Music Business News: North America
News Beatport and Tomorrowland owner now looks to be taken private and wipe $300m off debt bill News Interesting tactic from TIDAL as UMG get public flak Analysis Service now has 28m paying subscribers and close to 100m active users News Exec joined Polygram in 1996 before moving on to UMG's Distribution arm News Carter joins in newly created role as SVP of Film and Television News Exec first joined WMG 11 years ago News Company is now less than a 400th of the size of live nation News All three majors appear to have taken a slice of equity in the business