Music Business News: North America
News beatBread says it has paid advances to almost 500 artists and labels since launching in November 2020
Analysis News The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days.
Analysis MBW Explains: On 'fair use', Sony Music, YouTube's AI experimentation and the US Copyright Office
Analysis News MBW has digested UMG's revelatory 99-page submission to the US Copyright Office on generative AI. Here's what we've discovered.
News "SmallGod is a brilliant tastemaker, marketeer and visionary," said Max Lousada, CEO of Recorded Music at WMG
Interviews MBW's Inspiring Women series meets AEG Presents Chief Digital Officer, Brooke Kain
News Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal has accused Live Nation of "stonewalling" a Senate investigation into the company's ticketing practices.
News A TikTok-commissioned study by Luminate found that TikTok users are more likely to pay for a music streaming subscription, and spend more on music, than other consumers.