TikTok loses Taylor Swift, Drake, and other major Universal Music artists

Universal Music Group (UMG) has started removing the music catalogs of

— including Taylor Swift, Drake, and Olivia Rodrigo — from TikTok after negotiations to renew licensing agreements broke down this week. The previous licensing agreement between UMG and TikTok expired on January 31st.

On Tuesday, UMG accused the video platform of attempting to bully it into accepting a “bad deal” that didn’t soothe…