Music Business News: North America
News SVP Jacob Tracer to assume role on an acting basis as trade body navigates evolving legal and regulatory landscape News The product is aimed at music producers who can treat technology like an “active collaborator." News The court also ordered Musi's counsel, Winston & Strawn LLP, to pay Apple's attorneys' fees tied to the sanctions litigation. News IFPI has published its new 'Global Music Report 2026' showing that global recorded music revenues grew by 6.4% YoY in 2025 News The agreement takes effect once Mars completes his existing arrangement with BMG/Warner Chappell. News HEY NOW Records landed East Tennessee singer-songwriter Kenny Chesney as its first signing. News Young, based in New York, continues to report to Boyd Muir, Chief Operating Officer of UMG News Investors have put an initial $2.5 billion to the Treasury Department when the deal closed in January, the Wall Street Journal reported.