ByteDance In The News

From Universal’s Frank Zappa catalog acquisition to Triller’s US IPO… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The big stories from the past week

US TikTok ban back on the cards as FCC commissioner asks Apple and Google to remove app from stores

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr calls for the app's removal from the Google Play and Apple App stores

UK tech firm DAACI launches $4.9m funding round for music composition AI

DAACI is an AI-based tool that composes, arranges, orchestrates and produces original music

From Sony and Warner’s calendar Q1 results to TikTok’s A&R recruitment drive: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter

As ByteDance IPO rumors resurface, TikTok hires for A&R execs in London and LA to ‘sign’ new artists

Job ads for A&R Managers pop up in London, Los Angeles and Sao Paulo (Brazil).

Is TikTok (or ByteDance) slowly morphing into a record company?

Evidence is building that such a description might one day fit...

From The Weeknd’s Universal deal to Spotify’s Q1 results: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter

After TikTok and SoundCloud, Tencent Music is a distributor now too

TME has already distributed and promoted more than 150,000 songs to overseas platforms