Music Business News: North America

Lyor Cohen talks YouTube, his exit from Warner Music and those Russell Simmons allegations at SXSW

Veteren exec and YouTube's Global Head of Music gives wide-ranging keynote at SXSW

Concord Music invests in digital marketing platform found.ee

'Concord has empowered us to enhance the product to be the system we always envisioned.'

Spotify launches self-serve ad platform in the UK and Canada

Spotify Ad Studio first arrived in the US last year

Babyface launches Good Vibes Music, with Spotify-hosted writer camps

Discovery Song Camp is hosted by Spotify’s Secret Genius initiative

Oak View Group gets investment for growth from Silver Lake

Investment said to total $100m and will be used for arena development projects and other strategic initiatives

FUGA expands in the US, UK and Italy

Digital firm announces five new hires and opens offices in London and Milan

Glassnote-affiliated Present Artist Management partners with Peter Matthew Bauer

Walkmen member brings across talent including Starcrawler

EMI Music Publishing for sale at $4bn+, Sony has already held talks – report

That would represent a $1.8bn profit on consortium's initial investment