Music Business News: North America

Linda Yaccarino named Group Chair at talent management company YMU

Exec joins YMU alongside her current position as Chairman of Global Advertising and Partnerships at NBCUniversal

TikTok’s bust-up with the major music companies is starting to simmer.

Following big news about Snoop Dogg and ARIA's condemnation, will TikTok be able to dodge the crosshairs of Ron DeSantis?

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Dani Chavez promoted to Senior Marketing Manager at YMU Music US

Chavez served as Head of Digital at Ultra Records prior to joining YMU

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Robert Kyncl and Luz Avila Kyncl pledge 5 more years of scholarship support for underrepresented STEM students at SUNY New Paltz

In the past, 16 students have benefited from Kyncl Scholarship at New York educational institution

Interviews

‘It’s not about money and business, it’s about making people want to come give you a hug because they heard a song’

Hip-hop producer No I.D. talks, with wisdom and humour, about working with legends, his creative philosophy, how the industry is broken and why, if anything, producers get too much respect

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Former Warner boss Steve Cooper joins board of Quincy Jones-backed NFT platform OneOf

Web3 company and NFT marketplace claims that its “Green NFT platform” mints NFTs that are up to “2 million times more energy efficient” than its rivals

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Napster acquires Web3 music startup Mint Songs after eight-figure financing

The acquisition follows Mint Songs’ own $4.3m fundraising

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Sound Credit and PPL strike North America neighbouring rights collections partnership

Sound Credit and Soundways will offer their North American performer community access to PPL’s international collections service