Music Business News: United States
News Book publishers say Spotify is bringing a new and younger audience to audiobooks News Mehta will report directly to Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino. News The partnership builds on an existing relationship as Sacred Bones has relied on Secretly Distribution to get its releases to market. News Azoff said at Bloomberg's Screentime conference last week that the company 'recently acquired a chunk of the Sinatra estate.' News Now that the majors have accused Suno and Udio of stream-ripping, the AI companies are pushing to have the practice declared legal News Both will premiere on December 12, with the docuseries featuring appearances from Gracie Abrams, Sabrina Carpenter, Ed Sheeran and Florence Welch. News Universal Music Group boss says company is 'actively engaged' with nearly a dozen AI companies on new products Analysis US recorded music revenues are still around $9 billion per year lower than they were before the age of digital piracy arrived, the RIAA says