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 ...

Universal Music Group announced it will stop licensing its songs to TikTok starting Wednesday due to issues like pay disagreements and AI concerns, meaning millions of TikTok videos using these songs ...

UMG, the biggest music company on the planet, failed to renew a licensing deal with TikTok amid a dispute over artist compensation, security, and the use of AI Just after midnight, some of Swift’s own ...

Universal Music Group, which represents megastars such as Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Drake, is warning it will pull its songs from TikTok after failing to agree to new licensing terms. In a brief ...

SZA's Kill Bill, Doja Cat's Paint the Town Red (Sped Up) and Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You are among the songs licensed by Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) that are now being ...

The company says concerns over AI and compensation have prevented a deal: Ultimately, "TikTok is trying to build a music-based business, without paying fair value for the music." By Alex Weprin Senior ...

TikTok has partnered with Apple Music to allow subscribers of the streaming service play full songs without leaving its social network, the company announced on Wednesday. Apple Music subscribers who ...

The company has been renegotiating the contract that licenses its vast catalog of songs to the social media platform. The agreement expires on Wednesday. By Ben Sisario and Derrick Bryson Taylor ...

TikTok and Universal Music Group’s war escalated this week as songs written by Universal Music Publishing Group’s songwriters have started getting removed from the short-form video platform. The move ...