Music Business News: China

TikTok goes on Washington hiring spree, as US Senator proposes ban on app for Government employees

Multiple job postings spotted by MBW working in policy at ByteDance

TikTok parent Bytedance launches Spotify rival Resso in India… without Universal’s catalog

It’s the Spotify rival that impressed ex-Spotify CFO Barry McCarthy so much, he admitted it was packed with “really clever social features”. Resso, the music streaming app owned by TikTok parent Bytedance, has today (March 4) publicly launched in India, taking on the likes of SPOT, plus Gaana, JioSaavn and Apple Music in the market. … Continued

David Stouck named Regional Director, A&R, at Warner Music Asia

His brief sees him oversee A&R operations in a total of 10 markets

TikTok was downloaded over 104.7m times worldwide in January

Figure represents a 46% increase from January 2019

Tencent Music antitrust investigation paused in China (report)

Investigation was put on hold in January

TikTok signs global licensing deal with indie label agency Merlin

Deal is effective immediately

TikTok was the world’s second-most downloaded app in 2019, and now generates $40m per month

India was responsible for nearly 45% of app's first-time downloads last year

Tencent’s Move to Buy 10% of Universal Music Group Shows the Global Music Business Is In Excellent Health

Nue Agency founder Jesse Kirshbaum on the biggest music biz deal of the year