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YouTube Music Subscribers Can Finally Use the App In Unsupported Countries

Ashley King
October 21, 2019
Photo Credit: YouTube YouTube Music subscribers can finally listen to their music when traveling in an unsupported country. Tight laws and regulations on who can stream what — and where — are a part of deali... Read More...

YouTube Layers Merch and Vinyl Records Alongside Official Music Videos

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October 16, 2019
YouTube has announced a partnership with Merchbar to showcase official artist merchandise and vinyl records.  Will this finally help artists sell more stuff? The merch will appear alongside official artist v... Read More...

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Bytedance has established a new TikTok office right near Facebook's headquarters. The new office has already poached around two dozen employees since 2018, according to a report this morning. TikTok's new Mo... Read More...
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October 10, 2019
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Photo Credit: ByteDance / Twitter Senator Marco Rubio has asked a U.S. national security panel to review the acquisition of Musical.ly by Chinese tech conglomerate ByteDance. Musical.ly was acquired by Beiji... Read More...

Shazam’s Active Userbase Surges 20% to 478 Million

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October 9, 2019
Photo Credit: Shazam A financial report reveals that Shazam added 78 million users in 2018. That's a total of 478 million annual active users for the music identification platform. Shazam's revenues fell to ... Read More...
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TikTok is setting itself apart from Facebook and Twitter by banning political and advocacy advertising. In a blog posted late Friday, TikTok confirmed it will not allow political ads on the platform. TikTok ... Read More...

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Google/Alphabet's notoriously scatterbrained music strategy is finally getting some focus.  Now, YouTube Music is taking some cues from Spotify and Apple Music. Just last week, Google and its Alphabet parent... Read More...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is concerned about the explosive growth of TikTok. Leaked audio recordings reveal his plans to combat China's most successful social media app. TikTok is quickly becoming the 'ne... Read More...
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TikTok is banning any content that could be seen as positive towards gay rights. The move comes after a reveal that the service is censoring references to Tiananmen Square, Tibet, and Falun Gong. The app cam... Read More...

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Photo Credit: YouTube Music Google has announced that YouTube Music will come preinstalled on all Android 10 devices. This move makes YouTube Music the default music player for most Android devices. It remov... Read More...

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Lirica, an app that utilizes music to help English-speaking users learn Spanish, has raised $1 million from investors, including Sony Music. Update: Lirica has clarified that its aggregate funding amount is ... Read More...

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Apple Music on Android has become more platform agnostic with new Chromecast support. Apple has been testing the feature in the beta version of the Apple Music app. But now Chromecast support and a true blac... Read More...
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