Music Business News: North America Analysis News ByteDance would rather shut TikTok in the US than sell if legal challenge against ban law fails (report)Citing sources, Reuters reports that TikTok's parent 'would prefer' to shut the app down in the US if court challenge is unsuccessful News Billie Eilish and Green Day among 250+ artists backing US Senate bill to reform ticketing industryThe bill would require disclosure of a ticket's final sales price before purchase, and strengthen enforcement of laws against ticket-buying bots News US independent vinyl retailers call for end to artist/label D2C pre-sell exclusivity windows"By restricting pre-sale opportunities ... record labels create a two-tiered system that privileges certain consumers over others." News Luminate reaches music sales data collection deal with indie record storesThe new arrangement defuses a controversy over how Luminate collects data on physical music sales at indie stores News Symphonic Distribution hires UMG and BMG veteran Stephen Nightingale as VP, A&R and Business Development, CanadaNightingale has worked with acts such as Guns n' Roses, the Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails across his two-decade career News Amid controversy over Spotify’s songwriter payments, Daniel Ek cashes out $118.8 million in company sharesEk's move on the New York Stock Exchange comes amid criticism for Spotify for reducing the royalty rate via which it pays songwriters in the US Interviews Milk & Honey now represents Travis Kelce and 80 other sports stars – but its world still ‘revolves around the songwriter’Lucas Keller talks Travis Kelce, Spotify, A&R, and where his company is headed Analysis News Concord isn’t giving up on Hipgnosis Songs Fund, as it bids $1.51 billion – less than 1% higher than Blackstone’s proposed offerHSF's board is unanimously recommending this offer to shareholders1 2 … 1,026 Next
Analysis News ByteDance would rather shut TikTok in the US than sell if legal challenge against ban law fails (report)Citing sources, Reuters reports that TikTok's parent 'would prefer' to shut the app down in the US if court challenge is unsuccessful
News Billie Eilish and Green Day among 250+ artists backing US Senate bill to reform ticketing industryThe bill would require disclosure of a ticket's final sales price before purchase, and strengthen enforcement of laws against ticket-buying bots
News US independent vinyl retailers call for end to artist/label D2C pre-sell exclusivity windows"By restricting pre-sale opportunities ... record labels create a two-tiered system that privileges certain consumers over others."
News Luminate reaches music sales data collection deal with indie record storesThe new arrangement defuses a controversy over how Luminate collects data on physical music sales at indie stores
News Symphonic Distribution hires UMG and BMG veteran Stephen Nightingale as VP, A&R and Business Development, CanadaNightingale has worked with acts such as Guns n' Roses, the Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails across his two-decade career
News Amid controversy over Spotify’s songwriter payments, Daniel Ek cashes out $118.8 million in company sharesEk's move on the New York Stock Exchange comes amid criticism for Spotify for reducing the royalty rate via which it pays songwriters in the US
Interviews Milk & Honey now represents Travis Kelce and 80 other sports stars – but its world still ‘revolves around the songwriter’Lucas Keller talks Travis Kelce, Spotify, A&R, and where his company is headed
Analysis News Concord isn’t giving up on Hipgnosis Songs Fund, as it bids $1.51 billion – less than 1% higher than Blackstone’s proposed offerHSF's board is unanimously recommending this offer to shareholders