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UMG and TikTok Reach New Licensing Deal to End Dispute

Universal Music Group and TikTok have reached a new licensing agreement, ending the months-long dispute that took the label's music off platform.

Universal Music Group and TikTok have reached a new licensing agreement, the companies announced, ending their months-long dispute and bringing UMG’s catalog back to the short-form video platform. UMG first announced in an open letter at the end of January that it hadn’t reached an agreement with TikTok, citing several issues including low payment rates as well as concerns about AI music on the platform. While the UMG debacle is settled, TikTok has a much bigger battle as the Bytedance-owned platform faces a potential ban in the United States unless its Chinese parent company divests within the next year.

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