Music Business News: North America
News Apple, Google, YouTube, Amazon, SoundCloud, Pandora, Deezer, 7digital, iHeartradio and Rhapsody named as defendants Analysis News That's the lowest percentage in key age bracket of all time News Artist was previously represented by PPL News Company is focused on creative talent in Africa and other emerging markets News Company was planning to start asking composers to agree to “direct source licenses” Analysis News MBW's estimates SoundExchange's lifetime payouts to members have now reached approximately $7bn News "Change is hard. It can be abrupt, it can be unexpected, it can be painful but it’s important and it has to happen." News Billie Eilish and others play annual Universal Los Angeles event in Grammy week