Music Business News: North America

Rogers & Cowan acquires ITB Worldwide

ITB will now join Octagon Sports and Entertainment Network of agencies

Pulse Music Group acquires music supervision firm Hitcher

Hitcher founder Joe Rangel named Head of Sync, Creative & Licensing at Pulse Music Group

Do the major labels know something about Spotify that Wall Street doesn’t?

The majors have cashed in $1bn in shares despite optimism from Wall Street. Why?

Sony/ATV completes entire year at No.1 on Billboard’s Hot 100

Company’s uninterrupted run at the top of the chart culminates with Drake achieving a fourth week at No.1

Post Malone tops Drake’s streaming record in the US

beerbongs & bentleys tallied over 288,000 streaming equivalent album sales (SEAs)

Warner has sold $400m of Spotify stock – and says it will share money with artists and label partners

Steve Cooper confirms that three-quarters of shares have been cashed in

Warner recorded music revenues jump 15% to hit $791m in first quarter of 2018

Greatest Showman and Bruno Mars contribute to robust fiscal Q2 performance

Pandora lost $132m and 4.4m listeners in Q1 – but subscription revenues jumped 61%

Company's subscription business turned over $104.67 in first three months of 2018