TikTok owner ByteDance is planning to launch a paid music service in India soon
5 years, 7 months ago

TikTok owner ByteDance is planning to launch a paid music service in India soon

Firstpost  

ByteDance expects to introduce the app as early as this fall in a handful of countries including India. A report by Bloomberg reveals ByteDance is now readying a paid music service that will challenge the likes of Spotify and Apple Music in markets like India. While a report in April by the South China Morning Post did hint that ByteDance could be planning to enter the music streaming space soon, the new report expects the service to be introduced as a new app as early as this fall. ByteDance’s new music service: All we know so far There hasn’t been any formal announcement from ByteDance yet, but from what’s known, the company has already secured rights from T-Series and Times Music, two of India’s largest labels. While breaking into the Indian music streaming space won’t be a cakewalk, the success of fairly new entrants like YouTube Music, will definitely fuel hope for ByteDance.

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ByteDance’s Lemon8 gains traction amid TikTok ban threat as creators push the app
2 days, 1 hour ago

ByteDance’s Lemon8 gains traction amid TikTok ban threat as creators push the app

Associated Press  

Hearing a lot about Lemon8 lately? Amid a looming U.S. ban on TikTok, content creators have been pushing the platform’s sister app. Lemon8’s popularity could potentially soar further depending on the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court hearing Friday over a law requiring TikTok to break ties with ByteDance or face a U.S. ban. TikTok said the integration was designed …

Legislation banning TikTok is coming this week. How will it affect the music industry?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Legislation banning TikTok is coming this week. How will it affect the music industry?

LA Times  

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies during a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the platform’s consumer privacy and data security practices and impact on children, March 23, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. TikTok’s tactics are obvious: use its platform power to hurt vulnerable artists and try to intimidate us into conceding to a bad deal …

ByteDance | Dancing on a tightrope
9 months, 3 weeks ago

ByteDance | Dancing on a tightrope

The Hindu  

Today, almost everything is tattooed with two letters — AI. Developed in 200 days, the app allowed users to share short videos, and within two years of its launch, it had over 150 million DAUs making and sharing content on the platform. Censorship and geopolitics The rise of ByteDance, particularly TikTok, underpinned by its advanced AI-based recommendation engine, has prompted …

US House passes bill that can force China's ByteDance to either sell TikTok or get banned
9 months, 3 weeks ago

US House passes bill that can force China's ByteDance to either sell TikTok or get banned

Op India  

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that can force the Chinese company ByteDance, the owner of the short video app TikTok, to either sell TikTok to a US-based company or get banned in the country. The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the …

ByteDance: TikTok’s parent company, which is under fire in the US
9 months, 3 weeks ago

ByteDance: TikTok’s parent company, which is under fire in the US

Firstpost  

ByteDance, best known in most countries as the creator of TikTok, grew from its humble beginnings in a Beijing apartment 12 years ago to become one of the world’s largest technology companies. Representative Mike Gallagher told NPR, “What we’re after is, it’s not a ban, it’s a forced separation.” “The TikTok user experience can continue and improve so long as …

TikTok is finally on the decline. Here’s why.
10 months, 3 weeks ago

TikTok is finally on the decline. Here’s why.

Slate  

Don’t look now, but after half a decade of transforming public life on an international scale, TikTok may finally be entering its flop era. Then, there’s also the sharp slowdown in user growth over the past year, widespread annoyance with its ad-heavy push into e-commerce via the “TikTok Shop,” impatience with its never-ending deluge of A.I.–generated spam and misinformation, exhaustion …

Songs by Taylor Swift, Drake and more are starting to disappear from TikTok. Here’s why
11 months, 1 week ago

Songs by Taylor Swift, Drake and more are starting to disappear from TikTok. Here’s why

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — TikTok may look a little different when you scroll through the app going forward. Earlier this week, Universal Music Group — which represents big-name artists like Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Drake — said that it would no longer allow its music on TikTok following the Wednesday expiration of a licensing deal between the two companies. In …

