{"id":6838,"date":"2018-02-03T10:37:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T10:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/02\/03\/warner-music-launches-qwarner-music-middle-eastq\/"},"modified":"2018-02-03T10:37:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T10:37:47","slug":"warner-music-launches-qwarner-music-middle-eastq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2018\/02\/03\/warner-music-launches-qwarner-music-middle-eastq\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner Music launches &#8220;Warner Music Middle East&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field-content\"> <\/p>\n<div class=\"dmb-body\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fath2-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-1\/p200x200\/26804800_10155315094073014_8955732051276573921_n.jpg?oh=894a0f007e9a22ca1744fcfbef4cd46a&amp;oe=5AE86CCC\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Warner Music Group (WMG) has announced the launch of Warner Music  Middle East, a new wholly-owned recorded music affiliate covering 17  markets across the Middle East and North Africa, an area with a total  population of 380 million. The new division is based in the Lebanese  capital, Beirut, which is an important creative hub for A&amp;R, as well  as being one of the main centres for regional media and technology.  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>Warner Music Middle East will be headed by Managing Director, Moe  Hamzeh, who joins WMG from the Beirut-based video streaming platform,  m.media.  He will report to Chris Ancliff, WMG\u2019s EVP, Eastern Europe,  Middle East and Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Moe Hamzeh says: \u201cI\u2019m honoured to be joining Warner at this pivotal  moment in the expansion of the market in the Middle East and North  Africa.  We can now reach and draw in a huge number of fans across the  region, enabling us to develop careers for local talent, as well as  creating new opportunities for our established artists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chris Ancliff adds: \u201cMoe has invaluable experience working with local  and international artists in the Middle East and North Africa.  Under  his leadership, we plan to pioneer the growth of the music business in  some of the world\u2019s most creatively vital and commercially dynamic  emerging markets.  This launch of a new regional office is part of our  commitment to building our local expertise worldwide and delivering  maximum global impact for our artists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warner Music Middle East will cover Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq,  Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi  Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The new  operation will step-up the marketing and promotion of WMG\u2019s  international artists, as well as growing a local roster of Arabic  artists and repertoire. The company will also look to expand the digital  distribution of its artists\u2019 music and cultivate local brand  partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>Moe Hamzeh began his career in the music industry in 1998, when he  worked for Music Master, Warner Music\u2019s regional licensee at the time,  as a label manager, overseeing the marketing and distribution of WMG\u2019s  repertoire in Lebanon. He went on to found Temple Entertainment, an  independent label and publisher, before working for Virgin Megastores,  opening its flagship store in the region and overseeing its product  marketing activities in Lebanon and its expansion into Saudi Arabia. In  2008, he joined Melody Music and Artists Management as General Manager,  managing the company\u2019s Beirut and Cairo operations, producing and  working with major local artists. He then took up the role of Head of  Content for m.media, a digital streaming platform that offers video on  demand for Lebanese and regional movies, documentaries and series, in  2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: http:\/\/www.wmg.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warner Music Group (WMG) has announced the launch of Warner Music Middle East, a new&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}