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Merlin gears up for legal rumble with bare knuckle fight championship owner Triller over $2.5 million in unpaid fees

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Merlin gears up for legal rumble with bare knuckle fight championship owner Triller over $2.5 million in unpaid fees

While Triller let many of its music licences lapse a few years ago, indie label digital rights organisation Merlin is still owed $2.5 million from a 2020 licensing deal. The extra payment was due because of a most favoured nation clause in that deal. Merlin has now sued to get its money…

Chris Cooke • 01 Apr 2025

Triller brings in former VEVO exec to kickstart “transformation journey” as vertical video’s poor cousin licks its lips at prospect of TikTok ban

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Triller brings in former VEVO exec to kickstart “transformation journey” as vertical video’s poor cousin licks its lips at prospect of TikTok ban

Triller is BACK! Just in time for Halloween. And this time it’s deadly serious about being the biggest app of all time and wiping the floor with every other feeble app out there. TikTok doesn’t have its own Bare Knuckle Fighting championship, does it? Oh and it’s got a new CEO too…

Sam Taylor & Chris Cooke • 23 Oct 2024

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Triller confirms it has settled Sony Music legal dispute

Triller has settled its legal battle with Sony Music, though a dispute with Universal Music Publishing continues. That’s according…

Chris Cooke • 03 Aug 2023

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Sony says Triller has admitted it owes the major $4,574,250

Sony Music has told a US court that video-sharing app Triller has conceded that outstanding payments are due under its…

Chris Cooke • 28 Apr 2023

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Universal Music sues Triller over missing payments and data

TikTok rival Triller has started the new year with another music industry lawsuit to contend with, this time from Universal…

Chris Cooke • 09 Jan 2023

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Triller responds to Sony Music lawsuit

TikTok rival Triller this week formally responded to Sony Music’s lawsuit against it, conceding that it hasn’t made…

Chris Cooke • 09 Dec 2022

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Triller removing music from its app as label deals expire or are “reassessed”

TikTok rival Triller has started removing a load of tracks from its music libraries. Possibly because its deals with the…

Chris Cooke • 05 Dec 2022

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Triller Verzuz Timbaland and Swizz Beatz is settled

Timbaland and Swizz Beatz have settled their legal dispute with Triller, which means the TikTok rival has got rid of…

Chris Cooke • 23 Sep 2022

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Now an app consultancy sues Triller over allegedly unpaid bills

Triller is getting quite the collection of lawsuits over allegedly unpaid bills. Now the TikTok rival has been sued by…

Chris Cooke • 05 Sep 2022

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Sony Music sues Triller

Sony Music has sued Triller, claiming that the video-sharing app has failed to make the payments due under its licensing…

Chris Cooke • 30 Aug 2022

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Timbaland and Swizz Beats sue Triller

Timbaland and Swizz Beats have sued video sharing platform Triller, which they say still owes them $28 million from a…

Chris Cooke • 17 Aug 2022

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Triller begins IPO process

TikTok competitor Triller has begun the process for an Initial Public Offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange in the US,…

Chris Cooke • 01 Jul 2022