and audiovisual sector by allocating €141 million of new financing through the EIF via intermediaries from France, Germany, and Finland.

These new agreements are supported by the InvestEU programme, which aims to trigger more than €372bn in additional investments over the period 2021-2027. The financing will come through loan guarantee agreements signed with Fra...

Producer and songwriter Alex “A-Bomb” Fernandez has signed a global publishing deal with Position Music.

Hailing from Puerto Rico and Miami, Fernandez is better known as a member of the producing duo CASHÆ, which he formed in 2016, alongside Joseph Barrios. He has collaborated across genres such as Latin, hip-hop, pop, K-pop, and dance.

“From the moment I met with Mark [Chipello, Partner and Head of A&R at Position Music] and Delmar [Powell, VP of A&R at Position Music] in Mia...

Universal Music Publishing China has signed Chinese music company Cheerful Music to an exclusive worldwide publishing deal, excluding mainland China. The agreement will see UMPG represent Cheerful Music's catalogue outside of mainland China and contribute to the company's international development.

Cheerful Music was founded by songwriter and artist Snow.J (Snow Jiang) in 2019 in Shenzhen and with financial backing from music technology company Tencent Music. Over the years, it has signed a ...