Music Business News: United States

TikTok asks Supreme Court to block US ban

TikTok seeks temporary pause to an incoming law that could see the app banned in the market if it's not divested from parent company ByteDance

Merlin tells tech companies not to use its members’ music to train AI without authorization

Using Merlin members' music to train AI requires “explicit written authorization,” the organization has declared

Spotify’s Car Thing officially non-operational, less than three years after it rolled out in the US

Car Thing users have until January 14 to contact Spotify and see whether they qualify for a refund

Universal’s Virgin Music Group to buy Downtown Music for $775 million

Deal expected to close in second half of next year

Prepare to remove TikTok from app stores by January 19, US lawmakers tell Google and Apple

CEOs told to comply with law requiring divestiture from parent company ByteDance

From the United States vs. TikTok to Sony pulling its catalog from Boomplay… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

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US government asks court to reject TikTok’s motion to delay law that could see its app banned in the market

TikTok and parent company ByteDance filed an emergency motion asking for a temporary injunction to delay the law

Antonious Porch, SoundCloud’s General Counsel and Chief Diversity Officer to exit; Ama Walton promoted to EVP & General Counsel

Porch to join magazine publisher Condé Nast as its new General Counsel in February