Music Business News: North America
News Royalty rate climbs 40% following pressure from SoundExchange News Vevo currently believed to be turning over around $500m a year News Perry Bashkoff joins ex-colleagues Tamara Hrivnak and Jeremy Sirota at social media giant News 'Pandora continues to deliver product enhancements that create the ultimate music streaming destination' News 'Michael Jackson was an unsurpassed genius and an iconic force in music entertainment' Analysis News Will music identification app prove to be an essential subscriber funnel for Apple? News Worldwide and creative publishing deal covers future works and all back catalogue News Move follows a $2.5m Series Seed round of venture capital financing in September