Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch has invested in Atlantic Behavioral Health, a new mental health treatment center serving Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The center focuses on anxiety, depression and other mental health disorders, combining individual therapy, group therapy and medication management. “Partnering with Atlantic is so personal to me and not just another business to invest in,” Welch said in a statement. “I know what it's like to live at the bottom of a dark pit, but I also know that if you put in the work, the light will come back on, and Atlantic will help so many people find that light switch.”
Tune in.FMa decentralized Web3 music streaming platform with an integrated NFT music marketplace, received $20 million in funding from the investment group LDA Capital. Tune.FM enables artists to monetize their fan bases through micropayments for streaming royalties and collectible digital music items with exclusive unlockable experiences backed by the JAM token ($JAM) using the Hedera Hashgraph distributed ledger technology. Tune.FM will use the funds to grow its user base, expand its development team, launch new products and increase liquidity for the JAM token internationally.
iHeartMedia has established strategic partnership with Zigazoo Kids, which includes the social networks Zigazoo (for children 13 and over) and Zigazoo Kids (for children under 13). As part of the deal, the companies will explore opportunities between iHeartMedia's music and podcast portfolio and Zigazoo's content. iHeartMedia will additionally launch a multi-million dollar national campaign on its multi-platform audio network to drive awareness of Zigazoo's social networks.
Independent radio promotion companies Your army and Promo Strange Loop have been merged. As part of the deal, both companies will now operate under the Your Army banner out of offices in Los Angeles, New York and Vancouver, Canada.
His British office Believe has signed a long-term label solutions partnership with Mahogany, the global multi-platform music brand behind the Mahogany Sessions YouTube channel. Under the deal, Mahogany will handle global distribution for Mahogany's label, Mahogany Records, along with Mahogany Sessions, COVERS and Lagoon video platforms. Mahogany will additionally work with Believe's audience development team to develop the global reach of its imprints in established and emerging markets and expand their content into new territories, genres and audiovisual formats. Upcoming plans include the public release of Mahogany's on-demand digital distribution service, Mahogany Songs.
Sony Music Masterworks has formed a strategic business with a live entertainment company based in London Roast Productions. Operating internationally, Roast Productions produces theatre, concerts and family entertainment events. Founders Bonnie Royal and Michael Stevens will continue to lead the day-to-day operations of Roast while working with Masterworks to develop a range of new productions. They will work closely with the president of Masterworks Mark Cavell and Ollie Rosenblattfounder/CEO of UK based producer/promoter Senbla.
Comedy festival SF Sketchfest has partnered with the live streaming platform Veeps to stream five of his featured shows exclusively on the platform between January 21 and February 4. The shows that will be broadcast live are: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog's Let's Make A Poop!, Kids in the Hall: Scenes they wouldn't let us do, Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins, Hello From Magic Tavern and The Trav-enture Zone: A Night of Dungeons & Dragons & Also Comedians. The Kids in the Hall and Tompkins shows will only be broadcast live. the others will be available for replay for 48 hours.
ASM Global has announced a new naming rights partnership with Strawberry Hotel Group which starts in July. Under the deal, ASM will rename the former Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden to Strawberry Arena.
Artelize — a platform that uses artificial intelligence to collect information about concerts and events in opera, classical music, ballet and dance, musicals, spoken word theater and jazz, allowing artists and producers to quickly create posts promoting their upcoming events — closed a €1m ($1.09m) pre-seed funding round led by Bjørn Bruun, founder of Danish fashion brand Bruuns Bazaar, along with other angel investors. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, Artelize also received a government grant from the Danish Innobooster Program and a loan facility from the Danish Export and Investment Fund as part of the round. The funding will allow Artelize, which is primarily focused on the US market, to expand into the UK and Europe.
ADA Italy has signed a distribution deal with LaTarma Records. Founded by Marta Donathe LaTarma roster includes Ale, Giovanni Toscano, Dolcedormire, Matteo Crea and Angelina Mango.
Music production company ALIBI Music has signed Cadence Music Group as the new synchronization agent for Canada.
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