Music Business News: North America

Len Blavatnik’s Access sells $105m worth of Warner Music Group shares to Morgan Stanley

Affiliates of Len Blavatnik's Access Industries sold 2.3m WMG shares to Morgan Stanley

Social platform Riff secures $4m investment from EMPIRE, Top Dawg Entertainment and Quality Control

Quality Control’s Kevin 'Coach K' Lee will also join Riff’s Board of Directors

Livestream firm Mandolin buys virtual concert platform NoonChorus

Mandolin recently closed a $12m funding round

Jenny Swiatowy promoted to Senior Vice President of Creative Sync, Licensing and Brand Partnerships, at Capitol Music Group

Swiatowy will report to CMG President & Chief Operating Officer Michelle Jubelirer

Warner Music Group-backed blockchain firm Dapper Labs raises $250m in new funding

WMG joined an $11m investment round in Dapper Labs in September 2019

Vanessa French joins SoundExchange as Vice President of Communications and Content Strategy

French will oversee SoundExchange’s communications team

BMG backs Credits Due campaign for songwriters launched by ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus

BMG is the first international music company to commit to the campaign.

Twitch strikes deal with music publishers

According to the NMPA, Twitch will provide "new opportunities" to music publishers