TikTok's new music strategy has record labels scared of being left behind

Music has been core to TikTok’s identity since its inception. What started as a lipsyncing app called Musical.ly morphed into ...
The New York Times

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Spontaneous original content, shared by people all over the world, made the internet a fun place to be. It’s more complicated now. By Madison Malone Kircher After a decisive loss at the Supreme Court, ...
NBC Los Angeles

Mark Cuban tried to invest in Musical.ly before it became TikTok—'I liked it better when it was dances'

Before Mark Cuban ever hit the "woah" on TikTok with his daughter, the video-sharing app was Musical.ly and Cuban wanted to be an investor. "I remember when it was Musical.ly and I tried to invest… Oh ...
Business Insider

Mark Cuban said he tried to invest in TikTok when it was called Musical.ly and less profit-driven

Mark Cuban tried to invest in Musical.ly, the platform that would become TikTok. Cuban says the platform lost its spark, becoming "corporate." In an interview, Cuban said focusing on monetization ...
Fast Company

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The U.S. senator from Florida says the popular video app is censoring pro-democracy content. Musical.ly and TikTok are merging into a short-video powerhouse China’s Bytedance is combining two similar ...