{"id":11993,"date":"2026-04-30T01:20:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/04\/30\/times-music-acquires-punjabi-music-company-catrack\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T01:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:20:29","slug":"times-music-acquires-punjabi-music-company-catrack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=11993","title":{"rendered":"Times Music acquires Punjabi music company Catrack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130620642,imgsize-4186,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/times-music-acquires-catrack-entertainment.jpg\" alt=\"Times Music acquires Punjabi music company Catrack\" title=\"Representational image\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>New Delhi: The Times Group-owned Times Music has announced the acquisition of Catrack Entertainment, its third strategic acquisition and a key step forward in its ongoing partnership with Primary Wave Music.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>&#8220;The deal brings a culturally significant Punjabi music catalogue into its fold, unlocking a legacy repertoire for renewed global discovery and commercial scale,&#8221; the company said in a press release. This follows Times Music&#8217;s earlier acquisitions of ARC Musicq and Symphony Recording Co.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>&#8220;At The Times Group, we have always championed the voices that define India&#8217;s cultural fabric and with the acquisition of Catrack; Times Music reaffirms its commitment to preserving and powerfully amplifying the rich heritage of Punjabi music worldwide,&#8221; The Times Group MD <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/vineet-jain\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Vineet Jain<\/a> said in a statement.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Established in 1990, Catrack Entertainment is a pioneering Punjabi music label. Its &#8220;golden era&#8221; catalogue features iconic artists such as Babbu Maan, Malkit Singh, Channi Singh, and Dolly Singh, while supporting early talent like Manmohan Waris, Surjit Khan, and Sukhwinder Panchhi.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/times-music-acquires-punjabi-music-co-catrack\/articleshow\/130620637.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: The Times Group-owned Times Music has announced the acquisition of Catrack Entertainment, its third strategic acquisition and a key step forward in its ongoing partnership with Primary Wave Music.&#8220;The deal brings a culturally significant Punjabi music catalogue into its fold, unlocking a legacy repertoire for renewed global discovery and commercial scale,&#8221; the company&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}