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Taylor Swift Producer Jack Antonoff Weighs In on Universal TikTok Music Removal: “It’s Ass Backwards”
Following this week’s news that Universal Music Group is pulling its song catalog from TikTok after failing to reach a new licensing deal with the social media platform, Jack Antonoff gave an unvarnished reaction to the sudden removal after winning producer of the year (non-classical) at Sunday’s 2024 Grammys. Antonoff frequently collaborates with UMG artist Taylor […]
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Universal Music Group to Pull Songs From TikTok Imminently, Sends Blistering Open Letter
Songs from Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Drake may be vanishing from TikTok on Wednesday. In a dramatic move, Universal Music Group says that it will pull its song catalog from TikTok Jan. 31 after failing to come to terms on a new licensing deal with the fast-growing social video platform. The music label announced […]
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TikTok Unveils Power List, Initiatives for Black History Month (Exclusive)
TikTok’s celebration of Black History Month this year includes its annual Visionary Voices list spotlighting Black creators as well as a number of in-app and in-real-life programs. A #BlackTikTok hub in the app will feature stories, livestreams and music from Black creators, businesses and nonprofits, such as Black Girl Ventures, which last year received a […]
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Edie Falco Weighs in on Viral ‘Mob Wife’ Fashion Trend Taking Over TikTok (Exclusive)
Listen up: Carmela Soprano has something to say. Edie Falco, who played the iconic mob wife on six seasons of HBO’s landmark Emmy-winning series The Sopranos, has released an exclusive statement given to The Hollywood Reporter that finds the veteran star weighing in on the viral fashion trend taking over TikTok and beyond. Dubbed the […]
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Mandy Patinkin and Wife Kathryn Grody on their Insanely Intimate Family Dramedy That Showtime Shelved
As Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody’s son, Gideon, tells it, his parents’ social media stardom began rather innocently. Grody-Patinkin had moved in with his actor parents early in the pandemic and began interviewing them for what would be a family archive. “I thought they might die from COVID maybe soon-ish, so I was getting them […]
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How Reece Feldman Became Hollywood Studios’ Gen Z Whisperer, One TikTok at a Time
Reece Feldman admits that he broke a couple of rules on his way to becoming the go-to TikTok consultant for Hollywood studios. The 25-year-old behind the @guywithamoviecamera account — which has more than 2 million followers on TikTok — started working on reality shows in 2020, soon landing a gig as a production assistant on the […]
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Bill Maher Shares His Concerns on ‘Real Time’ About the Way Information Is Spread on TikTok
Bill Maher is sharing his thoughts on the way information is spread among young people on social media, particularly TikTok. On the latest episode of Real Time, the host addressed a now-deleted recent viral video on the social platform of a teen reading 9/11 terrorist leader Osama bin Laden’s 2002 “Letter to America,” which includes […]
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Sacha Baron Cohen Slams TikTok: “Creating Biggest Antisemitic Movement Since the Nazis”
A score of Jewish celebrities are criticizing TikTok following a surge of antisemitic rhetoric going viral on the social media app following Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, which has culminated in some young people supporting 9/11 terror leader Osama bin Laden. According to The New York Times, more than 30 influential people — […]
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Big Tech’s Favorite Legal Shield Takes a Hit
A Los Angeles judge has declined to dismiss a series of blockbuster lawsuits against Meta, TikTok, Snap and Google arguing their platforms are intentionally designed to addict and fuel mental health disorders in teenagers, increasing the likelihood they will have to potentially face or settle for billions of dollars the product liability claims. In the […]
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Now What? The Five Crises Confronting a Post-Strike Hollywood
As brutal as 2023 has been for the entertainment industry, it’s possible the town will someday look back on this moment wistfully. And not just because of the picket line solidarity or cozy mogul hangs in the bargaining room. The strikes helped earn gains for Hollywood workers in such areas as streaming residuals and AI, […]
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TikTok Hit With $368M Fine Under Europe’s Strict Data Privacy Rules
European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine on Friday for failing to protect children’s privacy, the first time that the popular short-video–sharing app has been punished for breaching Europe’s strict data privacy rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, the lead privacy regulator for Big Tech companies whose European headquarters are largely in Dublin, said […]
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‘Heartstopper,’ ‘Pride & Prejudice,’ Among Big Winners at Inaugural TikTok Book Awards
Winners were voted on by thousands of TikTok users through the app and the #BookTok hashtag.
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