Music Business News: North America

Snapchat in talks with majors to expand music use in posts – report

Negotiations ongoing according to Wall Street Journal

SoundCloud acquires rights management and distribution company Repost Network

The terms of the deal were not disclosed

Spotify music publishing champion exits amid songwriter pay fallout

Adam Parness exits amid songwriter fallout

Universal holds preliminary sale talks with Tencent – but is slow deal progress a danger sign?

Bloomberg report says 'some private equity investors balk at the high price and slow pace of the deal'

CD Baby partners with mastering service CloudBounce

Algorithm-driven mastering service costs $4.90 per track

Troy Carter’s Q&A hires Spotify and Facebook veterans Phillip Eubanks and Marc Hemeon

Execs join as Head of Design and Chief Operating Officer, respectively

Sofar Sounds raises $25m to help ‘scale the artist-fan connection globally’

Raise is being led by Battery Ventures and Union Square Ventures

‘Creativity is a muscle. It must be worked out. It must be pushed.’

Geffen boss Neil Jacobson on A&R, talking fast, the death of the album and much more