Music Business News: North America

Warner strikes ‘monumental’ multi-year deal with Madonna: Here’s why it matters

New catalog campaign will be celebrate 40th anniversary of Madonna's career in 2022

From Bill Ackman’s Universal buy to AEG’s strict vaccine stance: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up

The biggest headlines from the past five days – and why they matter

Tempo Music buys into music catalog of Twenty One Pilots’ singer-songwriter Tyler Joseph

Tempo Music Investments is a US-based investment platform for premium music rights

‘Nobody will out-work me and nobody will out-care me; they won’t do it, they can’t do it.’

Chris Kappy talks about managing Luke Combs from half-empty bars to the top of the charts

Tunji Balogun named Def Jam Recordings Chairman and CEO

Balogun has worked with artists including Bryson Tiller, Childish Gambino, Goldlink, Khalid and Wizkid

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square buys 7.1% of Universal Music Group

Not the most thrilling of music industry dramas, we'll grant you

Round Hill founder Josh Gruss establishes Berklee College scholarship fund with $1m Gift

The fund will support students majoring in Music Business and Management

The major music companies now turn over $2.5m every hour – and will generate more than $20bn between them this year

MBW's number-crunching tells us it's going to be a gangbusters year for the majors