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# New Music Industry Week In Review: Spotify news • TikTok ultimatum • More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/new-music-industry-week-in-review-spotify-news-tik-tok-ultimatum-more/
- Published: 2024-04-27T12:25:42.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-27T12:28:31.000Z
- Description: It was a busy week by any definition, and the music industry was no exception. There was the news from Spotofy, the TikTok ultimatum, copyright regulations run amok, Mark Mulligan. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2024/04/new-music-industry-week-in-review-spotify-news-tik-tok-ultima
- Author: Alana Bonilla
- Tags: Indie Music, Music Business, music, music industry, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

It was a busy week by any definition, and the music industry was no exception. There was the news from Spotofy, the TikTok ultimatum, copyright regulations run amok, Mark Mulligan on the music industry spitting in two, and more.

- [**TikTok will shut down rather than sell to U.S. owner, Reuters reports**](https://www.hypebot.com/tiktok-will-shut-down-rather-than-sell-to-u-s-owner-reuters-reports/)
- **S[potify CEO Daniel Ek outlines 3 new ‘core’ opportunities for music](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-ceo-daniel-ek-outlines-3-core-opportunities-for-music/)**
- **[When a Parody Song needs a long legal disclaimer, Copyright is broken \[Mike Masnick\]](https://www.hypebot.com/when-a-parody-song-needs-a-long-legal-disclaimer-copyright-is-broken-mike-masnick/)**
- [**Bifurcation Theory: How the music business is splitting in two \[Mark Mulligan\]**](https://www.hypebot.com/bifurcation-theory-how-the-music-business-is-splitting-in-two-mark-mulligan/)
- [**Luminate adds Street Pulse data to improve Billboard Indie Album chart**](https://www.hypebot.com/luminate-adds-street-pulse-data-to-improve-billboard-indie-album-chart/)
- [**7 Eco-friendly Music organizations making the world a better place**](https://www.hypebot.com/7-eco-friendly-music-organizations-making-the-world-a-better-place/)
- [**The Guess Who can no longer perform hit songs that made the band famous**](https://www.hypebot.com/the-guess-who-can-no-longer-perform-hit-songs-that-made-the-band-famous/)