Universal Music escalates TikTok fight, pulls Coldplay, Harry Styles songs

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NEW YORK – The fight between TikTok, the short-form video service, and Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, is about to get worse. In the coming days, many additional songs from some of the biggest artistes and songwriters, including Harry Styles and Coldplay, will no longer be available on TikTok, according to people with knowledge of the matter, marking a major escalation in a disagreement that has been raging for weeks. The dispute kicked off in January, when Universal’s contract with TikTok lapsed and the two companies failed to find common ground on an extension. Afterwards, myriad songs...