In 2026, relying on generic stock music is the fastest way to get scrolled past. Smart creators are skipping licensing ...
Look what you made me do: TikTok as of Feb. 1 started to remove all music from Universal Music Group from the short-form video platform, including song catalogs of artists ranging from Taylor Swift to ...
TikTok has been struck by one of its most public and potentially dramatic changes in recent years. It says that TikTok is not paying a fair rate to use its artists’ songs. But in a public open letter, ...
TikTok has recently become one of the most used video-sharing platforms. Users create videos by mostly inserting a popular background sound. Sometimes, these background sounds, which are almost always ...
It's no secret TikTok has become a major hub for sharing and discovering new music. According to the video-sharing app's annual end-of-year report, 2023 saw the resurgence of some older songs as well ...
Siladitya Ray is a New Delhi-based Forbes news team reporter. Universal Music Group and TikTok announced a new licensing deal late on Wednesday, allowing the major label’s song catalog to return to ...
The connection between TikTok and music has always been strong, from the Musical.ly merger in 2017 to the platform being used as a music promotion tool today. Now, TikTok has made it easier for fans ...
A South African man went viral after excitedly discovering Afrikaans hit Kaptein (Span Die Seile) by Kurt Darren, leaving ...
TikTok is being forced to take down more music from its platform as a royalties spat with Universal Music Group (UMG) rumbles on. UMG recently yanked recordings it owns or distributes from TikTok ...