Music Business News: North America

Spotify hit with second US songwriter lawsuit – this time for $200m

Melissa Ferrick files suit weeks after David Lowery

Universal Music Group is becoming a proper Hollywood studio

Theatre producer and movie bigwig join music company in US

The music business failed to dent YouTube’s power in 2015. What now?

The music biz's hopes of toppling a free YouTube look slim - but not impossible

Streaming music is too expensive, say a worrying number of consumers

46% of consumers say streaming services are too expensive

Apple paid Tim Cook $10.3m last year – less than major record label bosses took home

Eddy Cue receives $1m in salary - but much more in stock options

Ron Cerrito replaces Diarmuid Quinn as Kobalt Label Services GM in US

Exec praised by Richard Sanders in New York

Concord’s Bicycle Music signs global George Harrison publishing deal

Deal includes solo and Beatles work

Universal Music launching Virtual Reality concerts this year

'We are ideally positioned to use VR technology to create experiences', says Lucian Grainge