Music Business News: North America
Analysis News New filing also suggests Vivendi might float 70%, rather than 60%, of UMG Analysis Blog Why Amazon and Apple's latest announcements bear the hallmarks of an own goal for music rightsholders News Songtrust powers global rights administration for over 350,000 writers and 3m works News Top non-performing songwriter was Mike Dean with seven certifications News Franklin was previously Senior Director of Digital Sales at Rhino News Firm launched a $100m fund in March to invest in catalogs of female music creators News Streaming tech firm Tuned Global will handle music ingestion, delivery and royalty reporting News Company also promotes Patrick Cloherty to Head of Sync, Europe