Music Business News: North America

The following MBW Views op/ed comes from Chad Blackwell is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Dream Street Advisors

Though Apple, Google, and Meta are potential buyers, they are unlikely candidates due to their existing strategies, a new report says

China’s government owns a 1% stake – a so-called ‘golden share‘ – in TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance

The benefit concert aims to raise funds for communities impacted by the Southern California wildfires

The initiative offers grants of up to $5,000 for musicians, live music crew, and live music industry workers affected by the fires

TikTok is back online in America.

Google and Apple have also removed TikTok from their app stores to comply with the law.

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