Music Business News: North America

Weighing up the positive differences an acquisition of Believe could make to WMG

'This is an extraordinary time for Downtown Music as we enter this next phase as a fully unified operating company,' said van Rijn

The streaming service is also reportedly planning a new "basic" that doesn't include access to audiobooks as part of the monthly subscription cost

Endeavor owns talent agency WME, and is majority owner of the UFC and WWE

Artists and others using PreSonus Studio will be able to distribute their music via TuneCore directly from the digital audio workstation

Ed Newton-Rex discovers that Suno produces music with a striking resemblance to classic copyrights

Changes to the way Spotify calculates recorded royalties go live on the platform as of Monday, April 1

'Having a day-to-day manager is finally democratized,' said Troy Carter, Venice Music Co-Founder and CEO