Music Business News: North America

Amy Ortner joins Primary Wave Music as its General Counsel and member of Senior Executive Team

Ortner will be based at Los Angeles office

Ditto’s Opulous platform partners with Binance for exclusive NFTs from Lil Yachty, Kyle and other artists

Binance's new NFT marketplace launches on June 24

Jamila Thomas joins Motown Records as Vice President, Artist Marketing

Thomas will oversee marketing strategies and campaigns across Motown’s roster of artists and partners

Universal Music India and Capitol Records team up on Jason Derulo re-work of Tesher’s global hit Jalebi Baby

Two Universal companies have jointly signed a global deal with Tesher

From Sony’s big spending to BTS streams on Spotify: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past five days in the global music business

Sony’s spent $1.4bn on music acquisitions in the last six months… and Rob Stringer’s not stopping there

Stringer spoke at Sony Corporation's Investor Relations (IR) day today (May 27)

Symphonic Distribution expands into Africa and Mexico

Ariel Etbul will lead organization’s efforts in Mexico and Tamsanqa Ngxeketo to lead team in South Africa

Canadian artist Ikky Singh launches 4N Records in partnership with Warner Music and Coalition Music

Warner India launched last year under the helm of ex-Sony exec Jay Mehta