News Sky News Australia quits TikTok over national security concerns News comes a week after the Australian government banned the use of TikTok on all staff devices
News High-res music tech company MQA enters administration in the UK MQA is the company behind music technology Master Quality Authenticated
News YouTube Music rolls out Spotify-like real-time lyrics on mobile The update was spotted by multiple Reddit users, who report that the lyrics are being powered by Musixmatch
News No, Diddy isn’t paying Sting $5K a day for sampling ‘Every Breath You Take’. Multiple media outlets reported the figure, but Diddy now says it was a joke.
News Vietnam to open probe into TikTok over ‘harmful’ content The developments come as Western countries — including the UK, the US and Canada, France, the European Union, New Zealand and Australia — ban the use of the app on federal devices over national security concerns.
News Canadian fund ICM buys High Society Management catalog including songs by Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA ICM was established via a partnership between ICM Asset Management and Crescendo Royalty Corporation in July 2020
News Meta faces competition probe in Italy after pulling music by Italian songwriters from its platforms Investigation launched over Meta's handling of licensing negotiations with the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers
News Faber Music acquires UK-based publisher and composer agency Manners McDade Manners McDade was founded in 2001 by Catherine Manners
News Snoop Dogg exits board of e-sports giant FaZe Clan as firm’s stock plunges to lowest since IPO Firm went public on Nasdaq via a SPAC merger in 2022
News TikTok hit with $15.8m fine in the UK for ‘misusing children’s data’ Information Commissioner’s Office estimates that TikTok allowed up to 1.4m UK children under 13 to use its platform in 2020
News Australia becomes latest country to ban TikTok from government devices over security concerns Ban was announced by Australia’s Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus on Tuesday (April 4)
News TikTok owner ByteDance has spent over $13m on US lobbying since 2019 (report) Figure was revealed by Washington DC-based nonprofit organization OpenSecrets
News SM Entertainment promotes CFO to CEO, appoints new directors post Kakao takeover Chief Financial Officer Jang Cheol-hyuk promoted to CEO
News NetEase Cloud Music renews deal to distribute Rock Records’ catalog in China Rock Records was established in 1980 by Tuan Chung-tan and Tuan Chung-i
News Seymour Stein, legendary co-founder of Sire Records who signed Madonna, The Ramones and Talking Heads, dies at 80 Sire was co-founded in 1966 with music producer Richard Gottehrer