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UMG Publishing and TikTok send dueling messages to Songwriters [Full Text]

With thousands of songs by major and independent artists who are not signed to Universal for recording or publishing now muted in the battle between the music giant and TikTok, both sides stepped up to the bully pulpit with dueling messages to songwriters and the music industry this week…..

Bruce Houghton on 03/01/2024 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Beyoncé, SZA, Styles among non-UMG tracks caught in TikTok takedown

The third and final phase of TikTok’s forced takedown of all UMG-controlled music has begun. The short video service has 30 days from January 31, 2024, to complete all takedowns…..

Bruce Houghton on 02/28/2024 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Pew Research study reveals TikTok isn’t as popular as people think

Common wisdom is that the video-sharing site TikTok is Gen Z’s social platform of choice and that every other generation is falling in line. A new study by Pew Research found that those assumptions are just that – assumptions, and they’re wrong…

Alana Bonilla on 02/14/2024 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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85% of TikTok and 84% of YouTube videos include music

A new analysis shows just how high the stacks are in the battle between TikTok and UMG and reinforces how important music is to TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram…

Bruce Houghton on 02/09/2024 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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How do musicians make money on TikTok?

UMG tracks accounted for 35% of the TikTok Top 50 last week, so pulling all their music off the platform has presented a unique opportunity for independent musicians to fill the void…

Bruce Houghton on 02/09/2024 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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35% of top TikTok tracks removed by UMG, but fans & savvy artists find workarounds

Seventeen of Billboard’s TikTok Top 50 Chart tracks are no longer available after licensing talks between Universal Music Group and the social video app failed last week…

Bruce Houghton on 02/07/2024 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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What is at stake in the TikTok UMG showdown [MIDiA’s Tatiana Cirisano]

TikTok and UMG can each argue about how much music is worth, and new music and artists are caught in the crossfire…

Alana Bonilla on 02/07/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Your Morning Coffee Podcast

Your Morning Coffee Podcast: UMG, TikTok battle • $1.38B in Spotify misuse • new Women in Music study • More

Episode 182 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. Episode 182 On this week’s episode of the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/05/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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TikTok app is back in Apple, Google Play download stores

Is UMG’s battle with TikTok an opportunity for independent musicians?

Universal Music Group is responsible for more than 30% of global music consumption by more than one metric. With all of that music at least temporarily coming off TikTok, does. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/02/2024 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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UMG responds to TikTok’s ‘greed’ accusation, ‘free promotion’ claim [Full Text]

As TikTok’s forced takedown and muting of UMG and UMG Publishing Group-related music began Thursday, the war of words between the two giants took a turn for the worse. After. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/02/2024 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)
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