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Podcast: c2stories
Episode: UMG pulls music from TikTok
Description: Universal Music Group (UMG) pulls its music from TikTok after the licensing deal expires, removing songs by major artists like Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey from the app's sound library. Old videos featuring UMG label's songs, including those by Billie Eilish, Drake, and Ariana Grande, now play silently on the platform. Negotiations between UMG and TikTok continue amid tension, with UMG expressing dissatisfaction with TikTok's compensation practices, lack of AI-generated content protection, and issues related to user safety. TikTok responds, accusing UMG of greed and emphasizing their "artist-first" agreements with other labels. The loss of UMG music, the...