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TikTok To License IMDb Data For Feature Targeting Film And TV...

The Hollywood Reporter reports: "TikTok is licensing data from IMDb to power a new feature that will make it easier for users to search...

De La Soul’s Music Is Finally Coming To Streaming Services In...

Variety reports: "The music of hip-hop pioneers De La Soul — whose galvanizing 1989 debut, “Three Feet High and Rising,” is one of the...

Sherlock Holmes Will Finally Escape Copyright This Weekend

The Verge reports: "Watching the copyrights on art expire still feels like a novelty. After all, the US public domain was frozen in time...

US House Of Representatives Bans TikTok On Its Devices

Engadget reports: "TikTok is now banned on any device owned and managed by the US House of Representatives, according to Reuters. The House's Chief...

Hollywood’s Deal Dilemma For 2023: Go Big Or Wait Out The...

The Hollywood Reporter reports: "This December, the general mood on Wall Street is that next year will not see an explosion of major transactions...

Justin Bieber Nears $200M Deal To Sell Music Rights To Hipgnosis’...

Music Business Worldwide reports: "Justin Bieber is reportedly nearing a deal to sell his music rights to Blackstone-backed Hipgnosis Songs Capital. That’s according to...

Sinclair’s Bally Sports Networks Gain Carriage On FuboTV

Next TV reports: "Sinclair Broadcast Group’s struggling Bally Sports Networks got a boost with a carriage deal with FuboTV. Sports oriented streaming TV service...

Duetti, A Startup Led By Tidal’s Former COO, Plans To Buy...

Music Business Worldwide reports: "After raising $7 million in a seed funding round in July, startup Duetti is seeking to buy catalog rights from...

NFL Sunday Ticket Bidding War Down To Amazon, Google Per Report

SI reports: "The NFL’s Sunday Ticket deal with DirecTV is up after this year, and the league has already made it clear that it...

Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group Acquires Dean Martin Entertainment Rights, Targets...

Digital Music News reports: "Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group (IAG) has acquired an “equity position” in the entertainment rights – extending to music, an...