Music Business News: Dominican Republic

On… The Orchard, Hugo Chávez, and willing sellers

This article originally appeared in Tim Ingham’s latest MBW+ Review email, issued exclusively to MBW+ subscribers.

Sony strikes strategic deal with Dominican Republic’s Alofoke Music, acquires portion of label’s catalog

Label was founded by prominent Dominican Republic-based media personality Santiago “Alofoke” Matías

Live Nation expands presence in Latin America via acquisition of Dominican Republic promoter SD Concerts

Saymon Diaz, Founder & CEO of SD Concerts, will continue to lead the business

Warner Music Latina inks global deal with Dominican artist Tokischa to launch new record label, SOL

The deal is also supported by Atlantic Records

Dominican superstar rapper El Alfa inks multi-million-dollar deal with Sound Royalties

Sound Royalties provides royalty financing for music creators, independent labels, publishers, and distributors

TuneCore launches operations in Latin America, headed up by Bruno Duque

The move follows the launch of the company's operations in Africa last month