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Hipgnosis buys music catalog from Jay-Z, Kanye West producer Dion ‘No I.D’ Wilson

No I.D. has achieved success with artists including Kanye West, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Usher, Rihanna, Common, Drake and Ed Sheeran

As Round Hill sues TuneCore for $33m, could war break out between publishers and indie distributors?

Could Richard Busch's latest industry lawsuit inspire other indie publishers to take legal action?

Round Hill sues TuneCore and parent Believe in $32.8m US lawsuit, alleging copyright infringement

Round Hill alleges that Believe distributed unlicensed recordings of Beatles hits amongst 219 compositions

Triller warned that it ‘must legitimize its business by properly licensing all music on its platform’

NMPA comments on platform's music licensing

Watch out TikTok: US-based rival Triller is raising between $200m and $300m

Company is starting to pinch leading TikTok influencers for its platform

‘We’re starting to see a generation of artists born and raised on TikTok.’

Ole Obermann, TikTok's Global Head of Music, and Believe CEO/Founder, Denis Ladegaillerie, talk charts, hits and cannibalization...

TikTok launches $200m Creator Fund ‘to help support ambitious creators’

US fund will be distributed over the coming year

TikTok inks global deal with music publishers (who previously threatened to sue it)

Agreement with the National Music Publishers’ Association is effective retroactively as of May 1, 2020