Musical.ly Shuts Down Live.ly, Will Merge Live-Streaming Into Main App

Musical.ly, the social-video sharing and lip-syncing app maker, is killing off Live.ly two years after it launched the standalone app for live-streaming video.Instead, Musical.ly will merge the live-streaming features of Live.ly into its primary app, which the company says has 60 million monthly active users. The shutdown of Live.ly was first reported by TechCrunch.“Live-streaming from Live.ly is moving to Musical.ly ��� our goal is to make it easy to enjoy your favorite short videos and your favorite live content, all in one place,” said a company rep. Users of Musical.ly will be gradually getting the ability to live-stream video over the next few weeks.