Music Business News: North America
News Sony Music Publishing's Nashville division will provide global administration services to Sea Gayle's songwriter roster and song catalog News The two parties will combine ticket presales with flights, hotels and local experiences through a multi-year agreement. News Book publishers say Spotify is bringing a new and younger audience to audiobooks News Mehta will report directly to Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino. News The partnership builds on an existing relationship as Sacred Bones has relied on Secretly Distribution to get its releases to market. News Azoff said at Bloomberg's Screentime conference last week that the company 'recently acquired a chunk of the Sinatra estate.' News Now that the majors have accused Suno and Udio of stream-ripping, the AI companies are pushing to have the practice declared legal News Both will premiere on December 12, with the docuseries featuring appearances from Gracie Abrams, Sabrina Carpenter, Ed Sheeran and Florence Welch.