Believe Launches Publishing Arm With Chris Meehan as CEO

French euphony institution Believe has launched a caller euphony publishing arm, the institution announced Tuesday (Oct. 6).

Believe Music Publishing launches much than 2 years aft Believe acquired U.K.-based steadfast Sentric Music Group, which represented much than 4 cardinal songs and implicit 400,000 songwriters successful much than 200 territories astatine the clip of the deal. Believe bought Sentric from Utopia Music successful a transaction that valued it astatine €47 cardinal ($51 million). When the transaction was announced, Believe founder/CEO Denis Ladegaillerie billed it arsenic a “first step” successful the company’s enlargement into publishing.

Chris Meehan, who joined Believe pursuing its acquisition of Sentric, which helium founded successful 2006, volition service arsenic CEO of Believe Music Publishing, overseeing a unit that includes 160 publishing experts and dedicated teams crossed creative, synch and gross optimization. Sentric volition proceed offering admin solutions for self-published songwriters, portion its TuneCore subsidiary, which was included successful the 2023 acquisition of Sentric, volition proceed providing its clients with a publishing admin service.

In a property release, Believe says it grew integer gross 13 points supra the marketplace past twelvemonth for songwriters represented by the company.

In summation to Meehan, respective different executives person been appointed arsenic leaders of Believe Music Publishing successful assorted territories, including:

Ismaël Kané, who antecedently oversaw BlueSky’s publishing activities successful France and elsewhere, who volition service arsenic caput of publishing successful France.

Alexandra Ziem, antecedently manager of originative astatine Sony/ATV, arsenic caput of publishing for Believe successful Germany.

Sunil Gursahani, antecedently with Tips Music, arsenic caput of Believe Music Publishing successful India and South Asia.

Chris Dampier — antecedently manager of film, TV and ocular media astatine BMI and vp astatine TuneCore Publishing — arsenic caput of publishing successful North America.

Monthira Tunthagadh, a Thailand-based enforcement who antecedently oversaw planetary publishing absorption astatine GMM Grammy, arsenic A&R manager for Southeast Asia.

Believe Music Publishing’s roster includes songwriters specified arsenic Djo, Eli & Fur, Don Broco, Enter Shikari, Monobloc, The Lottery Winners, Ms Banks, Sammy Virji and La Fleur.

“The motorboat of Believe Music Publishing consolidates Believe’s presumption arsenic an integrated planetary euphony company,” said Ladegaillerie successful a statement. “With integer present being the biggest operator of collections for creators, and the publishing marketplace exceeding €4 cardinal aft a decennary of double-digit growth, we are uniquely positioned to pb the evolving publishing market, wherever maturation continues to beryllium progressively driven by digital, with a publishing limb that present matches and complements our enactment successful recording. I americium assured that Chris and the outstanding squad helium is gathering volition successfully thrust our innovative digital-first offering, putting our planetary and broad attack astatine the work of artists, labels and publishers astatine each signifier of their careers.”

Meehan added, “It has been an unthinkable travel and grant to physique the foundations and spot the archetypal exceptional results of Believe’s publishing business, since its acquisition of Sentric. I americium convinced that our unsocial model, adept teams, innovative attack with our CMO and DSP partners, arsenic good arsenic our manufacture starring exertion volition pb Believe to consolidate its presumption arsenic a cardinal planetary publishing subordinate successful the years to come.”