Music Business News: United States

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…

New company has named Round Hill Music as a strategic partner

Citing sources, Reuters reports that TikTok's parent 'would prefer' to shut the app down in the US if court challenge is unsuccessful

The bill would require disclosure of a ticket's final sales price before purchase, and strengthen enforcement of laws against ticket-buying bots

"By restricting pre-sale opportunities ... record labels create a two-tiered system that privileges certain consumers over others."

The new arrangement defuses a controversy over how Luminate collects data on physical music sales at indie stores

Nightingale has worked with acts such as Guns n' Roses, the Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails across his two-decade career

Ek's move on the New York Stock Exchange comes amid criticism for Spotify for reducing the royalty rate via which it pays songwriters in the US