Music Business News: North America

Tracy Maddux named Chief Commercial Officer at Downtown, alongside new hires and organizational changes

Joel Andrew has been appointed President of CD Baby

Nicole Wyskoarko promoted to Co-Head of A&R at Interscope Geffen A&M

Exec joined the label in 2018

‘Songwriters need to fight to get the payment we deserve. We need to get the right credit.’

Latin Grammy winner Claudia Brant on her career, modern songwriting, and the prospects for young writers today

Sony ups its annual Music revenue forecast by over $500m… during a pandemic

Firm's recorded music streaming revenues grew by over $120m in the three months to end of September

Music-related user generated content could be worth $6bn over the next two years (report)

New report examines 'the rising power of UGC'

Reservoir signs Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Ben Harper to worldwide publishing deal

Deal includes global rights to Harper’s entire catalog

SoundCloud rolls out Snapchat integration, with Facebook Stories coming soon

SoundCloud users can share any track, playlist, album or artist profile

Kendrick Lamar signs exclusive, global admin deal with Universal Music Publishing Group

13-time Grammy Award-winning rapper, songwriter and producer signs deal with UMPG