WMG & TikTok Announce Expanded First-Of-Its-Kind Partnership

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Warner Music Group and TikTok have formed a wide-ranging, first-of-its-kind partnership to license the repertoire of Warner Recorded Music and Warner Chappell Music to TikTok, TikTok Music, CapCut and TikTok’s Commercial Music Library.

The multi-year, multi-product deal will expand the level of partnership, collaboration and innovation between the two companies and help create new revenue, marketing and insights opportunities for WMG’s artists and songwriters, while deepening the engagement with TikTok’s huge audience of passionate music fans.

“We are happy and excited for our next chapter together with TikTok,” says Robert Kyncl, CEO, WMG. “Through this expanded and significantly improved partnership for both companies, we can jointly deliver greater value to WMG’s artists and songwriters and TikTok’s users.”

Shou Chew, CEO of TikTok, says, “We are very excited to partner with Warner Music Group to create a shared vision for the future in which artists, songwriters, music fans, and the industry can all benefit from the power of discovery on TikTok platforms.”

As part of the new deal, WMG and TikTok will find new ways to harness TikTok’s revenue generation and promotional capabilities, as well as a wealth of insights. In addition, artists and songwriters will have access to new ways of working with TikTok’s brand partners, as well as to new fandom development and monetization features, like merchandise, ticketing and digital goods and services, among other opportunities. The deal will also see the joint development of additional and alternative economic models.

The companies have also agreed to a licensing deal for TikTok Music, the premium subscription streaming service that recently launched in Indonesia and Brazil, with plans for further growth in other markets. The deal also paves the way for WMG artists and songwriters to leverage the unique promotional capabilities and engage with the growing community of users on TikTok’s sister video-editing app, CapCut.

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