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China Punishes ByteDance, Tencent-Backed Apps in Clampdown
China has penalized 10 of the country’s most popular livestreaming apps, suspending some of their operations in a renewed crackdown on fast-growing services backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd. and ByteDance Ltd.
ByteDance forms ecommerce business unit
ByteDance is eyeing a US$28 billion GMV for the new business, according to a report.
TikTok Users Gush About China, Hoping to Boost Views
Glorifying China—with a wink—is emerging as an unexpected new trend on TikTok, as users look for ways to boost audiences on the short video app whose already high popularity has soared during the pandemic.
Bytedance thins overseas apps further with closure of video app Vigo · TechNode
Bytedance is shuttering its moderately successful Vigo app in India as it slashes underperforming apps to focus on its flagship Tiktok.
TikTok Owner’s Value Surpasses $100 Billion in Private Markets
ByteDance Ltd.’s valuation has risen at least a third to more than $100 billion in recent private share transactions, people familiar with the matter said, reflecting expectations the owner of video phenom TikTok will keep pulling in advertisers.
TikTok parent ByteDance leads $6M round in financial AI startup Lingxi
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has added Lingxi, a Beijing-based startup that applies machine intelligence to financial services such as debt collection and insurance sales, to its ever-expanding portfolio of investments. The AI startup has raised a $6.2 million Series A round co-led by ByteDance and Global Founders Capital, the venture capital arm of Rocket Internet, […]
Tencent’s $40 Billion Gain Masks a Deeper Long-Term Threat
The Covid-19 pandemic likely barely dented Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s growth, thanks to its dominance of online spheres from gaming to social media. Now that China’s industries are emerging from the worst of the outbreak, the bigger long-term threat may be the growing posse of challengers to its internet leadership.
Bytedance launches video editing app Viamaker overseas · TechNode
The Chinese version of Viamaker, known as Jianying, has been among the top 10 most-downloaded free apps in China for more than 90 days.
China Orders TikTok Owner ByteDance to Remove Work-From-Home App
Chinese regulators ordered ByteDance Ltd. to temporarily suspend downloads of its nascent Slack-style office app after discovering content from banned sites like Facebook and Twitter, dealing a blow to the startup’s broader internet ambitions.
No One World live stream in China
Chinese video platforms say they still plan to eventually release a recording of the charity concert that raised funds for Covid-19 relief
Bytedance quickens search engine push with rebranded wiki · TechNode
Bytedance rebranded baike.com, a Chinese online encyclopedia, to Toutiao Baike, as it pushes to challenge Baidu in China's internet searching landscape.
TikTok owner Bytedance may now be worth up to $100 billion: report
TikTok owner Bytedance could now be worth up to $100 billion based on recent prices for the Chinese company’s shares on secondary markets, according to
Tiger Global builds stake in TikTok-owner ByteDance
US investment group joins race to capitalise on popularity of short-form video
Tencent targets Bytedance as Q4 profits miss the mark · TechNode
Tencent warns about the hit to payment business from Covid-19 and said that it will ramp up short-video and digital lifestyle offerings.
WSJ News Exclusive | TikTok to Stop Using China-Based Moderators to Monitor Overseas Content
The popular short-video app said it would halt using China-based moderators to monitor overseas content and shift that work to those outside of China.
Chinese-Owned TikTok Launches U.S. ‘Transparency Center’ to Counter Criticism
The video-sharing app’s Los Angeles facility will allow outside experts to view how teams at the company moderate content, and eventually provide information on source code and data-privacy and security efforts.
Bytedance poaching Facebook, Google talent in Singapore push
The decacorn’s upcoming ads network, Pangle, looks set to be based out of the city-state, alongside productivity suite Lark.
Bytedance granted first game license from Chinese regulators · TechNode
The company's first-ever gaming license clears the way for Bytedance to earn revenue from China's multi-billion-dollar mobile gaming market.
Tencent’s WeChat blocks ByteDance app as China’s telecommuting war heats up
Latest move in the coronavirus-inspired remote office wars sees WeChat block a ByteDance app amid accusations Tencent uses its market dominance to stifle rivals.
