Music Business News: Malaysia

From TikTok’s music investment team to Sony’s reported Queen catalog acquisition… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…

TikTok parent ByteDance to spend $2.1bn to develop AI hub in Malaysia

Malaysia is becoming a beacon for AI-related investment

Kenny Ong appointed Managing Director for Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore at Sony Music

Ong to spearhead the company's expansion and strategic development across the region

Dinesh Ratnam appointed Managing Director of Warner Music Malaysia

Exec will report to Chris Gobalakrishna and Jonathan Serbin, Co-Presidents of Warner Music Asia

ONErpm expands in Asia, launching six new offices and hiring territory directors

New branches are located in the Philippines, Malaysia, Greater China, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam

SESAC Music Group partners with five Southeast Asian collection societies to form multi-territorial digital licensing hub

The group of societies have formed The Asian Alliance Music Rights Organization (AAMRO)

Ru Ping Gan named VP of Digital, Asia Pacific at Warner Chappell Music

Exec joined the company in 2013

Watch out Spotify: Multiple verified ‘TikTok Music’ Twitter accounts hint at pending global launch

At least six verified Twitter accounts for ‘TikTok Music’ have popped up for multiple global markets