Music Business News: North America

President Obama, Frank Ocean lead tributes to ‘electrifying’ icon Prince

Elton John, Paul McCartney, Russell Simmons, Madonna and many more pay tribute

Prince found dead aged 57 at home in Minnesota

Shock as publicist confirms pop-funk legend's death

YouTube’s not scared of Universal – but it should be petrified of an artist revolt

If YouTube is the 'devil', who's going to stand up to it?

Gareth Smith named Director of A&R at Sub Pop Publishing

Tony Kiewel welcomes former BMG and Big Deal exec to US indie

Hannah Dudley joins Sony Music Nashville as Marketing Director

British exec gets big job in the land of country music

Lucian Grainge to receive honorary doctorate from Berklee

Ceremony, from Rethink Music institute, takes place on May 7

Chris York named Senior Director of A&R for Capitol Records in Nashville

Exec will report into Ashley Newton at CMG

Caroline’s Mike Harris named COO of Universal Music Group Nashville

Harris spent 15 years with EMI before joining Caroline in 2013