Music Business News: North America

Splice and SoundCloud join forces to launch artist development program, Nova

Nova is open to unsigned Splice and SoundCloud creators

Lara Fox joins AEG Global Partnerships as Vice President

The AEG Global Partnerships team act as an internal agency for AEG and AEG Presents

Andrew Woloz promoted to Vice President, Streaming, at Concord

Woloz was formerly Senior Director, Streaming, at Concord

YouTube guns for TikTok with rival Shorts, as it secures exclusive preview of new Ed Sheeran album

Album to be released Friday October 29 via Asylum/Atlantic

Karen Kwak named Executive Vice President/Head of A&R at Warner Records

Exec to join the company on November 1

Exceleration Music acquires Chicago-based label Bloodshot Records

Exceleration was founded by indie sector executives Glen Barros, John Burk, Charles Caldas, Amy Dietz, and Dave Hansen

Erica Clayton promoted to Senior Director, Client Success, at Tunecore

Clayton joined the company in 2019

From BTS’ new label partner to Kobalt’s $1.1bn catalog sale to KKR: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up

The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter