Seventh Street Media acquires Tone Deaf, The Brag and J Play

Seventh Street Media has expanded its portfolio after reaching three separate agreements with privately owned music publications Tone Deaf, The Brag and J Play – and vowed to become the “biggest music media publisher in Australia”.

Girgis, the CEO of new publisher Seventh Street Media, wants to become the dominant force in Australian music media

The publisher said it will retain all existing staff at the publications. Poppy Reid, former editor of The Music Network and writer for Rolling Stone will also join the team, as will Nathan Jolly, who has previously written for Junkee, The New York Post, The Music Network and Channel [V].

Seventh Street Media also announced its intentions for further acquisitions and launches throughout 2017 as part of an overarching strategy to penetrate the music media space and ultimately become the “biggest music publisher in Australia”.