Music Business News: North America
News Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed in today's announcement
News YouTube aims to keep users engaged amid growing competition from other platforms
News Apple is expanding its efforts to strengthen the artist-fan connection and offer promotional tools for musicians.
Interviews The senior Sony Music Publishing A&R exec traces his life and career via seven tracks (and a couple of crafty hacks)
News At around $700 million, the company's market cap is short of the $4 billion initially targeted in the merger
News Lang has collaborated with superstars from Roy Orbison to Bonnie Raitt, Elton John, Loretta Lynn, and Tony Bennett
Interviews Steph Jones, co-writer of Espresso, on her decade-long overnight success, helping new artists find their voice, the power of perfume and why the music industry has to improve its treatment of songwriters
News Mischler comes to CD Baby from Sofar Sounds, where she served as VP of Growth Marketing