Music Business News: North America

Warner’s ADA takes care of A2IM member fees for independent labels

ADA's clients include Epitaph, Matador, Mute, Nettwerk, Sub Pop and Secretly Canadian

Sixx:A.M hit back at YouTube: ‘Where’s the response from Larry Page?’

LA band accuse YouTube of inaction

Apple Music and AEG execs to be honoured at Women of Influence Gala

Bozoma Saint John, Rebeca León and Adina Friedman to be honoured on June 21st

Napster is having another crack at the US – as a legal service

Lay-offs confirmed as P2P-associated branding goes worldwide

YouTube says the voice of artist protest is ‘being heard’ at Google

Platform points out that its audience listens for less time than Spotify's

Warner/Chappell boss Jon Platt elected to ASCAP Board

Paul Williams calls exec a "tremendous talent"

Universal, Sony, Warner vow to create a working Global Rights Database

The Open Music Initiative also wins support from Spotify, YouTube and Pandora

Apple Music turns up heat on Spotify with 15m subscribers

Platform is now on the way to paying music biz $1bn every year