{"id":102448,"date":"2025-01-01T14:37:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T14:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=102448"},"modified":"2025-01-29T13:14:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T13:14:22","slug":"music-industry-news-dec-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/music-industry-news-dec-24\/","title":{"rendered":"The biggest music industry news | December 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">More AI-powered tools, historic chart debuts, and major moves from Spotify, Universal, and Wham!. Plus, a landmark acquisition, big screen adaptations, and the latest in streaming trends.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3>TikTok faces deadline to sell or risk a ban in the US<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A U.S. federal appeals court upheld a ruling requiring ByteDance, TikTok&#8217;s parent company, to divest its U.S. operations by January 2025 or face a nationwide ban. 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