Why So Many TikTok Videos Don't Have Sound Anymore
55 years ago

Why So Many TikTok Videos Don't Have Sound Anymore

Wired  

Starting Thursday, the sounds on TikTok have gotten a little quieter. That’s because Universal Music Group has removed its catalog from the video-sharing app after the massive music company failed to reach a licensing agreement with TikTok. Not only will users now be unable to make new videos with official snippets from UMG artists, previously published videos that contain music …

Universal Music Group to pull songs from TikTok in furious row over artist rates and AI
11 months, 1 week ago

Universal Music Group to pull songs from TikTok in furious row over artist rates and AI

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Wednesday Universal Music Group published an unprecedented open …

Resso, TikTok parent ByteDance's music app, to not function in India from January 31
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Resso, TikTok parent ByteDance's music app, to not function in India from January 31

Hindustan Times  

Resso, TikTok parent ByteDance's music streaming service, will not be available in India from January 31. Speaking to Moneycontrol, a ByteDance spokesperson attributed the tech giant's decision to ‘local market conditions.’ Representational Image “We can no longer continue to serve users of Resso in India. As per the report, the Beijing-based company's move comes after the music service was taken …

Spotify wants to be a place for creation and discovery, not just for music.
55 years ago

Spotify wants to be a place for creation and discovery, not just for music.

Slate  

If Spotify were composing a song about the past few years, it would not be up-tempo pop. In a statement Dec. 7, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said, “We’ve come to the conclusion that Spotify is entering a new phase and needs a CFO with a different mix of experiences.” On Sunday’s episode of What Next: TBD, I spoke with Bloomberg …

TikTok Shop launches in the U.S. as the company bets big on e-commerce
1 year, 3 months ago

TikTok Shop launches in the U.S. as the company bets big on e-commerce

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — After months of testing, TikTok is fully launching its e-commerce product in the U.S. in an effort to translate the app’s cultural relevance among young consumers to sales. The company said Tuesday its shopping wing, called TikTok Shop, will include several features such as a “Shop Tab,” a marketplace its been testing on the app since August; …

TikTok Now Launches Music Service To Rival Apple Music And Spotify: All Details
1 year, 6 months ago

TikTok Now Launches Music Service To Rival Apple Music And Spotify: All Details

News 18  

TikTok has launched a subscription-based music streaming service to take on market leaders Apple and Spotify. The subscription-only music streaming service called “TikTok Music” has been launched first in Brazil and Indonesia. “We are pleased to introduce TikTok Music, a new kind of service that combines the power of music discovery on TikTok with a best-in-class streaming service. TikTok Music …

Spotify explores full-length music videos to bolster competition against YouTube and TikTok: Report
1 year, 6 months ago

Spotify explores full-length music videos to bolster competition against YouTube and TikTok: Report

Live Mint  

Spotify Technology SA is testing the inclusion of complete music videos within its application, potentially enhancing its ability to rival Alphabet Inc.'s YouTube and ByteDance Ltd.'s TikTok in the streaming service market. According to Bloomberg, Spotify has reportedly initiated discussions with partners regarding the potential product, with the intention of adding full-length music videos to its platform. The report from …

TikTok was ‘propaganda tool’ for Chinese Communist Party, lawsuit claims
1 year, 7 months ago

TikTok was ‘propaganda tool’ for Chinese Communist Party, lawsuit claims

The Telegraph  

The app has sought to allay fears that it could be used as a spying or propaganda tool by Beijing, saying it does not store data in the country and has restricted Chinese staff from accessing overseas data. Mr Yu’s claims relate to how ByteDance operated before he was dismissed almost five years ago, and before TikTok became one of …

The homogenisation of music: of TikToks and viral reels
2 years, 1 month ago

The homogenisation of music: of TikToks and viral reels

The Hindu  

There was once a time when everyone, generally, listened to the same English-language music. Instagram taking over the industry Soon after India banned TikTok, social media giant, Instagram, introduced “reels”, short videos usually no more than a minute long, featuring people dancing, lip-syncing to songs, showcasing various fashion trends, making jokes, really, just about anything else you can think of. …

