Music Business News: North America
News Ex-Def Jam exec steps up after a run of hits at Universal label group News Jeannette Perez, Lonny Olinick and Marissa Mencher also step up as Richard Sanders departs News Music licensing platform steps up its game News PARTYNEXTDOOR and others covered by distribution-plus agreement Analysis Streaming was up over 40% at US$ constant currency - with recorded revenues growing News Beyonce's Lemonade was last year's biggest seller - but Warner took the lion's share of list News App boasts more than 200m users worldwide News Rough Trade has signed the likes of War On Drugs, Superchunk, Grizzly Bear, the Magnetic Fields, Against Me!, and Future Islands