Music Business News: North America

Snoop Dogg returns Death Row catalog to streaming services, label to sign new artists in partnership with Larry Jackson’s gamma

gamma and Snoop Dogg sign long-term licensing deal for exclusive rights to market and distribute Death Row Records Catalog

Analysis News

Universal’s music catalog spending has shrunk dramatically over the past two years. Why?

A dive into the reasons why Universal's spending on catalog rights has reduced by 61 percent since its 2020 billion-dollar splurge

Interviews

‘We’re in a renaissance for creativity. The things creators will be able to do tomorrow, they cannot do today.’

Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava on her ambitions for Splice, predictions for the music creator space, and her forecast for the impact AI will have on the music industry...

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Eliah Seton named CEO of SoundCloud

Seton succeeds Michael Weissman who joined SoundCloud in 2017, has served as CEO since 2021 and is "departing for a new opportunity," according to the company

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Apple lifts lid on standalone ‘Apple Music Classical’ app

Apple Music Classical will launch on March 28

Analysis News

US recorded music revenues from paid subscriptions exceeded $10bn annually for the first time in 2022

The US recorded music industry grew 6.1% to USD $15.9 billion in 2022, according to RIAA's 2022 Year End report

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Alison Donald promoted to Head of Global Creative at Kobalt

Exec joined Kobalt in 2017 from Columbia Records UK

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Spotify approaches $40bn in all-time payouts to the music industry

Spotify says that 'nearly 70%' of every dollar it generates from music 'is paid back as royalties to rightsholders'.