Taylor Swift, Drake, BTS and more may have their music taken off TikTok — here’s why

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Taylor Swift performs during her Eras Tour at Sofi stadium in Inglewood, Calif., on Aug. 7, 2023. Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images

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Universal Music Group has threatened to remove all of the music it owns from TikTok, unless the streaming platform agrees to more favorable terms for its vast catalog.

Negotiations between the social media giant and the world’s largest music company have intensified as they’ve worked to hammer out a new contract, says Tatiana Cirisano, a music industry analyst at Midia Research. The current one

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