As TikTok eats the world, YouTube makes a bid for creators’ hearts — and wallets
2 years, 3 months ago

As TikTok eats the world, YouTube makes a bid for creators’ hearts — and wallets

LA Times  

SoFi Stadium is reflected in the glass exterior of the new YouTube Theater. Gathered in the company’s historic Spruce Goose hangar Tuesday morning, a host of YouTube leaders laid out a roadmap for the platform’s evolving relationship with both video creators and the music industry, announcing new monetization tools and industry partnerships in the cavernous event space where Howard Hughes …

TikTok parent ByteDance working on new music app to challenge Spotify and Apple
2 years, 5 months ago

TikTok parent ByteDance working on new music app to challenge Spotify and Apple

India Today  

TikTok's parent, ByteDance, is seemingly working on a new app to help users discover new music. The application may help the company expand its operations as the primary TikTok app not only promotes short video content but also relies heavily on music. ByteDance already offers a music streaming app, dubbed Resso, that still remains available to download in India, despite …

TikTok Music app set to challenge Spotify and Apple: Know-how?
2 years, 5 months ago

TikTok Music app set to challenge Spotify and Apple: Know-how?

India TV News  

TikTok Music App: TikTok has certainly been a great consideration when it comes to music discovery in the entertainment and social media trends. And this is not a surprise that after a global success and viral video trendsetter, the short format video platform has launched a music streaming app of its own. The Resso app has very similar features which …

Facebook planning to make big changes to rival TikTok, leaked memo reveals
2 years, 6 months ago

Facebook planning to make big changes to rival TikTok, leaked memo reveals

India Today  

Instagram introduced TikTok-inspired Reels in 2020, and the company has been slowly adding features to increase its discoverability. According to a leaked memo published by The Verge, Facebook app head Tom Alison wants the platform to incorporate a "Discovery Engine" to offer more personalised short video recommendations similar to TikTok's "For You" feed. The leaked memo indicates that the Reels …

TikTok is planning to relaunch in India through local partnership, here’s everything one needs to know
2 years, 7 months ago

TikTok is planning to relaunch in India through local partnership, here’s everything one needs to know

Firstpost  

Banned in 2020, the short video platform TikTok is planning to stage a comeback in India. The parent company of the short video platform, ByteDance is looking for partners in India so as to meet with the regulations that got them banned in the first place. The parent company of the popular short video sharing platform, ByteDance, is actually looking …

TikTok Could Relaunch In India As ByteDance Considers Partnerships To Comeback
2 years, 7 months ago

TikTok Could Relaunch In India As ByteDance Considers Partnerships To Comeback

News 18  

ByteDance could be looking at new ways to re-enter the Indian market. According to a report by The Economic Times, ByteDance is seeking partners in India who can help the company relaunch in the market and help them rehire employees, both old and new for its growth. ByteDance had to exit the country after apps like TikTok were banned by …

TikTok has changed music — and the industry is hustling to catch up
2 years, 7 months ago

TikTok has changed music — and the industry is hustling to catch up

NPR  

TikTok has changed music — and the industry is hustling to catch up Enlarge this image toggle caption Paul Taylor/Getty Images; Zayrha Rodriguez/NPR Paul Taylor/Getty Images; Zayrha Rodriguez/NPR Tyler Colon played college basketball. "They're not just listening to music in a sort of, like, lean-back, passive way," says music industry analyst Tatiana Cirisano. "It's changed music listening from being a …

Why the music industry is paying close attention to TikTok
2 years, 11 months ago

Why the music industry is paying close attention to TikTok

NPR  

Why the music industry is paying close attention to TikTok User-generated content specific to TikTok has propelled songs old and new to viral success. VENKAT: UGC - short for user-generated content - it's one of the buzzwords currently going around in the music industry. VENKAT: These days, there's a cottage industry dedicated to marketing a song or artist on TikTok …

