Music Business News: North America

YouTube launches $100m Shorts Fund to pay creators over course of 2021-2022

'Thousands of creators' will be paid for their content on Shorts, says YouTube

Hipgnosis buys catalog from Grammy-winning producer Andy Wallace

Acquisition includes 100% of his Producer, Mixer and Performance royalties

Dan Rutman appointed Director, US & Canada at TuneCore

Rutman is the founder of Solitaire Recordings

Aimee Beren joins management company Hard 8//Working Group

Artist manager joins firm with client awfultune

Sony Music Publishing UK signs songwriter and producer Ben Jackson-Cook

He recently acted as Rag’n’Bone Man’s musical director and primary collaborator

Priya Minhas appointed Director of Creative Content at Atlanta record label LVRN

Exec was previously a Senior Producer at Vevo

Charlie Walk can’t keep $1.7m Universal Music Group settlement secret, rules Judge

No 'compelling interest' in keeping the settlement deal confidential, says Judge

‘This is about the artist. It’s about the music. It’s not about you.’

Jimmy Iovine on his time as a producer - and how it shaped the rest of his career