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The app lets users listen to song clips lasting between 10 and 30 seconds, shared by friends and tastemakers on the platform. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/samsungs-harman-launches-drops-a-tiktok-style-music-discovery-app-with-universal-beggars-and-empire-among-its-partners/

Shamar Deal claimed he held a 10-year exclusive license to a beat used in the song, which he bought for $200 on the online marketplace Traktrain in 2019. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/judge-throws-out-copyright-lawsuit-over-flo-millis-never-lose-me-ruling-producer-never-signed-plaintiffs-200-exclusive-beat-license/

Under the filing's terms, Kante and the defendants will each pay their own costs and legal fees. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/dua-lipas-levitating-remix-lawsuit-dismissed-more-than-three-years-after-it-was-filed-by-talkbox-artist-bosko-kante/

Billboard announced the change on Monday (November 9), and YouTube confirmed its return later the same day. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/billboard-changes-free-vs-paid-streaming-formula-on-charts-and-youtube-is-bringing-its-data-back/

The Times reported the contracts, signed when the members were 14 to 17, lacked standard protections for minors. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/hybe-responds-to-nyt-report-on-newjeans-contracts-says-leaked-agreements-are-being-used-as-a-means-to-attack-the-k-pop-industry/

This coming Monday (November 9), at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, Guy Moot, Chair and CEO of Warner Chappell Music (WCM), will become the first music publisher to receive the award in its 34-year history. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/warner-chappell-boss-guy-moot-the-first-music-publisher-to-receive-the-uks-mits-award-on-ar-catalog-my-chemical-romance-and-the-pros/