Music Business News: United States

Ex-SM Entertainment CEO’s TITAN CONTENT to open global auditions for ‘next wave of global K-Pop superstars’

Auditions will begin in various locations in North America and Australia in January, the company says.

Snoop Dogg launches ‘Death Row Pro’ production music unit in partnership with Sony Music Publishing’s Extreme Music

Death Row Pro to serve as a production music arm of Death Row Records, for licensing newly created music for TV, film, ads etc.

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Universal Music Group is worth more than $50 billion, as firm’s share price hits highest point in 2 years

Universal's market cap is currently around $12 billion higher than Spotify's

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Verswire raises $12.3m, launches publishing arm in partnership with Kobalt Music Group

Verswire was founded by blink-182’s Mark Hoppus, veteran music manager Nick Lippman, and Veeps co-founder & COO Sherry Saeedi (CEO and Founder), while Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz serves as a strategic advisor

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SoundCloud strikes A&R alliance with Patrick Moxey’s Helix and PayDay Records

The partnership will see the music streaming platform identify and refer promising emerging artists on its service for potential signing with Helix or PayDay

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Barry Weiss launches new publishing venture Bossy Songs in partnership with Sony Music Publishing

First signing named as songwriter/producer Dan Gleyzer

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Sony, Warner hit US internet provider Altice with $1.6bn lawsuit over alleged music piracy on its network

Altice "routinely thumbed its nose" at music rights holders by failing to take action on piracy, Sony and Warner allege

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Karol G is the ‘Most Watched Artist’ on Vevo globally for the third consecutive year, with 4.7bn views in 2023

Taylor Swift claimed the title of Vevo's ‘Most Watched Artist’ in the US for 2023 with 649.5m views