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TikTok Working on Standalone App for American Users
Cross-border Payments // July 10, 2025

TikTok’s standalone U.S. app will reportedly use a separate algorithm and data system. That’s according to a report Wednesday (July 9) by Reuters, citing sources familiar with the matter. These moves, the sources say, set the stage for a potential sale of TikTok U.S. by...

TikTok Reportedly Moving US Users to New App Before Sale
Social Commerce // July 06, 2025

TikTok is reportedly creating a new version of its American app before a planned sale. The popular video platform has come up with plans to introduce the new TikTok app, code-named “M2,” on Sept. 5, The Information reported Sunday (July 6), citing two sources with...

Trump Teases Deal to Sell TikTok to ‘Very Wealthy People’
Social Commerce // June 29, 2025

President Donald Trump has reportedly found a group of investors to purchase TikTok. The president made this announcement during a FOX News interview Sunday (June 29), saying a “group of very wealthy people” was set to purchase the U.S. operations of the social media platform...

TikTok Shop Job Cuts Loom Amid Ban and Tariff Uncertainty
Social Commerce // May 21, 2025

TikTok’s U.S. eCommerce workers are reportedly facing possible job cuts. That’s according to a Bloomberg News report Wednesday (May 21), citing an internal memo to the social media company’s employees advising them to work from home as they await emails on “difficult decisions.” The Chinese-owned company is examining...

Interviews & Exclusives
TikTok Divesture Aftermath Focuses on Potential Suitors

April 24, 2024
The clock is running out on TikTok’s U.S. ambitions. President Joe Biden on Wednesday (April 24) signed a bipartisan measure that gives TikTok’s owner, Chinese tech giant ByteDance, nine months to a year to sell the video-sharing social media platform or see it banned in the U.S. Biden’s action followed the measure’s passage in the […]

Quick Reads
Blackstone Backs Off From TikTok Ownership Plans

July 20, 2025
Private equity group Blackstone has withdrawn from plans to invest in TikTok US. That’s according to a report Friday (July 18) by Reuters, citing a source familiar with the matter. The change, as Reuters pointed out, is happening amid mounting uncertainty about a deal for the popular social media platform, following numerous delays. Blackstone had […]

TikTok Working on Standalone App for American Users

July 10, 2025
TikTok’s standalone U.S. app will reportedly use a separate algorithm and data system. That’s according to a report Wednesday (July 9) by Reuters, citing sources familiar with the matter. These...

TikTok Reportedly Moving US Users to New App Before Sale

July 06, 2025
TikTok is reportedly creating a new version of its American app before a planned sale. The popular video platform has come up with plans to introduce the new TikTok app,...

Trump Teases Deal to Sell TikTok to ‘Very Wealthy People’

June 29, 2025
President Donald Trump has reportedly found a group of investors to purchase TikTok. The president made this announcement during a FOX News interview Sunday (June 29), saying a “group of...