Merlin
Bela Zecker is an experienced professional in the music and media industries, currently serving as the Director of Membership Development at Merlin since March 2023. Previously, Bela held various roles, including Label Manager at Exceleration Music and Senior Manager of Independent Label Relations at SoundCloud. Bela's career also includes positions as Overhead Music Curator at Wok to Walk International, Member Relations & Commercial Partnerships Manager for the Americas at Merlin, and Customer Empathy Manager at Lemontree Foods. Other notable experiences include artist management at REALLY HAPPENING LTD and project management at Ninja Tune. Bela’s educational background includes a Bachelor's Degree in Media & Communications from Goldsmiths, University of London, a Master's in International Studies on Media, Power and Difference from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and a dual degree in Journalism and International Studies from Northwestern University.
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Merlin
Merlin provides independents the means to own their future. Merlin is a member led, music focused organization providing digital music licensing for independents across the globe. Members benefit from Merlin’s premium deals, but work directly with key digital partners. Our membership consists of independent labels, distributors, and other rights-holders, representing tens of thousands of labels and hundreds of thousands of artists from every country in the world. Merlin works collaboratively with our digital partners, delivers value back to those digital partners, and seeks to drive other incremental benefits to our members. Merlin’s approach has enabled our membership to grow to represent 15% of the global market share. Merlin’s membership includes independents such as Amuse, Armada Music, AudioSalad, CD Baby and Downtown Music (including FUGA), Beggars Group, Cinq Music Group, Dim Mak, DistroKid, Domino, Epitaph Records, Freeme Digital, IDOL, Kontor New Media, Mad Decent, MNRK Music Group, Monstercat, Mushroom Music, Ninja Tune, ONErpm, [PIAS], Pony Canyon, Redeye, Secret City, Secretly, Symphonic Distribution, Sub Pop, Vydia, and hundreds more. Merlin has deals with nearly 40 digital services, including partners like Apple, AWA, Boomplay, Canva, Deezer, FLO, JioSaavn, KKBox, Meta, NetEase, Pandora, Peloton, Snap, SoundCloud, Spotify, Tencent, TikTok, TREBEL, Twitch, YouTube Music, and many other global, regional and strategic partners, as well as being in conversations with dozens more. Merlin has resources in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, and Thailand.