Hybe America has announced the launch of Hybe Label Services (HSL), the company’s first global organization specifically designed to bolster the growth of its artists in international markets. Ryan Hyeong Woo Noh has been promoted to chief business officer of Hybe America.
Noh, who previously served as the chief strategy officer of Hybe America, will take on an expanded leadership role overseeing key business operations in the region. Based in the Los Angeles office, Noh will report directly to Hybe CEO Jason Jaesang Lee and to Hybe America CEO and Chairman Isaac Lee.
HLS will provide enhanced support across distribution, manufacturing, and marketing and promotion services worldwide. The division will be an integrated, single support center for all Hybe labels and their artists, streamlining essential services for maximized global reach.
Additionally, Mike Rittberg has been appointed as president of global distribution. Rittberg will oversee the strategic distribution of Hybe’s expansive catalog and new releases globally, focusing on efficiency and market penetration.
Mark Flaherty also joins Hybe as president of global M&P. Flaherty will be responsible for leading worldwide marketing and promotional strategies to maximize artist exposure and fan engagement across international territories.
+ Hayley Williams and Zac Farro have signed a global publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group. Williams and Farro join the partnership both as a solo artists and with Paramore. UMPG administers the songs she and Farro writes, but not the recordings themselves.
+ Zedge, Inc., $ZDGE, a digital marketplace for interactive games that provide content, announced the launch of Tapedeck. The platform is a new music app and service designed to give musicians more control and fairer compensation for their work.
Since 2017, Zedge has aimed to empower creators to make a living making art through its thriving Zedge Premium marketplace.
The service is the brainchild of Zedge’s SVP of Product and music industry veteran Tim Quirk, the lead singer of Too Much Joy and key figure in shaping the digital music landscape. Quirk was part of the team that launched Rhapsody in 2001, helped build Google Play in 2011, and later went on to found Freeform Development, a start-up Zedge acquired with the goal of enabling their global network of creators to better monetize their art.