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More UMG Music is Getting Removed From TikTok

Universal Music Group's war with TikTok is escalating further as UMPG's publishing catalog is now getting taken down from the platform.

When UMG announced that it didn’t reach a new agreement with TikTok at the end of January, the company specified that the move was for both its record labels and publishing arm UMPG. The initial takedown earlier this month only impacted tracks from recording artists signed to UMG labels such as Interscope, Republic or Def Jam. Harry Styles, Steve Lacy and SZA, for example, are all signed to Sony-owned Columbia and RCA, respectively, but UMPG is their publisher, meaning popular TikTok tracks like “As It Was,” “Bad Habit” and “Kill Bill” are now off.

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