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Merlin Renews Licensing Agreement With Meta


Merlin, the digital licensing partner for the independent music sector, announced that it renewed its licenses with Meta on Wednesday.

That means the music of Merlin members — releases from labels like Domino, Secretly, Ninja Tune, Warp Records and many more — can continue to be discovered on Facebook and Instagram. And Reels took on even more importance earlier this year when Universal Music Group’s licensing negotiations with TikTok fell apart. Historically, no short-form video platform has been able to match TikTok when it comes to causing a previously unknown song to erupt into the public consciousness overnight.

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