Music Business News: North America
News The deal includes soundtracks from EA's games, as well as access for EA to Warner Chappell's music-creation talent pool
News Cutting Edge said it has already identified a "circa USD $1.5 billion pipeline" of potential investments
News Among other things, the deal requires an artist's consent for their voice to be used in AI-generated content
News The viagogo-owned ticket resales company has accumulated more than $2 billion in debt
News Oakley will join IFPI in June from global strategic communications and advocacy consultancy, Portland
Analysis When Swift grappled with Apple in 2015, she noted that the fight was "not about me" – it was about other artists. The TikTok situation is the exact opposite.
Analysis Blog The following op/ed comes from Jonathan Coote, an associate and music lawyer at Bray & Krais Solicitors
News Latin Music star Yandel strikes music rights deal with Beyond Music