Photo Credit: Gabriel Heinzer A former ByteDance executive has declared in a legal filing that members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held ‘superuser’ permission to access American data on TikTok. Here’s the latest. Yintao […]
Photo Credit: LinkedIn ByteDance is hiring a US-based music strategist to help coordinate its music strategy across TikTok, Resso, and other apps. Beyond the requisite perks and shiny LA office, the right candidate can easily […]
Photo Credit: Jonathan Kemper TikTok owner ByteDance has ramped up its lobbying efforts to the US government after its data security issues. OpenSecrets analyzed the company’s reported payments to federal lobbyists since 2019. What they […]
Photo Credit: Eyestetix Studio After plans for its IPO have cratered, TikTok owner ByteDance is offering to buy back shares from investors. According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, ByteDance will spend upwards […]
TikTok parent ByteDance isn’t planning to list shares on the public market despite long-running rumors to the contrary, according to a new report. ByteDance’s IPO plans (or lack thereof) just recently came to light in […]
Photo Credit: Eyestetix Studio TikTok parent company ByteDance has filed a U.S. trademark application for “TikTok Music” – prompting speculation that the Beijing-headquartered business could debut a stateside music streaming platform to expand upon the […]
Last September, reports indicated that TikTok parent ByteDance was preparing to roll out its own music streaming service. Now, this platform, Qishui Yinyue, has officially launched in beta. The mentioned rumblings of a ByteDance streaming […]