Meet Resso, TikTok's sister app blazing the music charts
3 years, 2 months ago

Meet Resso, TikTok's sister app blazing the music charts

Live Mint  

MUMBAI : Chinese app Resso has become one of the top three music-streaming apps in India, quietly making its way to the big league in spite of its low-key marketing following the ban on sister apps TikTok and Helo. “In terms of streams per month, Resso has been among the top three platforms, along with Spotify and Airtel’s Wynk," said …

TikTok Says It Has Over 1 Billion Active Users In Just Four Years After Launch
3 years, 3 months ago

TikTok Says It Has Over 1 Billion Active Users In Just Four Years After Launch

News 18  

TikTok said Monday it now has more than a billion active users, just four years after the hugely popular video-sharing app was launched by Chinese group ByteDance. Already popular before the coronavirus pandemic – mainly due to its viral choreography set to pop songs – TikTok received a major boost amid lockdowns, school closures and telecommuting. The ByteDance subsidiary, whose …

TikTok May Return to India as 'TickTock', ByteDance's New Application Hints
3 years, 5 months ago

TikTok May Return to India as 'TickTock', ByteDance's New Application Hints

News 18  

Short video app TikTok may re-launch in India as TickTock, a new trademark application has hinted. According to tipster Mukul Sharma, TikTok’s parent firm ByteDance filed a trademark for TickTock with Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks earlier this month. The initial 59 apps that also included popular platforms such as Shein, Shareit, ES File Explorer, and more …

How TikTok came back to life after Trump’s threats
3 years, 10 months ago

How TikTok came back to life after Trump’s threats

LA Times  

Last summer, TikTok appeared to be on the ropes. On Thursday, the Department of Justice asked to pause the appeal process until new agency officials can become familiar with the issues in the case, adding such a review “may narrow the issues presented or eliminate the need for judicial review entirely.” Although it’s uncertain how the Biden administration will ultimately …

ByteDance may sell TikTok India operations to screen zero platform Glance
3 years, 10 months ago

ByteDance may sell TikTok India operations to screen zero platform Glance

India Today  

China’s social media giant ByteDance is said to be exploring the possibility of a sale of the India operations of TikTok to rival unicorn Glance according to a Bloomberg News report on Saturday. Glance’s parent company, mobile advertising technology firm InMobi, also operates video-sharing social media platform Roposo, which has boomed in India after the South Asian nation introduced a …

Tiktok shuts down India business but continues to engage with government
3 years, 11 months ago

Tiktok shuts down India business but continues to engage with government

The Hindu  

China's ByteDance will shut its India business and cut the 2,000-plus employees to a bare minimum over the uncertainty in making a comeback following a ban on its hugely popular TikTok video app in the country, the company told employees in an internal memo on Wednesday. Tiktok's global interim head Vanessa Pappas and vice president for global business solutions Blake …

TikTok's Parent ByteDance to Cut India Workforce, Unsure of Comeback After Permanent App Ban
3 years, 11 months ago

TikTok's Parent ByteDance to Cut India Workforce, Unsure of Comeback After Permanent App Ban

News 18  

China’s ByteDance is cutting the size of its 2,000-plus India team and is unsure when it will make a comeback, the company told employees in an internal memo on Wednesday, months after its popular TikTok video app was banned. The move came after India this month decided to retain its ban on TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps following responses …

TikTok Ban: 'Made in India' Apps Are Growing & Providing Income Prospects to Creators
4 years, 1 month ago

TikTok Ban: 'Made in India' Apps Are Growing & Providing Income Prospects to Creators

News 18  

The ban on ByteDance’s TikTok in India has given space to its rival applications and even progressive Indian applications to flourish. Just like TikTok, there are brand collaborations, Recently, one such platform – Bolo Indya launched ‘Bolo Meets’ claiming to be industry’s first engagement led Peer2Peer commerce service capability on its platform for a wider audience base. “Thus far we’ve …

