Oracle and Microsoft have been ruled out internally as preferred buyers because Bytedance prefers the potential buyer to be less techy.
A #TikTokBan in the U.S. is the leasts favored option in the scenario planning.

Bytedance's corp strategy department has been discussing internally plans to sell part of TikTok U.S. in case company loses legal battle.
One potential is for Bytedance to sell 50%+ stake in the app's U.S. operations and retain a minority stake

Bytedance is exploring scenarios for selling #TikTok without algorithms
Hell of a scoop by Erin Woo Qianer Liu & Juro Osawa
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you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me.

In case you weren't sick of TikTok news today: TikTok is halting the rewards offering of its new TikTok Lite app after European regulators opened a probe earlier this week. The Information first broke news of the app this month

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New: Inside TikTok's first allhands after the ban-or-sale bill passed

Execs urged staff to stay focused on strategic projects and said the way TikTok would fail would be by not continuing to grow its platform

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Lovely mention from the one and only Kaya Yurieff in her newsletter yesterday. Honor to be in there.

On the move🏃‍♂️

The EU is probing TikTok’s new app in Spain and France over a rewards program it is offering people who engage with the platform.

Our exclusive about the app's quiet launch earlier this month:
theinformation.com/articles/tikto…

By Kaya Yurieff

Instagram invited some Threads creators this month to join a challenge focused on posting content related to “positivity,” for a chance to win up to $500.

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Creator Economy by Kaya Yurieff

EU is probing TikTok Lite, a new app which allows users to earn points for watching videos and inviting friends
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I first reported about the app's quiet roll out in Spain and France earlier this month: theinformation.com/articles/tikto…

It’s hard to believe that even Meta believes this is something that people actually want

news: TikTok GC plans to step down as the company is about to start a court challenge to a U.S. law, which Biden could sign this week, to force a divestiture of the app (or otherwise ban it).

theinformation.com/articles/tikto… by Juro Osawa

People want more storytelling in YouTube content and not just ADHD fast paced videos. Which is why my new video is over 40 minutes and has the most depth of any of our videos! My goal is to show it works so more creators switch over ❤️🫡

Thought this video was a deepfake tbh