CNNDow Jones The company that owns TikTok now has one billion users and many are outside ChinaCNN - By Sherisse Pham, CNN BusinessHong Kong (CNN Business) — ByteDance, the Beijing-based startup behind popular short video platform TikTok, has amassed more than one billion monthly active users across its apps. A company executive the
Outlook Magazineadded this to Outlook India Dailyhunt acquires LocalPlay for undisclosed sumoutlookindia.com New Delhi, Jun 20 News and local language content discovery application Dailyhunt Thursday announced acquisition of hyperlocal content platform Local …
The Motley Fooladded this to TechnologyInvesting This Chinese Start-Up Is Poaching Facebook and Google’s LeadersThe Motley Fool - Leo Sun ByteDance’s TikTok is gearing up for a big global expansion -- and aging tech giants should be worried. Over the past few years, Chinese app maker …
Technology (China) Briefing: Kuaishou aims for 300 million users in effort to revitalize rankstechnode.com - Tony Xu What happened: Short video app Kuaishou plans to optimize its organizational structure and speed up the product refinement process to boost growth, …
The Hindu Groupadded this to BusinessLineFinance (India) Helo from TikTok: Connecting to the new timesthehindubusinessline.com - Jinoy Jose P The India-centric social media platform from ByteDance is now making waves across the globe One of the most unique characteristics about social media …
Caixin Globaladded this to CX LiveNews (China) TikTok Owner ByteDance Hits 1 Billion Userscaixinglobal.com Chinese app maker ByteDance now has over 1 billion monthly active users across its apps, the company announced earlier this week. ByteDance owns …
The Drumadded this to BrandingBranding ByteDance hires former Facebook executive Blake Chandlee to drive TikTok's global expansionthedrum.com - Danielle Long ByteDance has hired former Facebook and Yahoo senior executive Blake Chandlee to help drive its international expansion of short-form video app …
The DrumBranding People on the move including Bytedance, S4 Capital, Direct Line, GroupM, and morethedrum.com - Imogen Watson This week has seen another wave of appointments and departures at brands, media owners and agencies. The Drum has rounded up the key moves from the …
Business (Malaysia) ByteDance poaches from Facebook to power short video app TikTok’s global expansiontheedgemarkets.com - www.theedgemarkets.com (June 18): ByteDance, the world’s most valuable start-up, has moved to bolster the overseas expansion of popular short-form video app TikTok by …
The Hindu Groupadded this to The HinduYouTube #MyTikTokStory: How TikTok is following YouTube’s steps in advertisingthehindu.com - Anahita Panicker Foray into the TikTok app and you are likely to fall down a rabbit hole of popular 15- to 60-second videos — from dance and comedic clips to users …
Forbesadded this to TechnologyChina As Tech Cold War Looms, Chinese Internet Giants Like Alibaba and Tencent Tackle Emerging MarketsForbes - Ricardo GeromelThe Chinese internet environment is famous for its brutal competition: a truly gladiatorial fight to the death with way fewer “gentleman’s” rules than we are used to in the West. This tough landscape Chinese
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBusiness School Old meets new on the Beijing GIFT - Student and Admissions Blog - London Business Schoollondon.edu - By Students@LBS Beijing is truly a fascinating city, with a population of over 20 million people and a large number of tech giants. It’s only fitting that it was the …
IMANIMANadded this to AdvertizingCannes TikTok is taking a less flashy approach its first CannesDigiday - Kerry Flynn Sign up for the Cannes Briefing for daily updates on what Digiday is doing this year at Cannes delivered every morning. TikTok is coming to Cannes, …
Startups (India) TikTok launches 'Device Management' feature for users' safety in Indiayourstory.com - Popular video platform TikTok on Monday announced the launch of ‘Device Management’, a safety feature, to ensure users have complete control of their …
AxiosFacebook 2: The media industry's lobbying fight for survivalAxios Thanks for subscribing to Media Trends. Tell friends to follow along by signing up here. Situational awareness: The White House has instituted new …