TikTok’s China twin Douyin has 600 million daily users
4 years, 3 months ago

TikTok’s China twin Douyin has 600 million daily users

Live Mint  

Douyin, the Chinese-market version of ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok video-sharing app, surpassed 600 million daily active users in August, rising from 400 million at the start of the year. The service has produced 41.7 billion yuan in revenue for more than 22 million creators over the past year and the company intends to spend $1.5 billion in a push to double …

25 Years of Internet: Cassette Tapes to Streaming Apps, Our Music Listening Habits Have Changed
4 years, 4 months ago

25 Years of Internet: Cassette Tapes to Streaming Apps, Our Music Listening Habits Have Changed

News 18  

Access to music has become seamless thanks to the internet. However, the arrival of music streaming apps and services have entirely changed the way we consume music today. Local players like Gaana and Saavn took the early advantage in India and started offering Bollywood, regional, and various other music categories under affordable as well as free tiers. Spotify, which is …

The Rise of Indian Video Sharing Apps: Do They Have What it Takes to Fill the TikTok Gap?
4 years, 4 months ago

The Rise of Indian Video Sharing Apps: Do They Have What it Takes to Fill the TikTok Gap?

News 18  

The TikTok ban has become a catalyst for homegrown video-sharing apps for India. India’s recent ban on the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok having stunned users, but is presenting the country’s homegrown apps an opportunity on a platter, setting the scene for a scintillating ‘Make in India’ example. Not only is this the right time for India’s homegrown apps to swoop …

TikTok | Clock is ticking for internet giant
4 years, 5 months ago

TikTok | Clock is ticking for internet giant

The Hindu  

In an executive order issued on August 6, U.S. President Donald Trump gave the hugely popular short video-sharing social media app TikTok, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, 45 days to find a buyer. The order on TikTok pointed to the app’s links to the Communist Party of China, saying all data collected by it “threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party …

TikTok might return to India if Microsoft buys global business of video sharing app
4 years, 5 months ago

TikTok might return to India if Microsoft buys global business of video sharing app

India Today  

Microsoft in a statement had announced that they are in talks with Bytedance and US government to acquire the US operations of TikTok. However, now Microsoft is eyeing to take over the entire global operations of TikTok including India, as per a Financial Times report. As per a Financial Times, Microsoft had expressed its desire to take over the global …

TikTok to Become American App? Report Says Microsoft May Acquire TikTok's Global Operations
4 years, 5 months ago

TikTok to Become American App? Report Says Microsoft May Acquire TikTok's Global Operations

News 18  

Microsoft Corp is chasing a deal to buy all of TikTok's global business, including its operations in India and Europe, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing five people with knowledge of the talks. Microsoft was already said to be in advanced stage talks to take over TikTok's US operations, but US president Donald Trump urged that a partial takeover …

TikTok and the Evolution of Digital Blackface
4 years, 5 months ago

TikTok and the Evolution of Digital Blackface

Wired  

Another app Blackmon checked out, but only as a spectator, was Vine. As Blackmon says, “it's one of the only places where you can have no following, no content, and you post one thing and it gets a million views in a day.” Blackmon signed up for TikTok in February, about a month before the Covid-19 stay-at-home orders started coming …

Influencer exits. Ban threats. Can TikTok weather the storm?
4 years, 5 months ago

Influencer exits. Ban threats. Can TikTok weather the storm?

LA Times  

TikTok influencer Noah Beck used to regularly post videos on TikTok, but due to concerns over how the app manages his user data, is now encouraging his fans to follow him on Triller. “Right when I’m starting to gain a huge following.. It’s super disappointing.” Feeney is among a growing number of influencers who are worried about TikTok’s future as …

TikTok ban would leave a giant social media hole
4 years, 5 months ago

TikTok ban would leave a giant social media hole

Live Mint  

TikTok, the popular social-media app featuring do-it-yourself short videos, has also become one of the sore points in the growing frictions between the U.S. and China owing to its ownership by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd. In another milestone, Netflix added TikTok to its short list of competitors for the first time in its letter to investors last week, saying the app’s …

