TikTok Music app set to challenge Spotify and Apple: Know-how?
2 years, 4 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 were described in the “TikTok Music” filing, like the feature of having the ability to create new playlists, interact with the app’s community and share songs on social media. Alike TikTok which had a huge impact on the way social media sites operate, it is possibly the music streaming app which will ties-ins with TikTok and could change the music streaming industry.

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Universal Music Group reaches new licensing agreement with TikTok
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Universal Music Group reaches new licensing agreement with TikTok

Hindustan Times  

By Dawn Chmielewski and David Shepardson HT Image May 2 - Universal Music Group and TikTok said on Thursday that they had reached a new licensing agreement that will restore the label's songs and artists to the social media platform. TikTok began removing Universal's content from its app after their licensing deal expired in January and the two sides failed …

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

The U.S. might ban TikTok. Record labels are cutting ties. What’s music’s Plan B?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

The U.S. might ban TikTok. Record labels are cutting ties. What’s music’s Plan B?

LA Times  

In November 2022, Isimeme Udu uploaded the song that changed her life. TikTok’s tactics are obvious: use its platform power to hurt vulnerable artists and try to intimidate us into conceding to a bad deal that undervalues music and shortchanges artists and songwriters as well as their fans.” In a statement to The Times, TikTok said that “It is sad …

ByteDance | Dancing on a tightrope
9 months, 1 week 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 …

TikTok creators warn of economic impact if app sees ban, call it a vital space for the marginalized
9 months, 1 week ago

TikTok creators warn of economic impact if app sees ban, call it a vital space for the marginalized

Hindustan Times  

Alex Pearlman shut the door on dreams of a standup comedy career almost a decade ago, pivoting from the stage to an office cubicle where he worked a customer service job. Pearlman is among the many TikTok creators across the U.S. outraged over a bipartisan bill passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday that would lead to a nationwide …

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

Universal Music Group to pull songs from TikTok in furious row over artist rates and AI
10 months, 3 weeks 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, 1 week 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.
54 years, 11 months 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 Now Launches Music Service To Rival Apple Music And Spotify: All Details
1 year, 5 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, 5 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 …

Spotify considers full-length music videos to challenge YouTube Music and TikTok
1 year, 5 months ago

Spotify considers full-length music videos to challenge YouTube Music and TikTok

India TV News  

Spotify is reportedly exploring the addition of full-length music videos to its platform. Citing sources familiar with the matter, a report by Bloomberg reveals Spotify's intention to introduce music videos to better contend with Google-owned YouTube Music and popular short-form video platform TikTok. While Spotify already allows artists to upload GIF images that play alongside their tracks, this feature falls …

Why Hollywood’s streaming future probably won’t look like TikTok
1 year, 6 months ago

Why Hollywood’s streaming future probably won’t look like TikTok

LA Times  

In early 2021, as TikTok was devouring Americans’ attention, Netflix launched a feature seemingly tailor-made to compete with the upstart app. “With subscription, you want to feel like you’re getting premium content, star-driven content — and short-form is something that you feel like you can do yourself.” It would also be tough for streaming companies to compete with social media’s …

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, 4 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 …

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, 6 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 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, 10 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 …

In a country without TikTok, its erstwhile stars are thriving
3 years, 6 months ago

In a country without TikTok, its erstwhile stars are thriving

Live Mint  

PUNE : In the summer of 2016, Prem Vats, then 17, stumbled on his first fifteen seconds of fame on a platform called Dubsmash. Ultimately, the ban that affected 200 million Indian users of TikTok didn’t make much difference to Vats’s career as a creator of entertainment content. A platform like TikTok needs its creators to come up with content, …

TikTok competitors Clash and Byte are merging
3 years, 10 months ago

TikTok competitors Clash and Byte are merging

CNN  

CNN Business — Two of TikTok’s rivals in the United States are joining forces at a time when TikTok itself now appears to be here to stay. On Tuesday, Clash announced it was acquiring Byte, a short-form video app launched by a cofounder of Vine, the beloved six-second video app owned and shut down by Twitter. Meanwhile, Adam Mosseri, the …

TikTok and the Evolution of Digital Blackface
4 years, 4 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, 4 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 …

Ban on TikTok is a huge blow to influencers
4 years, 5 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 …

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