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TikTok has entertained offers from potential buyers like Microsoft and Twitter to appease Trump while ByteDance has been preparing to fight back
NPR reported over the weekend TikTok is planning to sue the Trump administration regarding its exec…
Paige Leskin
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Netflix was reportedly approached by TikTok in plan for the streaming giant to acquire its US operations
Netflix is on the short list of US tech companies that could afford to buy TikTok's US operations, …
Paige Leskin
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Critics in China reportedly called ByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming an 'American apologist' as talk of Microsoft's potential TikTok acquisition picks up steam
Online critics said Yiming was a 'coward' after the CEO confirmed ByteDance was discussing a deal w…
Katie Canales
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Investors in TikTok's parent company are reportedly pushing for Trump-friendly Oracle to acquire the viral-video app
The investors reportedly see Oracle's political ties to the Trump administration as advantageous to…
Paige Leskin
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TikTok owner ByteDance rejected Microsoft's bid for the app's US operations and is said to have chosen Oracle as its US 'technology partner'
Several news outlets reported ByteDance had named Oracle as a US partner, though the company's bid …
Lauren Frias
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China has successfully kneecapped Trump's TikTok ban as sale talks hit a speed bump
New restrictions imposed by China mean TikTok would have to get permission to include its video rec…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Buying TikTok's US operations could reportedly cost Microsoft anywhere from $10 billion to $30 billion
Microsoft has emerged as the frontrunner to acquire TikTok's US operations as ByteDance struggles t…
Paige Leskin
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Trump takes another swing at TikTok with a new executive order seeking to force parent company ByteDance to sell the viral video app
Trump's new declaration seeks to invalidate ByteDance's purchase of Musical.ly, the precursor to Ti…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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A new report says that Microsoft is expanding its acquisition interest in TikTok to include the entire global business, but a source says it isn't true
A person familiar with the matter told Business Insider the Financial Times report is "completely f…
Paige Leskin
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Oracle just reportedly entered the race to buy TikTok's US operations, competing with rival Microsoft for the viral app as Trump's deadline looms
Oracle founder Larry Ellison is a close Trump ally and the company's CEO served on the president's …
Tyler Sonnemaker
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TikTok's CEO left 3 months into the job after getting boxed out by ByteDance during TikTok's biggest moment of crisis
Kevin Mayer thought he would be in charge of TikTok decision-making as CEO. But as a potential sale…
Paige Leskin
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ByteDance is giving its 60,000 employees cash bonuses after working 'endless hours' amid TikTok ban 'noise'
The bonuses are to "thank everyone for their efforts and dedication" as ByteDance and TikTok face c…
Paige Leskin,Kate Duffy
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The US Treasury is investigating TikTok over national security concerns, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says
"We are looking at TikTok," President Trump told the press Wednesday. "We are thinking about making…
Katie Canales
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Sen. Chuck Schumer said a US company should buy TikTok to prevent the Chinese government from accessing user data
"With TikTok in China, it's subject to Chinese Communist Party laws that may require handing over d…
Katie Canales
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Experts dissected TikTok's algorithm and say a US buyer will struggle to replicate its magic
A buyer can't afford to miss out on TikTok's algorithm.
Chris Stokel-Walker
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TikTok may be trying to negotiate its way out of being sold at all
According to a new report, ByteDance is discussing "possible arrangements" that could keep the comp…
Paige Leskin
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Walmart confirms it's working with Microsoft in bid to acquire TikTok's US business
Walmart is the latest US company on a list of interested parties that includes Oracle, Twitter, and…
Hayley Peterson,Paige Leskin
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Satya Nadella said Microsoft's attempt to buy TikTok under the Trump administration was the 'strangest thing' he'd ever worked on
"President Trump, I think he had sort of a particular point of view on what he was trying to get do…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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TikTok exceeds 100 million monthly users in Europe as US sale deadline looms
Europe will become TikTok's key market if it's banned in the US this week.
Chris Stokel-Walker
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A TikTok smartphone is a credible threat to Facebook
There are still key details we don't know, such as whether this would be a phone that runs on a for…