Music Business News: North America

Lindsay Wagner joins UTA as Chief Diversity Officer

Exec to drive the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives

Hipgnosis and Blackstone acquire 80% of Kenny Chesney’s recorded music royalties

Country superstar inks deal that also covers his neighboring rights and SoundExchange royalties

Netflix raises prices in the US (again). Will Spotify refuse to follow (again)?

Netflix has raised its prices six times since 2014. Spotify has not kept up.

Sync licensing company Cuesongs joins forces with Big Sync Music

Two Songtradr-owned companies to join under Big Sync Music name

Spotify is still king of global streaming subscription – but it’s losing market share

New stats from Midia show that Spotify had a 31% share of the subscription market at the end of Q2 2021

Now iHeartMedia plans to expand into the Metaverse

iHeart plans to create events and experiences on Roblox

Lanre Gaba promoted to Co-President, Black Music for Atlantic Records

Executive celebrates her 20th anniversary with the label this year

Microsoft’s $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard shows that content is merely Big Tech’s edible plaything.

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