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Universal Music Group, Taylor Swift's label, says it will pull tunes from TikTok

LOS ANGELES — Universal Music Group, the world's biggest music company, is threatening to pull its tunes from TikTok over a licensing dispute. The two companies have yet to reach a new music rights agreement to replace the one that expires Wednesday. Santa Monica-based UMG and Chinese-owned TikTok made an agreement in 2021 that allowed the popular video-based social media platform access to ...
This illustration picture taken on May 27, 2020, in Paris shows the logo of the social network application TikTok on the screen of a phone.

LOS ANGELES — Universal Music Group, the world's biggest music company, is threatening to pull its tunes from TikTok over a licensing dispute.

The two companies have yet to reach a new music rights agreement to replace the one that expires Wednesday.

Santa Monica-based UMG and Chinese-owned TikTok made an that allowed the popular video-based social media platform

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