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TikTok Inks Multi-Year Licensing Deal With ICE
Music Business Worldwide reports: "Pan-European licensing hub ICE and TikTok have agreed a multi-year licensing deal for the musical works represented by the ICE...
Spotify Adds Instagram-Like Stories To Playlists
Hypebot reports: "Spotify appears to have decided that we just can’t get enough Stories. The music streamer is openly testing a new Snapchat and...
Hip-Hop Streaming Platform Spinrilla Found Liable for Users’ Copyright Infringement
Billboard reports: "Hip-hop streaming platform Spinrilla is liable for copyright infringement by its users, a Georgia federal judge has ruled in a big win...
Spotify says it’s dominating the podcasting market because of a million-plus...
The Verge reports: "Spotify’s $100 million-plus Anchor acquisition is seemingly paying off. In data released today as part of its annual Wrapped look-back on...
‘The Future Isn’t Just About Brands Using Music; It’s About Entire...
Music Business Worldwide reports: "Beyond these giants of on-demand subscription lie a wealth of global brands who are investing heavily in digital music –...
Universal Buys Bob Dylan Publishing Rights, Acquiring Catalog Worth Hundreds of...
Music Business Worldwide reports: "MBW understands that the buyout, conducted via Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), sees Universal acquire both the publisher and writer...
Spotify Built A Plagiarism Detector That Could Alter Songwriting Forever
Hypebot reports: "No one wants their music stolen without credit, but the limitations of the western ear are making the creation of wholly original...
Vevo Partners With VIZIO to Make Music Videos Available on the...
Music Business Worldwide reports: "Vevo’s catalog of more than 450,000 music videos and original content is now available for free on millions of VIZIO...
Reddit buys TikTok rival Dubsmash
The Verge reports: "Reddit has acquired “short-form video social platform” Dubsmash, the company announced today. Under the terms of the deal, the TikTok rival...
Facebook publicly launches its collaborative music video app, Collab
TechCrunch reports: "Collab, Facebook’s experimental app for making collaborative music videos, is today launching out of private beta testing with a public release on...
