ByteDance In The News

V Pappas steps down as TikTok COO; Ex-Disney exec Zenia Mucha joins firm as brand, communications chief

Exec is stepping down from the role after nearly five years with the short-form video platform

TikTok plans to invest ‘billions of dollars’ in Southeast Asia

Company's CEO was speaking at a forum organized by TikTok in Singapore

TikTok’s rise as a news platform challenges journalists’ influence, Reuters Institute study finds

Study examined global news consumption trends

European Parliament working on music streaming market report

Artists' remuneration from music streaming expected to “dominate” the study, reports Politico

As sped-up remixes take over TikTok, Universal releases compilation album of sped-up hits

‘Sped Up Songs: Official Remixes from Viral Creators and Speed Radio' features remixes of tracks by Sam Smith, Lana Del Rey and more

Ex-ByteDance exec claims China’s government accessed TikTok data of users in Hong Kong (report)

Claims were reported by The Wall Street Journal on Monday, June 5

From Queen’s $1bn catalog to HYBE raising $380m for acquisitions in the US… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place

ByteDance expands responsibility of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to include its Instagram rival Lemon8 (report)

ByteDance is putting another of its apps, Lemon8, 'under Chew’s supervision', according to a report from The Information