Music Business News: North America

Spotify relaunches its three-months-for-$1 subscription promotion

Offer adds to other recent discounts with Capital One and New York Times

Jimmy Iovine: ‘Musicians taught me everything. Without them, I’m working on the docks.’

Jimmy Iovine talks Apple, Spotify, 'free' music, Interscope and much more

300 Entertainment hires BMG’s Mark Robinson as Head of Business and Legal Affairs

Exec previously led BMG's successful legal case against Cox Communications

SoundExchange moves into publishing rights by acquiring Canadian body CMRRA

Toronto-based mechnical rights agency snapped up by recorded rights organization

Sony confirms exit of L.A Reid… with shortest corporate statement possible

There's only seven words. And two of them are 'L.A Reid'.

Spotify valued at $13bn – and is pushing ahead with a direct listing

Could Daniel Ek be in for a $1.3bn payday when his company goes public?

Universal’s streaming growth is slowing down – but still provided $500m in Q1

Biggest Q1 in 15 years at major - but what impact is YouTube having?

Imagem USA hires Downtown’s Jeremy Yohai as Head of A&R

Exec has worked with Andrew Wyatt/Miike Snow, Santigold, Hiatus Kaiyote and Sturgill Simpson