Halsey Claims Label Won’t Release Song Without Viral Post

Topline In a revealing complaint about the state of record publishing—and the increasing control social media platforms have over it—Singer Halsey alleged Sunday their record label Capitol Music Group...

TikTok Is Adding Gaming Functionality in Vietnam

Currently, there is no information on TikTok’s plans to roll out the feature in other markets. Popular social video platform TikTok is reportedly making its foray into the gaming space and has started...

TikTok tests its gaming app for users in Vietnam

TikTok, the video-sharing app, is conducting gaming tests for users in Vietnam, with the aim of expanding into South-East Asia. Tik Tok and the testing of its gaming app in Vietnam According to report...

Online Video Viewing Growth Flattens In U.S., Europe But Big Screens, Roku Rule

getty Globally, streaming video saw viewing grow 10% in the last quarter, but that growth occurred largely outside the two most built-out regions, North America and Europe, according to the latest Sta...

The Battle Between Long And Short

From the outside Netflix and TikTok may not look like competitors, but they are. One is consumed on big screens, the other on small. One is long-form, the other short. One consumes billions of dollars...

Why It’s Time To Put Them To Rest

If you’re still using generational labels to report on age, it’s time to say bye bye. getty You see them all the time–generational labels assigned to age cohorts suggesting shared beliefs,...

TikTok Faces Algorithm Related Lawsuit After Child Dies From Viral ‘Blackout’ Challenge

Topline TikTok and its parent company, Bytedance, are being sued and blamed for negligence and a defective product as a result of its algorithm after 10-year-old Nylah Anderson died from participating...

Lizzo’s ‘About Damn Time’ Goes Viral On TikTok—But Still Hasn’t Cracked Billboard Top 10

Topline Despite having viral success on TikTok, Lizzo’s latest single “About Damn Time” hasn’t yet cracked the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, a surprise given that popularity on the app often transl...

Russ The Rapper Ran Seattle

Russ performing Maria Raia Russ is striking and controversial in modern music. Only around 300 acts drive more traffic on Spotify. He has heterochromia meaning one of his eyes is an amber brown, and t...

TikTok IPO Rumors Swirl

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian markets were a sea of red except for China’s small gains, while Hong Kong and the Philippines were spared the carnage due to market holidays. Chinese equity...

TikTok’s New Platform That Helps Creative Agencies Reach Their Audience

CULVER CITY, CA – OCTOBER 13: General view of the TikTok headquarters on October 13, 2020 in Culver … [+] City, California. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) GC Images On April 19t...

TikTok Will Share Ad Revenue With Some Creators

Topline TikTok said Wednesday it will start sharing ad revenue with some popular creators, as the social media company announced a new program for advertisers to run ads alongside top videos on the ap...

The Transition From Influencer To Actor

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 24: Bella Thorne attends the LA Premiere of Universal Pictures’ “J.T. … [+] Leroy” at ArcLight Hollywood on April 24, 2019 in Hollywood, Cal...

Johnny Depp Fans Spark A Wild Conspiracy Theory About Amber Heard’s Lawyer

Actress Amber Heard (L) and actor Johnny Depp attend the “Black Mass” premiere during the 2015 … [+] Toronto International Film Festival at The Elgin on September 14, 2015 in Toronto...

Social Media Giants Becoming Wary of Stiff Competition from TikTok

TikTok is valued at about $140 billion but it wields a very massive control over the global social media ads market which is expected to grow to beyond 20% this year and close to 25% by 2024. The leve...

Tiktok Parent ByteDance Follows Meta’s Footsteps Down Risky Path Toward The Metaverse

A TikTok logo is seen displayed on a smartphone with a ByteDance logo on the background. Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images What Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is trying to...

Doctors Are Cutting Off With MetaDocs, Which Pledged DMs with TikTok

A cluster of Instagram and TikTok famous physicians stated that they have an answer for the “red tape” of present medical system. These NFTs were dubbed as MetaDocs, and are supposed to offer the buye...

What happens when people use TikTok and Instagram to make travel plans

Nearly one in three travelers turn to social media for holiday inspiration, according to a new study. The figures are even higher for younger travelers. Some 60% of Gen Zs and 40% of millennials use s...

Johnny Depp And Amber Heard’s Trial Takes A Turn For The Surreal

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard attend a premiere for ‘Black Mass’ during the 72nd Venice Film Festival … [+] at on September 4, 2015 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Im...

Private Chinese Online Retailer Stuns Apparel World With $100 Billion Valuation

LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 23: Georgia Toffolo attends SHEIN Summer Pop Up Preview Evening on May 23, … [+] 2019 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for SHEIN...

Right-Wing Figures Attack Journalist Taylor Lorenz For Revealing Creator Of ‘Libs Of TikTok’

Topline A host of right-wing figures—including Fox News personality Tucker Carlson—took aim at Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz on Tuesday after the reporter uncovered the creator of “Libs of ...

China Lands 17 Members On The 2022 Forbes Midas List

Neil Shen, founding and managing partner of Sequoia Capital China, attends a conference in 2019. … [+] (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) VCG via Getty Images China, buoyed by the performance o...

2022 Forbes Midas List “Refugee” JP Gan Plugs Away In Beijing As Covid Lockdowns Slow Shanghai

INCE Capital’s JP Gan as he appeared on the cover of Forbes China in 2019. “Young consumers enabled … [+] by technology will lead the consumption trend,” Gan says. “That’s some...

TikTok Ad Revenue Set to Grow 3X, Exceeding Twitter and Snap Combined

The research showed that TikTok is about to take 2.4% of the almost $250 billion that US companies use on digital advertising. Within a short period, the video-sharing app TikTok has become the sweeth...

JD.com’s Richard Liu Becomes Latest China Tech Billionaire To Leave CEO Post

Richard Liu, founder and chairman of JD.com, center, gestures during an IPO ceremony at the Nasdaq … [+] MarketSite in New York in 2014. JD.com. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg *** Local C...

The 10 Richest Chinese Billionaires 2022

Fortunes of the Middle Kingdom’s wealthiest tycoons mostly fell over the past year as stocks declined and the Chinese government tightened its grip on tech companies. After a record-setting 2021, Chin...

Is This The Era Of Social Entertainment For Sales? Experts Tell All

Over the last few years, the world of social media has undergone a drastic transformation. This … [+] evolution is not just about the content itself, but fundamentally about how it is delivered....

Annabelle’s Making History And Nascent Industry

Annabelle is tatted up. chris.mp4 As artificial intelligences and automated processes promise to phase out swaths of labor, creative tasks like videography, writing, and production are questionably po...

TikTok Rival Kuaishou Beats Expectations As Hong Kong Internet Gains

China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities had a strong day on Ukraine peace talks in Turkey while China was off though not significantly. The Hang Seng Index gained +1.12% led by Hong Kong ...

Fandom Is The New Brand Loyalty

As the creator economy booms, is fandom becoming the new brand loyalty? Spring The creator economy is booming, powered by the rise of content creators across platforms such as blogs, YouTube, Instagra...

5 money-saving tips from a TikTok lawyer who reads the fine print

Reading the fine print means you could be saving money that you might not have otherwise known about, according to Erika Kullberg, lawyer and founder of Plug and Law, a legal tech start-up for small b...

The Retail Metaverse Is Heating Up. Here’s How Small Businesses Can Benefit

The metaverse is making it’s mark across industries and demographics. How can small businesses … [+] start to think about the ways they can explore the potential of the metaverse? SOPA Ima...