Music Business News: North America

Victory Records founder Tony Brummel launches new company, Mission Two Entertainment

Rock label Victory Records was acquired by Concord in 2019

Spotify For Artists product lead, Tracy Chan, joins Twitch: ‘I believe there’s a massive opportunity to help artists connect with their fans through live streaming.’

"Tracy is joining our team at a critical moment as we continue to see growing interest from both new and established musical talent joining Twitch."

Apple Music boss Oliver Schusser to run Beats brand as Luke Wood steps down

Luke Wood to depart at the end of April

Songtradr offers artists free music distribution until September 30: ‘We’ve been doing what we can, but we need to do more.’

Songtradr previously sacrificed commission fees for sync to help artists hit by COVID-19

Santigold signs exclusive worldwide co-publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music

Santigold has collaborated with the likes of Diplo, Mark Ronson, Pharrell Williams, Kanye West and others

Defected Records acquires catalog of producer Todd Edwards

Catalog features over 140 productions

Primary Wave Music Publishing acquires stake in catalog of The Moody Blues’ Justin Hayward

The Moody Blues have sold in excess of 70 million albums

Allen Kovac’s Better Noise Entertainment launches film division

Better Noise Films to develop feature films and other original content