Music Business News: North America
News The new hires include former Warner Records executive Todd L. Perry II, alongside Goldie Harris, Luca Zanello and Jason Peerless. News Apple Music rolled out Spatial Audio with support for Dolby Atmos in June 2021 Analysis The following MBW op-ed comes from MusicInfra CEO and Co-founder Björn Lindvall News The suit brings two counts under the Lanham Act: trademark infringement and counterfeiting, and false designation of origin. News UMG completed the first €500 million program, its first-ever share repurchase, in July News Voices lets a user record or upload audio of themselves singing, which Suno then uses to generate new songs in that person's voice. News Veeps is the ticketed livestream service in which Live Nation owns a majority stake. News A federal judge dismissed the part of DSW's declaratory judgment lawsuit that targeted Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Music Publishing.