VICEMadras High Court Woman Records Herself Drinking Poison on TikTok After Husband Asks Her to Stop Using the App - VICEVICE - Shamani JoshiThe incident happened on the same day a teenage boy was killed while posing with a pistol for a video for the app. On June 13, a 24-year-old woman named Anitha based in Tamil Nadu, took her own life on
TechCrunchIn-App Purchases TikTok hit $9M in in-app purchases last month, up 500% over last yearTechCrunch - Sarah PerezPopular short-form video app TikTok has been slowly ramping up its advertising strategy this year as it increases its focus on monetization. However, the company still generates a smaller portion of its
Daily News and Analysisadded this to NewsIndia News Scolded over TikTok, Tamil Nadu woman commits suicideDNA India - Sidharth MP A 24-year-old mother of two from Tamil Nadu killed herself after apparently being scolded for spending too much time on video-sharing app TikTok. The …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTechnology (China) Briefing: TikTok hires former Facebook executive for its global business unittechnode.com - Tony Xu What happened: Bytedance has recently hired Facebook veteran Blake Chandlee as the vice president of global business solutions for TikTok, Bloomberg …
Tech in AsiaMary Meeker Short-form videos drive Chinese online usage, expert saystechinasia.com - Sarah Dai China’s popular short-form video apps have now become the primary driver of internet usage in the world’s biggest online population, according to …
News (China) CX Daily: China claims to have made a $2 trillion dent in shadow bankingcampaign-archive.com - us19.campaign-archive.com $2 trillion in two years. That's the dent Chinese regulators say they made in shadow banking. Also in today's issue, Bytedance isn't just coming for …
Inc Magazineadded this to MoneyManagement Want to Build a $1 Billion Company? Look to These 3 Industries, Says a New ReportInc Magazine - Cameron Albert-DeitchUnicorns are not as rare as they used to be. There are now 361 private companies valued at $1 billion or more across the world, according to a new report from market research firm CB Insights. One-third
hhelenngbladded this to SingaporeSuicide 24-yr-old rebuked by husband for using Tiktok. She commits suicide on video: Reporthindustantimes.com - Indo Asian News Service Anitha, recorded herself as she drank the poison and then sent the video via WhatsApp to her husband, who is in Singapore. A 24-year old mother of two …
Unicorns India stands at fourth place in global unicorn rankingyahoo.com - Thimmaya Poojary ( ) India occupies the fourth position globally in terms of the number of 'unicorns' present in the country with the US taking the top spot, according to …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTencent Briefing: Tencent files 6 more lawsuits against Bytedancetechnode.com - Tony Xu What happened: Tencent has filed six new lawsuits against Bytedance, demanding the company to delete all “Honour of Kings” gameplay videos from the …
Ken Yeungadded this to FYITech Industry TikTok Ramps Up Recruiting From Big Tech With Facebook Exec HireBloomberg - Mark Bergen Bytedance Ltd. hired Facebook Inc. veteran Blake Chandlee as the first head of strategic partnerships for the Chinese startup’s viral app TikTok. This …
Fortuneadded this to TechTech Industry 'You Can’t Not Be There': Why Wall Street Is Lending Billions to China's Hottest Tech UnicornsFortune - Carol Zhong Wall Street banks are taking their unicorn playbooks to China. After arranging billions of dollars in loans for highly valued — and money-losing — …
Mobile World Liveadded this to Mobile World LiveGovernment (India) TikTok user spending rocketsmobileworldlive.com User spending in ByteDance’s video app TikTok soared 500 per cent year-on-year to $9 million in May, Sensor Tower estimated. The figure was up from …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTechnology (China) User spending in Douyin and TikTok hit new high in Maytechnode.com - Tony Xu Short video app Douyin and its international version TikTok have brought in a total of $9 million worldwide through in-app sales of virtual coins, …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTechnology (China) Briefing: Bytedance shuffles Douyin and Jinri Toutiao leadershiptechnode.com - Tony Xu What happened: Bytedance has shifted leadership at Douyin and Jinri Toutiao in an attempt to boost growth, 36Kr reported. The co-founder of …
