ICYMI: Was TikTok Silent or Silenced?

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🗓️ 7 February 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Candice Lim is joined by culture critic and reporter Cyrena Touros to break down the battle between Universal Music Group and TikTok. On February 1, UMG started pulling their artists’ music from TikTok after their licensing contract expired. This meant creators weren’t able to interact with music from artists like Taylor Swift, Drake and Olivia Rodrigo. UMG claims this drastic move was necessary to ensure appropriate compensation for their artists and songwriters. But TikTok fired back, saying UMG was putting “their own greed above” the interests of UMG’s artists because TikTok is a free marketing and discovery platform for their talent. So who’s the real villain here and how will musicians and creators cope during this battle? This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
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0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
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0:45.7	In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:50.4	I was so happy to see Victoria Monet win three Grammys this week. If you have been there since the
0:57.1	Monopoly days, the Jaguar EP days, this felt good. And Trevor Noah did not flop as a host,
1:04.4	which makes me wonder if the Grammys were like the best award show of the year so far. I mean,
1:09.9	I don't know if the Oscars can beat it unless
1:13.4	Ryan Gosling gets on that stage to sing I'm just Ken with like a special appearance by
1:19.2	Nick Jonas or something. I mean, Jimmy Kimmel, make it happen. So if you've been on TikTok
1:26.2	lately, you might have noticed that it's kind of quiet over there.
1:29.8	And that's because on January 31st, Universal Music Group's contract with TikTok expired.
1:36.3	So on February 1st, UMG started pulling their catalog from the platform.
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