Music Business News: North America

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days

Finer details of the arrangement between WMG and Bain emerge, courtesy of a new SEC filing

Cloudflare's move could create a new licensing marketplace for content owners and AI companies

The Wall Street Journal reports that the platforms are discussing potential partnerships

The ban would have prevented states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade.

The move comes over three years after Spotify launched its own creative hub in Los Angeles.

Founded in 1988 by José Da Silva, Paris-headquartered Lusafrica specializes in Portuguese-language African music and other world music genres

The expanded BandLab Licensing platform lets artists, labels, and publishers mark tracks as 'Open to AI licensing'