Music Business News: North America
News Verse Music Group sells up to Berlin-based company News Island's founder's Blue Mountain publishing company inks deal News Ghostly International also picks up gong News Another 'big problem' is being fixed by Apple News License will now be struck for future performances Analysis The truth about the record industry's decline since 1999 News Pharrell Williams gives new single to Apple - and only Apple News 'Free music for everything you do'