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US politicians want TikTok to sell up or be banned
2024-03-15
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On this week's show we discuss proposals voted through the US House of Representatives this week to force TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the video-sharing app or face a ban in country, and the UK Labour Party's pledge to introduce a cap on ticket resale prices if it wins the next election.
SECTION TIMES
01: TikTok ban (00:03:20)
02: News in brief (00:14:21)
03: Ticket resale (00:17:00)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)
THIS WEEK'S MAIN STORIES
• Selling TikTok would be last resort for ByteDance, sources say as House votes through sell-or-be-banned law
• TikTok insists it isn't forcing Americans to phone politicians as ban proposal gets fast-tracked in Congress
• Labour commits to UK ticket touting price cap, as Ed Sheeran's team welcomes guilty verdict in ticket tout court case
NEWS IN BRIEF
• EU AI Act “world-first” say music trade bodies as European Parliament votes it into law
• Texas governor tells SXSW boycotters “don’t come back”
• Joe Rogan is back on Apple and Amazon - so Neil Young is back on Spotify
• Bad Bunny sues fan over unofficial concert recordings on YouTube
• Glastonbury announces headliners, as UK festival cancellations pass 20
ALSO MENTIONED
• Believe x WMG takeover dance warms up as financial regulator is called in
SECTION TIMES
01: TikTok ban (00:03:20)
02: News in brief (00:14:21)
03: Ticket resale (00:17:00)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)
THIS WEEK'S MAIN STORIES
• Selling TikTok would be last resort for ByteDance, sources say as House votes through sell-or-be-banned law
• TikTok insists it isn't forcing Americans to phone politicians as ban proposal gets fast-tracked in Congress
• Labour commits to UK ticket touting price cap, as Ed Sheeran's team welcomes guilty verdict in ticket tout court case
NEWS IN BRIEF
• EU AI Act “world-first” say music trade bodies as European Parliament votes it into law
• Texas governor tells SXSW boycotters “don’t come back”
• Joe Rogan is back on Apple and Amazon - so Neil Young is back on Spotify
• Bad Bunny sues fan over unofficial concert recordings on YouTube
• Glastonbury announces headliners, as UK festival cancellations pass 20
ALSO MENTIONED
• Believe x WMG takeover dance warms up as financial regulator is called in
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