Music Business News: North America
News New York-based company claims that it handles 30% to 40% of new music releases globally News The biggest headlines from the past few days... News Bertelsmann's BMG in talks to buy Concord, Bloomberg reports News UMG's minority investment in the company follows Stationhead's merger with online music event platform Mellomanic Analysis The following MBW op/ed comes from Bobby Bickley & Ewan Bloor, Data Scientists at Beatdapp Interviews Spotify's Global Head Of Music talks us through the tracks that have shaped and inspired him throughout his life and career to date News Sony Music Group is forming a music rights-buying joint venture with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC Pte. News The new project seeks to provide artists and IP owners a way to launch, test and scale consumer products globally without holding inventory.