Category archives: Musical.ly

Introducing Lasso, Facebook’s Latest TikTok/Musical.ly Killer

Facebook wants to deal the final blow to Musical.ly TikTok.  But will Zuckerberg’s empire end up the real loser here? In an effort to turn its disastrous 2018 around, Facebook has introduced several ‘new’ features.  You’ve probably seen them before on …

Vine and Musical.ly transformed the music industry – then they disappeared. Will history repeat itself?

What does the death of innovative (and beneficial) digital music platforms mean for the future of the business?
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Top Musical.ly Stars are Bailing on the Platform

Frustrating and silencing its top creators, Musical.ly’s shift to TikTok has proven its death knell. Late last year, Beijing-based Bytedance Technology Co. made a surprise announcement. The company, which owns popular Chinese news aggregator app Toutia…

Early Musical.ly Investor Leads $17 Million Funding Round for Spoon Radio

Can Spoon Radio become the next Musical.ly for internet radio? Goodwater Capital has made a major move in the South Asian app market. The American venture capital firm has teamed up with Softbank Ventures, a Seoul-based venture capital firm, and KB Inv…

Introducing ‘Talent Show,’ Facebook’s Blatant Copy of Musical.ly

Could talent singing competitions help Facebook finally take down Musical.ly? Several months ago, independent researcher and engineer Jane Manchun Wong found an interesting but unannounced feature on Instagram. To better compete against struggling riva…

Musical.ly Scraps Its Standalone Streaming App, Live.ly

As Musical.ly continues its growth, the platform is getting rid of its standalone live streaming application, Live.ly. For the uninitiated, Musical.ly is a social media platform that allows users to lip sync to their favorite tracks.  Roughly speaking,…

Musical.ly’s Userbase Is Crashing – Just Like Vine, Dubsmash & Snapchat

Is Musical.ly truly worth $1 billion? Earlier this morning, Beijing-based ByteDance Technology Co. acquired popular lip synching app, Musical.ly. According to the Wall Street Journal, the final sales price will fall between $800 million and $1 billion….