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Triller Hits NASDAQ After Merger with AGBA Group Completes — TikTok Competition on the Horizon?

October 15, 2024

AGBA Group Holding Limited has completed its merger with Triller Corp. The new company will operate as Triller Group Inc—under the ILLR stock ticker. The merger comes after Triller settled a breach of contra... Read More...

WIN Calls Out TikTok Indie Label ‘Negotiations,’ Warns of ‘Risks to Cultural Diversity, Market Access, and Fair Payment’

Dylan Smith

October 14, 2024

Last week, ahead of the TikTok-Merlin deal's expiration, leaks shed light on the app’s alleged hardball offers to individual indie labels. Now, the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) and several member organ... Read More...

TikTok Investigations Led by State AGs Dig Up More Dirt — 35 Minute Addictions, Underage Nudity, Ugly Filters

Ashley King

October 14, 2024

Documents uncovered in the state’s attorneys general investigation against TikTok have uncovered that the social media giant knew how addictive its algorithm is to teenagers and that they are being exploited ... Read More...

50 cent sues celebrity jeweler for likeness knock off

50 Cent Sues Jeweler for $5 Million for Misappropriating His Likeness on Knock-Off Chains

Ashley King

October 11, 2024

50 Cent sues celebrity jeweler TraxNYC for $5 million for misappropriating his likeness to sell knock-off chains. 50 Cent has sued popular celebrity jeweler TraxNYC for $5 million, alleging he misappropriate... Read More...

TikTok Reportedly Lays Off ‘Hundreds’ of Malaysia-Based Content Moderators Following ‘AI Hub’ Announcement

Dylan Smith

October 11, 2024

TikTok is reportedly laying off hundreds of employees, among them a large number of content moderators, with additional personnel cutbacks forthcoming. The ByteDance-owned app’s latest staff reduction entere... Read More...

TikTok’s Indie Label Renewal Terms Are Leaking — With Aggressively Reduced Payouts and Hardline ‘Take It or Leave It’ Offers

Dylan Smith

October 10, 2024

A little over a week after word of the TikTok-Merlin split surfaced, new details are emerging about the direct-deal terms being offered to individual indies. We’re now three weeks out from the expiration of ... Read More...

Chili’s Parent Faces Second Copyright Lawsuit, This Time from Universal Music — As Beastie Boys Infringement Battle Continues

Dylan Smith

October 9, 2024

Moments following the conclusion of Sony Music’s social-media-focused copyright lawsuit against Marriott, a similar infringement complaint, levied this time by Universal Music Group (UMG) and naming Chili’s p... Read More...

TikTok Faces More Than a Dozen Lawsuits from States and D.C. Over Its Allegedly ‘Perilous Effects on Children’

Dylan Smith

October 8, 2024

Another day, another TikTok lawsuit – or more specifically lawsuits, which have been filed by over a dozen states as well as the District of Columbia due to the video-sharing app’s alleged harmful impact on c... Read More...

Apple Music Introduces New TikTok Song-Sharing Functionality With iOS 18.1 Update

Ashley King

October 8, 2024

Apple’s iOS 18.1 will bring sharing functionality with TikTok to Apple Music, enabling users to share their favorite songs on the platform. Apple’s much anticipated iOS 18.1 update promises the first set of ... Read More...

YouTube Shorts Aren’t So Short Anymore — Length Increased to 3 Minutes

Ashley King

October 4, 2024

YouTube has announced an update for YouTube Shorts that increases the length to up to three minutes long. Suddenly, YouTube Shorts aren’t so short anymore. Starting on October 15, creators can upload Shorts ... Read More...

TikTok Preps Next Major Label Artist Collaboration with Coldplay

Ashley King

October 3, 2024

Coldplay celebrates the launch of their album ‘MOON MUSIC’ with an exclusive interactive experience on TikTok. TikTok is joining Coldplay to celebrate their latest album’s launch, MOON MUSIC, with an exclusi... Read More...

TikTok Keeps Enlisting Billie Eilish to Debut New Features — This Time for Flip Story

Ashley King

October 2, 2024

TikTok taps Billie Eilish again to debut a new feature, this time for Flip Story, a photo feature where users can tap to ‘flip’ from one to the other. Since TikTok resolved its licensing dispute with Univers... Read More...

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