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So What Happened to Threads?

February 4, 2024

Mark Zuckerberg reveals Meta’s 2023 Q4 and full year financials, including updates on the company’s Twitter-like platform, Threads. Following the trend set in 2023, many tech companies have started off this ... Read More...

Universal Music Disappears from TikTok Amid Licensing Row—Is Content Featuring UMPG Songs Being Deprioritized?

Ashley King

February 1, 2024

Following UMPG’s open letter to its artists and songwriters about its lack of licensing deal with TikTok, Universal Music songs have disappeared from the platform. That means many songs by stars like Taylor ... Read More...

Microsoft closes loophole in Microsoft Designer that allowed the creation of Taylor Swift AI porn

Microsoft Says It Closed Loophole That Allowed Taylor Swift AI Porn to Be Created

Ashley King

February 1, 2024

After explicit AI-generated images featuring Taylor Swift’s face swept across social media, Microsoft says it fixed the ‘loophole’ that allowed their creation in the first place. Last week reporting suggeste... Read More...

Let the Muting Begin: Creators Speak Out As TikTok Axes Uploads’ Audio Due to UMG Licensing Dispute

Dylan Smith

February 1, 2024

Let the muting begin: Amid a high-profile licensing dispute between TikTok, Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) and its mega-label parent UMG, the short-form app is officially axing the audio from videos ... Read More...

‘Taylor Swift Pulled from TikTok’ — Get Ready to Read This Mainstream Media Headline a Lot Following UMG’s TikTok Row

Ashley King

January 31, 2024

Mainstream media coverage of the Universal Music Group vs. TikTok licensing row sees headlines like 'Taylor Swift pulled from TikTok' bringing global attention to the (lack of) licensing agreement. But the re... Read More...

Spotify and Snapchat Launch New Lens to Share Music in a Whole New Way

Ashley King

January 31, 2024

Spotify and Snapchat team up to launch a new lens that lets you capture yourself and your surroundings to share music in a whole new way. Spotify has teamed up with Snapchat to launch a new lens to enable us... Read More...

TikTok Fires Back Against Universal Music Amid Licensing Standoff — As Headlines Lament Taylor Swift Music’s Potential Exit from the Platform

Dylan Smith

January 31, 2024

Yesterday, Universal Music announced the termination of its TikTok licensing deal. Now, with more than a few headlines drawing attention to the seemingly imminent exit of Taylor Swift tracks in particular, Ti... Read More...

TikTok video Spotify Premium ads goes viral

Spotify Premium Subscriber Goes Viral on TikTok After Realizing He’s Paying for Ads

Ashley King

January 31, 2024

Digital services started with the promise of offering ad-free content for subscribers. But Spotify has slowly embraced the idea of ads for even its Spotify Premium tier—irking some long-time subscribers. Now ... Read More...

Explicit AI-Generated Taylor Swift Pics Circulate Online — X/Twitter in Damage Control

Ashley King

January 25, 2024

Explicit AI-generated pictures of Taylor Swift begin circulating on social media, leading to X/Twitter doing damage control. When explicit AI-generated fake pictures of Taylor Swift started circulating on X ... Read More...

TikTok Is Reportedly Testing a 30-Minute Upload Limit As Aggressive Long-Form Expansion Continues

Dylan Smith

January 25, 2024

Evidence suggests that TikTok is once again preparing to increase the maximum allowed length of video uploads, this time to 30 minutes. The ByteDance-owned service’s newest video-length pivot came to light i... Read More...

TikTok Nashville move sparks political blowback

TikTok’s Move Into Nashville Sparks Political Blowback—Senator Blackburn Comes Out Fighting as Big Plans Emerge

Ashley King

January 25, 2024

TikTok is expanding its offices across the United States, moving into Nashville and expanding its Seattle offices. But the move into Nashville has sparked some political backlash. The firm is owned by Chines... Read More...

Who Will Watch the AI Music Hubs? Discord Layoff Announced

Ashley King

January 14, 2024

Following a spate of layoffs at Amazon-owned subsidiaries like Prime Video, Twitch, and Audible, it appears more layoffs are on the horizon. Discord has announced layoffs that will impact 170 workers at its S... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

What Is Attribution?

So Busy With "The Quiet Time..."

Netflix Won the Streaming Wars. YouTube Changed the Rules.

Indonesia: One of the World’s Most Promising Digital Music Markets

What Politicians Could Learn from the Music Business: A Midterm Election Primer

MSG Bluntly Responds to Macklemore Allegations: ‘He’s Not an Arena-Level Act’

Karol G Brings ‘No Me Arrepiento De Sentir Tanto’ to TikTok Live

Apple Music Unveils Karaoke-Like Selfie Sing Video Mode

Copyright Alliance Issues Urgent Statement on Meta’s Proposed Commercial TOS Updates

Major Brands Are Increasingly Getting Sued Over Their Music Use on Social Media—Now There’s a Way They Can Get Ahead of the Problem