TikTok announces $200-million fund to help video creators
4 years, 5 months ago

TikTok announces $200-million fund to help video creators

LA Times  

Pierre Wright and Rodney Lee appear in a video for their friend and colleague Dominique Barrett, known on TikTok as King Vader. TikTok on Thursday announced a new $200-million fund to help promising U.S. creators make original content for its video streaming app. Hollywood Inc. Amid the coronavirus lockdown, TikTok gives hope to L.A. entertainers TikTok, a popular based social …

ByteDance may move TikTok headquarters out of China amid severe app scrutiny
4 years, 5 months ago

ByteDance may move TikTok headquarters out of China amid severe app scrutiny

India Today  

Chinese tech giant ByteDance may move video-making app TikTok’s headquarters out of China. Senior executives are discussing options including creating a new management board for TikTok or establishing a headquarters for the app outside of China to distance the app’s operations from China, the report stated. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in an interview said, that the United States is …

TikTok may undergo corporate changes to distance from China amid US scrutiny
4 years, 6 months ago

TikTok may undergo corporate changes to distance from China amid US scrutiny

CNN  

CNN Business — The short-form video app TikTok could soon see a shakeup of its corporate structure as it confronts mounting criticism from politicians in the US over ties to its Chinese parent company. “As we consider the best path forward, ByteDance is evaluating changes to the corporate structure of its TikTok business,” the spokesperson said in a statement provided …

TikTok says no plans to take legal action against the ban
4 years, 6 months ago

TikTok says no plans to take legal action against the ban

India Today  

Ever since the government of India announced a ban on 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, several reports have claimed that TikTok plans to take legal action against the ban in India. “There have been statements in the press concerning the possibility that TikTok might pursue legal action regarding the directive by the Government of India. Our creator managers are actively …

TikTok Ban: A Loss of Expression for Millions of Indian Users
4 years, 6 months ago

TikTok Ban: A Loss of Expression for Millions of Indian Users

The Quint  

In the crossfire between India and China, the TikTok-verse is the hapless victim. So, when the ban on the 59 Chinese apps was announced, TikTok being one of those hugely popular apps on the ban list, it was a melancholic moment for the app's users who have been making and consuming content since its launch in India in 2017. With …

TikTok India refutes rumours that it'll move court against ban, says working with govt to resolve concerns
4 years, 6 months ago

TikTok India refutes rumours that it'll move court against ban, says working with govt to resolve concerns

Firstpost  

The news comes after prominent lawyers like Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Mukul Rohtagi said they will not defend TikTok in court. TikTok India issued a statement on Wednesday denying rumours that the company was seeking to drag the Centre to court over the ban imposed on its app, which had millions of Indians as its users. #tiktokbanned #TikTok pic.twitter.com/wFeF200saU — …

Ban on TikTok is a huge blow to influencers
4 years, 6 months ago

Ban on TikTok is a huge blow to influencers

Deccan Chronicle  

Amidst the growing tensions between India and China, the Indian government announced a ban on 59 Chinese apps in India, including the viral video sharing and social media app TikTok. In the past three years, the popularity of the app had grown manifold especially in tier two and tier three cities and India became TikTok’s largest market with more than …

TikTok Banned: Check Out These India-Based Video Sharing Apps You Can Switch To
4 years, 6 months ago

TikTok Banned: Check Out These India-Based Video Sharing Apps You Can Switch To

ABP News  

After the Indian government banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, a vacuum for its alternative has been created and several Indian apps are now eyeing to be the next TikTok in India.Here is a look at some popular alternatives:: Back when the border tensions between India and China were first reported this year, Indians had passionately called for a boycott …

TikTok banned: A day after govt of India banned the Chinese app, existing TikTok downloads also stop working
4 years, 6 months ago

TikTok banned: A day after govt of India banned the Chinese app, existing TikTok downloads also stop working

Op India  

Chinese video sharing app TikTok has also stopped working for the existing users a day after the government of India banned the app over security concerns. TikTok Banned TikTok Banned As can be seen, the existing users get a notification that due to government of India directive, TikTok is in process of compliance of the same. The government of India …

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