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Music giant deploys the ‘nuclear option’ against TikTok

Music giant deploys the ‘nuclear option’ against TikTok
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By Anne Steele and Meghan BobrowskyGwen Stefani wanted her new song to have its day. The No Doubt frontwoman and star solo artist planned to release a duet with husband Blake Shelton in February and promote it with a pre-Super Bowl performance. A week before the release of Purple Irises, however, her label’s parent company, Universal Music Group, took the unusual step of pulling all of its artists’ songs off TikTok after reaching a stalemate in contract negotiations with the social media platform. The move meant...

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