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Music Press Asia / Interview / Joseph Phua, CEO of M17 Entertainment. Photo credit: M17 Entertainment.

With Profit Revenues Reported Is M17 Entertainment Cruising Forward in Good Health?

Like any new beginnings and challenges that come with, this is a story of resilience, astounding courage in difficult times, and ultimately why pulling the trigger is just as important and bold as going forward with an IPO, even at the very last moment. In a detailed executive spill ‘M17’s ill fated IPO: CEO reveals all’ with Tech In Asia, Joseph Phua talks about the excitement going IPO: from ascending the podium at Wall Street’s power house — the New York Stock Exchange, ringing the bell, to deciding the indefinite…

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ØZI wins "Best New Artist" at Golden Melody 30th Award ceremony. Music Press Asia

Sandy Lam, Jolin Tsai Win Golden Melody Awards

The 30th Golden Melody Awards ceremony, hosted by Taiwan Ministry of Culture and held on June 29 in Taipei Arena, has recently awarded twenty-nine awards to some of the most prominent songwriters and artists in the Chinese pop world. Winners include Leo Wang [Best Male Mandarin Vocalist], Sandy Lam [Best Female Mandarin Vocalist] and Jolin Tsai [Album of the Year and Song…

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Cranky Music Releases Siti Nurhaliza’s ‘Kasihku Selamanya’

Malaysia’s most popular female singer Siti Nurhaliza has recently released ‘Kasihku Selamanya’, a love song produced by Aubrey Suwito, known as one of Malaysia’s top music producer. Written specially as one of the single from the original soundtrack of an horror Malay film, the song began with an eerie piano solo accompanying Nurhaliza’s voice before reaching its chorus — a…

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[Music Press Asia] Priscilla Abby releases new Malay single 'Peluru'.

Priscilla Abby Releases Malay Single ‘Peluru’

Malaysian singer tackles frustration, lost love and hope in this powerful single shows that a classic hip hop ballad, together with a dynamic voice, can never go wrong. A YouTube star who has completely taken the world by storm with her EDM cover of Escape Plan’s 夜空中最亮的星 [Brightest Star In The Night Sky] in 2016 has recently released one of…

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Music Press Asia: How can technology help us increase the chance of cashing in from licensing music? Merlin and OTTOMATE Ltd seem to have deviced a solution for that.

Indie Rights Agency Merlin Extends OTTO Partnership

Merlin, the global digital rights agency for the independent label sector, has extended its partnership for another three years with OTTO — a bespoke dashboard that helps independent labels and distributors track and manage sales reports and streaming activity online. Servicing a global membership of independent labels and distributors, the analytics and reporting application, launched in 2014, was specifically used…

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[Music Press Asia: WILD Digital is back in SE Asia, this time in Kuala Lumpur]
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WILD Digital SE Asia Returns For The 5th Edition

Equipped with the motto of “Advancing SEA’s Billion Dollar Ideas”, WILD Digital return for the fifth year running, a highly successful tech conference organised by the Catcha Group. First launched in 2015, WILD Digital has since grown into the region’s premier conference for internet leaders within the digital ecosystem. This year, the conference is happening from July 3-4 at Le…

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Music Press Asia: Tengku Irfan performs Ravel and Schumann with Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
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TENGKU IRFAN MALAYSIA CONDUCTOR PLAYS RAVEL

Praised by The New York Times as “eminently cultured” and possessing “sheer incisiveness and power”, Malaysia conductor, composer and pianist Tengku Irfan makes routine appearance at Malaysian Philharmonia Orchestra. Irfan is no longer a ‘foreigner’ to what we’d deeply feel about young graduates, out in the world and pushing to make a name for themselves. The multiple international award recipient,…

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