It’s just over two years since Universal Music Group and TikTok renewed their licensing deal after a damaging (and public) fall-out over terms, as well as UMG’s claim that TikTok was “flooded with AI-generated […]
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Billie Eilish TikTok campaign debuts app’s new ‘Fan Spotlight’ feature
The feature enables artists to choose up to five videos made by fans to pin to the top of the music tab in their TikTok profiles.
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Universal Music Group and TikTok are friends again with new deal
Just over three months since Universal Music Group and TikTok fell out in spectacular style over licensing terms, they are friends again.
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Report claims Taylor Swift’s TikTok return ‘surprised’ UMG
Universal Music Group has yet to comment publicly on Taylor Swift’s decision to return her music to TikTok last week. However, the Wall Street Journal has been talking to its […]
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Taylor Swift is a UMG artist… but her music’s back on TikTok
Taylor Swift’s recorded music catalogue has returned to TikTok, despite the fact that she is signed to Universal Music Group.
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Billboard reveals UMG TikTok takedowns impact on most popular songs
Last week, TikTok began removing music that had been written or co-written by songwriters signed to Universal Music Publishing Group.
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NMPA president &Â CEO David Israelite: music publishing must be the first thought, not an afterthought
March 2024: David Israelite, President & CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association. He talks about where songwriters are pushed to the margin as recording artists take centre stage in […]
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UMPG focuses on AI fears in letter to songwriters about TikTok
“TikTok’s intentions with respect to AI are increasingly apparent,” claims a letter from UMPG to its songwriters about its TikTok dispute.
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Can UMG and TikTok reach a deal? ‘We’re friendly people…’
With UMG and TikTok’s dispute continuing (and if anything ramping up in recent days) many eyes were on the label’s quarterly earnings call.
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TikTok is removing tracks using UMPG-controlled compositions
TikTok has begun removing tracks using compositions written or co-written by songwriters signed to Universal Music Publishing Group.
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Kim Petras defends UMG over TikTok: ‘The intentions are noble’
TikTok played an important role in the rise of German artist Kim Petras, but she has spoken out in defence of label Universal Music Group.
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WMG boss ‘confident’ that UMG and TikTok will reach a deal
Analysts in this week’s WMG earnings call asked CEO Robert Kyncl for his view on the recent dispute between UMG and TikTok.
