Music Business News: North America

Canva inks deals with Warner and Merlin to let creators use songs in their content

Canva has built a user base of around 135m

SoundCloud tackles what it calls the ‘Zero Plays problem’ with AI-Powered ‘First Fans’ feature

Algorithm will use AI technology developed by Musiio

Interscope Geffen A&M inks partnership with Josh Marshall’s Mogul Vision

Mogul Vision was founded in 2019

Logic sells catalog to Influence Media Partners in eight-figure deal

Company says the deal spans 185 titles

Armada’s $100m BEAT Music Fund acquires indie label King Street Sounds, and catalog of dance duo Chocolate Puma

Investment fund was launched this past April

Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners sells 50% stake in music library to $200m-backed Multimedia Music

Transaction includes the rights to the soundtracks of numerous movies, including 1917, The BFG, Bridge of Spies

Veteran music exec Caron Veazey joins DICE Board of Directors

Exec managed Pharrell Williams for nearly a decade

Kool & The Gang’s George Brown strikes ‘multi-million-dollar’ catalog deal with Primary Wave

Band has sold over 70m albums