Music Business News: North America

Francisco Partners acquired a majority stake in Kobalt Music Group in 2022

KISS has stopped touring, but the band will live on as avatars developed in partnership with Pophouse Entertainment

The law "oversteps state power and infringes on the Constitutional rights of users and businesses," a judge ruled.

Spotify is slashing around 17% of its global workforce

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

The founder of Platoon (and AWAL, and a key architect of Graceland), Denzyl Feigelson, maps out his life and career in seven songs

MBW's spotlight series on Vevo DSCVR's 2024 Artists To Watch continues via Nigeria, Italy, Mexico and Germany

Everything we learned from the National Music Publishers Association's US Copyright Office submission