Music Business News: North America
Analysis Per-stream figure dropped 24% in 2015 across free and premium News Exec joins former EMI boss Roger Faxon and ex-AEG exec Tim Leiweke Analysis Ad-funded makes up just 16% of total streaming tally Analysis 'YouTube boasting about its payments to the music industry is like Bernie Madoff boasting about paying dividends to his investors.' News MP3Cola adds its name to a growing problem for the music business News Richest man in Britain backs Rubio's failed bid for Republican leader News Gwen Stefani: 'I need to get some kind of compensation' News Exec played key role in breaking James Bay and Florence & The Machine