Music Business News: North America

In the partnership, SMP will provide its global services to Black River's publishing catalog

Previous investors include iHeartMedia and The Orchard

Pithouse joins Three Six Zero from Sony Music's The Orchard, where he was Global Head of Artist & Label Services

NetEase Cloud Music added 7.8 million paying users in Q1; Tencent Music added 4.0 million

SM Entertainment's founder and Chief Producer delivered a speech at Stanford University On Friday, May 20

This MBW op/ed comes from Ran Geffen, founder of XR connect development agency OMR and CEO of Amusica Song Management in Israel

Joining the company from Adobe, Srivastava has served on the Splice Board of Directors since 2021

Barr will play a key role in signing new talent, while bringing his marketing, digital, and creative strategy to the label