Zvonko Digital, a digital content distributor affiliated with the managers of the Russian Copyright Society (RAO) (National Digital Aggregator LLC, NCA), consolidates assets. This is what the Kommersant newspaper writes about.
So, one of the founders of the NCA, Alexander Sukhotin (also holds the position of CEO of RAO), increased his stake in the company to 36.25% from 11.25% in April. At the same time, Zvonko Digital CEO Alexey Lukinov increased his share in the music publishing house Soyuz Music to 70% from 45% and in the Studio Soyuz label to 51% from 26% (both companies are part of Zvonko Digital).
In addition, since June 28, A. Lukinov has received a 45% share, previously owned by producer Viktor Drobysh, in LLC Firm Elvi. Valery Drobysh (Viktor Drobysh's son) remains the CEO of LLC. Elvi owns 61.5% in Novy Vek Bank, affiliated with the managers of RAO (provides loans to companies in the field of music business). In June, he received 68% of the First Music Publishing House (PMI) label as collateral. PMI is one of the main partners of Zvonko Digital.
The digital content distributor is responsible for uploading music tracks to streaming platforms, collecting revenue from venues and transferring funds to artists or record labels. Zvonko Digital previously worked under the brand "National Digital Aggregator". In 2021, it became known that Zvonko Digital included PMI, the National Music Publishing House, Soyuz Studio, Soyuz Music and Effective Records. Now the company represents such performers as Leningrad, Zivert, Maxim, Lucy Chebotina. Alexey Karelov, Executive Director of RAO, owns 41.25% in NCA, 36.25% – A.Sukhotin, and another 22.5% – Vaptak LLC. LLC's revenue in 2023 increased by 93.6% to 4.2 billion rubles, net profit amounted to 393 million rubles.
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