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DEALSRound Hill Music has acquired Canadian music company Linus Entertainment, bringing with it a catalogue of over 3000 songs and 20,000 master recordings. “This investment includes some of the most celebrated music and performers to come out of Canada and supports our strategy of investing in and supporting the growth of iconic music”, says Round Hill CEO Josh Gruss. “The opportunity Linus Entertainment presented to us was truly a one off and we are very excited to have these incredible Canadian artists included in the Round Hill stable”.Pulse Records and Brent Faiyaz’s new ISO Supremacy label have formed an artist development partnership, signing Tommy Richman.

Faiyaz already works with Pulse’s music publishing company as an artist and Richman is opening for him on his current tour. “In launching my new label ISO Supremacy and partnering with Pulse Records, we’ve created this platform to give artists like Tommy Richman a creative home with the ability to scale global impact and a team that is accessible who keeps creativity at the forefront”, says Faiyaz. “We’re going to continue to make history”.Reservoir and PopArabia have jointly acquired the recordings and publishing catalogues of Egyptian music company RE Media and Egyptian rap duo El Sawareekh. “We look forward to the companies’ support as we continue to show the world what we can do”, say El Sawareekh.————————————————–LABELS & PUBLISHERSWarner Music Canada and Warner Music India have jointly launched new record label 91 North, with aims to support artists of South Asian heritage.