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Meta slashes jobs more layoffs including Instagram Head of Music Partnerships

Meta Slashes Another 6,000 Jobs — Including Instagram’s Head of Music Partnerships

May 25, 2023

Meta conducts its latest round of layoffs as part of its 'Year of Efficiency,' cutting approximately 6,000 jobs, including Instagram's Head of Music Partnerships. As part of Facebook and Instagram parent com... Read More...

Snapchat Partners With Republic Records to Launch ‘Band Tees’ — Digital Avatar Merch from Lil Wayne, Greta Van Fleet, and More

Dylan Smith

May 25, 2023

Snapchat (NYSE: SNAP) has partnered with Universal Music Group’s Republic Records to launch “Band Tees,” a Bitmoji-centered digital-merch collection featuring avatar apparel from The Jonas Brothers, Lil Wayne... Read More...

Montana vs. TikTok: State’s $10,00-a-Day Fine Stands as Attorney General Digs In

Ashley King

May 24, 2023

Montana is the first state in the United States to ban TikTok. It will fine tech giants $10,000 a day for keeping the app available for those in the state. Now the state's attorney general weighs in. Montana... Read More...

TikTok Is Now Suing Montana Over Its Statewide Ban, Citing First Amendment and Constitutional Violations

Ashley King

May 22, 2023

TikTok is now suing Montana over legislation that bans the app across the state. Montana is suddenly facing legal challenges from both TikTok creators and the platform itself. The company filed its lawsuit i... Read More...

Meta Slapped With ‘Unprecedented’ $1.3 Billion EU Fine Over Data Transfers: ‘Serious Infringements Have Far-Reaching Consequences’

Dylan Smith

May 22, 2023

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has officially slapped Facebook and Instagram parent Meta with a record €1.2 billion fine ($1.30 billion at the current exchange rate) over allegedly unlawful user-d... Read More...

Instagram Prepping Twitter Clone, Likely Launching This Year

Ashley King

May 22, 2023

The uncertainty surrounding the now Musk-owned Twitter has prompted Instagram to begin work on a competitor. The new app is expected to launch sometime this year, likely as soon as the summer. The text-base... Read More...

TikTok Creators File Lawsuit to Challenge Montana’s Ban on the App

Ashley King

May 21, 2023

After Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed a TikTok ban into law—it now has its first legal challenge. The ban doesn't go into effect until January 1, but the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine have already fi... Read More...

The Most Common Reasons Why Copyright Takedowns, Penalties, and Lawsuits Happen — According to a Top Music Licensing Expert Easy Song

Paul Resnikoff

May 21, 2023

Music copyright is complicated — and takedowns, penalties, and lawsuits for copyright infringement are all too common. But 99% of takedowns, penalties, and lawsuits related to copyright violations can be avoi... Read More...

TikTok Officially Announces the ‘Artist Impact Program’ — Expanding the TikTok Commercial Music Library

Ashley King

May 16, 2023

TikTok has officially announced the 'Artist Impact Program,' effectively expanding the TikTok Commercial Music Library with more than a million songs and sounds from emerging and established artists. TikTok ... Read More...

Discovering Artists Through Trends with Viberate’s Emerging Artist Chart

Ashley King

May 16, 2023

Data monitoring is changing the way A&Rs discover and monitor emerging talent. Music data analytics platform Viberate is helping facilitate emerging artist discovery with useful tools like its Artist Char... Read More...

SIAE Works Return to Facebook and Instagram With ‘Transitional Agreement’ As Long-Term Licensing Talks Continue

Dylan Smith

May 15, 2023

About two months after Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (SIAE) works were pulled from Instagram and Facebook due to a rights dispute, the organization has hugged it out with Meta and brought its memb... Read More...

China ByteDance TikTok backdoor lawsuit alleges CCP had access to U.S. user data

TikTok Whistleblower Says Chinese Communist Party Has Backdoor Access to American User Data

Ashley King

May 14, 2023

A former ByteDance executive fired from the company has filed a lawsuit alleging the company has backdoor access to U.S. user data in China. The lawsuit alleges that ByteDance stole content from competitors ... Read More...

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

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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