Music Business News: United States

Hip-hop producer Turbo signs global co-publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music

'He’s a true innovator'

Independent publisher CTM opens Latin division in partnership with production duo Play-N-Skillz

First signings will be announced in September

Sony/ATV promotes Dale Esworthy to EVP, Worldwide Administration

He will manage all administration operations for the publisher

LiveXLive Media posts record revenues, reaches 720,000 paid subscribers

Paid subscriber base up 50% year-over-year

Less than 1% of all videos on YouTube ever reach more than 100,000 views

'Should YouTube remove these 99.36% of underperforming videos, they would save an astounding amount of money.'

‘Music is fundamentally important to people. It’s not disposable – nor are the artists who create it.’

Ian Montone, manager of Vampire Weekend and many others at Monotone Inc. on the industry and his career

Pandora launches in-house digital consultancy, Studio Resonate

Consultancy to provide advertisers with audio creative development, sonic branding and strategy services

DistroKid partners with Audible Magic to verify music authenticity

Distributor also launches free service called DistroLock