Music Business News: United States

Pulse Music Group acquires music supervision firm Hitcher

Hitcher founder Joe Rangel named Head of Sync, Creative & Licensing at Pulse Music Group

Do the major labels know something about Spotify that Wall Street doesn’t?

The majors have cashed in $1bn in shares despite optimism from Wall Street. Why?

Sony/ATV completes entire year at No.1 on Billboard’s Hot 100

Company’s uninterrupted run at the top of the chart culminates with Drake achieving a fourth week at No.1

Post Malone tops Drake’s streaming record in the US

beerbongs & bentleys tallied over 288,000 streaming equivalent album sales (SEAs)

Warner has sold $400m of Spotify stock – and says it will share money with artists and label partners

Steve Cooper confirms that three-quarters of shares have been cashed in

Warner recorded music revenues jump 15% to hit $791m in first quarter of 2018

Greatest Showman and Bruno Mars contribute to robust fiscal Q2 performance

Pandora lost $132m and 4.4m listeners in Q1 – but subscription revenues jumped 61%

Company's subscription business turned over $104.67 in first three months of 2018

Live Nation revenues hit $1.48bn in Q1, with a $41m net loss

Operating loss narrows considerably in quarter to $6m