TikTok signs US deal with 3 investors
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ByteDance, TikTok's owner, has reached an agreement with major investors to form a joint venture for operating TikTok in the U.S., aiming to prevent a government ban. The deal involves investors like Oracle and Silver Lake,
The deal means that TikTok, the fast-growing social video platform that upended the strategies of competitors like YouTube and Meta Platforms Inc., will have a new joint venture owner in the U.S.: TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC.
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ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese owner, has finalized agreements to sell over 80% of its U.S. assets to American and international investors. This move aims to prevent a U.S. ban and involves major investors like Oracle and Silver Lake.
A billionaire investor keen on buying TikTok's US operations has told the BBC he has been left in limbo as the latest deadline for the app's sale looms. The US has repeatedly delayed the date by which the platform's Chinese owner, ByteDance, must sell or be blocked for American users.