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TikTok Stars Win In Court As October User Revenue Tops $115M

Despite Presidential orders to shut down TikTok, a court action brought by some of the platform’s biggest is helping to keep it afloat. That’s good news for TikTok creators who. Continue reading

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User-Generated Content Brings Creators, Users Closer and Blurs Promotion With Consumption [Keith Jopling]

In this piece, Kith Jopling explores how the nebulous concept of user generated content (UGC) is changing the relationship between brands and creators, and users, and blurring the line between. Continue reading

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How Travis Scott And One Chill Dude On TikTok Sparked Cultural Relevance For McDonald’s, Fleetwood Mac and Ocean Spray

Here we explore how the perfect storm of social media events propelled McDonald’s, a 43 year old Fleetwood Mac song, and one particular brand of cranberry juice into the cultural. Continue reading

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Cherie Hu On The Future Of The Music Business

In Part 2 of this conversation with Cherie Hu, the award-winning music journalist weighs in on TikTok’s impact on the music industry, Kanye’s latest tweetstorm, and what the future of. Continue reading

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How TikTok Chooses Its Recommendations #ForYou

TikTok owes much of its massive success to its expertly designed, AI-based algorithm. Here, we analyze some new information from TikTok itself on how exactly it comes with videos that. Continue reading

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Read My Lips: New Music Discovery Courtesy Of TikTok

In this piece, Fred Jacobs explores the ascendant power of TikTok as a tool for music discovery, able to turn classic rock songs into born again hits, and how some. Continue reading

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Salem Ilese And Berklee’s Bonnie Hayes Talk Viral TikTok Hit ‘Mad at Disney’

21-year-old songwriter Salem Ilese struck gold with her mega hit song “Mad at Disney” which exploded on TikTok and has gone on to become one of the 50 most-streamed songs. Continue reading

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Inside The Deal That Saved TikTok (Or Did It?)

Mere days after the Department Of Commerce announced plans to bring down the axe on TikTok’s neck, we dig into the deal with Oracle and Wal-Mart that may save the. Continue reading

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YouTube Shorts Launches In Effort To Compete With TikTok

Although hugely popular with an important demographic, TikTok has been having a somewhat tumultuous time with the United States government of late and YouTube – smelling blood in the water. Continue reading

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FREE TuneCore TikTok Distribution This Week Only

TuneCore is offering artists free song distribution to TikTik. The promotion runs from today, Tuesday, September 22 until Tuesday, September 29. All artists can upload one song onto the TuneCore. Continue reading

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Trump Says TikTok Deal Off If ByteDance Keeps Control

A series of on again off again deals to acquire TikTok’s US operation hit another roadblock Monday courtesy of President Trump who said that TikTok must be fully in US. Continue reading

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