A2IM is the latest music industry organisation to support UMG’s stance on TikTok.
It follows interventions in the debate from Downtown, Primary Wave and the National Music Publishers Association.
Last week UMG and TikTok failed to reach a new licensing agreement, prompting the major’s music to be pulled from the app and a war of words.
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The music industry has been closely watching the dispute between UMG and TikTok that emerged in the past week.
Just ahead of the Grammy celebrations, UMG’s recordings were pulled ...
TikTok users have found the platform a very different experience so far this month.
Since the war of words between UMG and TikTok over their licensing renewal dispute, recordings ...
Universal Music Group will cease licensing music to TikTok after today (January 31) as its current deal comes to an end.
In a strongly worded open letter to the artist ...
Decca has signed Victor Ray, the Uganda-born, Newcastle-raised and London-based 24-year-old rising star who began his career posting videos of him busking onto TikTok.
Ray has since amassed over one ...
2024 was another good year for independent music in the UK.
As well as Arctic Monkeys being named as the most streamed domestic act by Spotify in the UK, there ...
Rising Star is our monthly column in which we meet the industry’s brightest new talents. Here, Lisa Skeppner, Music partnerships manager, TikTok, talks us through her industry journey so far... ...
Sophie Ellis-Bextor is back in the Top 10 with her biggest hit, Murder On The Dancefloor.
The disco single, which peaked at No.2 upon release in 2001, has re-entered the ...
Throughout 2023, Deviate Digital founder and Music Week columnist Sammy Andrews offered up her tips and opinions on the ever-evolving world of technology. Here, she reflects on the 10 digital ...
