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| HONG Chinas ByteDance is in talks to buy into mobile games publisher CMGE Technology Group Ltd four people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters as the owner of short video app TikTok moves to strengthen its next pillar of growth | Positive | HONG Chinas ByteDance is in talks to buy into mobile games publisher CMGE Technology Group Ltd four people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters as the owner of short video app TikTok moves to strengthen its next pillar of growth | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/cmge-tech-grp-m-a-bytedance/bytedance-in-talks-to-buy-stake-in-mobile-games-firm-cmge-sources-idUSKBN28W0FL | 2020-12-22 |
| ByteDance is looking to offer to | Positive | HONG Chinas ByteDance is in talks to buy into mobile games publisher CMGE Technology Group Ltd four people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters as the owner of short video app TikTok moves to strengthen its next pillar of growth | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/cmge-tech-grp-m-a-bytedance/bytedance-in-talks-to-buy-stake-in-mobile-games-firm-cmge-sources-idUSKBN28W0FL | 2020-12-22 |
| A successful transaction could make ByteDance CMGEs single largest shareholder said one of the people | Positive | HONG Chinas ByteDance is in talks to buy into mobile games publisher CMGE Technology Group Ltd four people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters as the owner of short video app TikTok moves to strengthen its next pillar of growth | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/cmge-tech-grp-m-a-bytedance/bytedance-in-talks-to-buy-stake-in-mobile-games-firm-cmge-sources-idUSKBN28W0FL | 2020-12-22 |
| 14 order directed ByteDance to divest TikTok | Negative | ByteDance was last valued at billion after an October 2018 funding round that included Japans SoftBank Group KKR and General Atlantic | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-tiktok-breakingviews/breakingviews-bytedance-ends-discordant-2020-on-a-high-note-idUSKBN28P05I | 2020-12-15 |
| ByteDance was last valued at billion after an October 2018 funding round that included Japans SoftBank Group KKR and General Atlantic | Positive | ByteDance was last valued at billion after an October 2018 funding round that included Japans SoftBank Group KKR and General Atlantic | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-tiktok-breakingviews/breakingviews-bytedance-ends-discordant-2020-on-a-high-note-idUSKBN28P05I | 2020-12-15 |
| On Friday the Trump administration declined to grant ByteDance a new extension of Trumps August order requiring it to divest TikToks U.S. assets but talks will continue Reuters reported | Negative | WASHINGTON A second U.S. judge late on Monday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Commerce Department from imposing restrictions on Chineseowned short video sharing app TikTok that would have effectively barred its use in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-tiktok/second-u-s-judge-blocks-commerce-restrictions-on-tiktok-idUSKBN28H30G | 2020-12-08 |
| The Treasury Department said late on Friday the government is engaging with ByteDance to complete the divestment and other steps necessary to resolve the national security risks | Neutral | WASHINGTON A second U.S. judge late on Monday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Commerce Department from imposing restrictions on Chineseowned short video sharing app TikTok that would have effectively barred its use in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-tiktok/second-u-s-judge-blocks-commerce-restrictions-on-tiktok-idUSKBN28H30G | 2020-12-08 |
| YORK The Trump administration on Friday opted not to grant ByteDance a new extension of an order requiring the Chinese company to divest TikToks U.S. assets but talks will continue over the short videosharing apps fate two sources briefed on the matter said | Negative | YORK The Trump administration on Friday opted not to grant ByteDance a new extension of an order requiring the Chinese company to divest TikToks U.S. assets but talks will continue over the short videosharing apps fate two sources briefed on the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-exclusive/u-s-not-extending-tiktok-divestiture-deadline-but-talks-will-continue-sources-idUSKBN28F00V | 2020-12-05 |
| Another Chinese tech giant TikTok owner ByteDance has also internally looked at the possibility of acquiring a controlling stake in iQIYI three sources said | Positive | HONG Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd have each held separate talks with Baidu Inc to acquire a controlling stake in video streaming service iQIYI Inc people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-baidu-m-a-iqiyi-exclusive/exclusive-alibaba-tencent-put-talks-to-buy-iqiyi-stake-on-hold-due-to-price-regulatory-concerns-sources-idUSKBN2870SI | 2020-11-28 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Wednesday granted ByteDance a new sevenday extension of an order directing the Chinese company to sell its TikTok short videosharing app according to a court filing | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Wednesday granted ByteDance a new sevenday extension of an order directing the Chinese company to sell its TikTok short videosharing app according to a court filing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok/u-s-grants-bytedance-new-seven-day-extension-of-tiktok-sale-order-filing-idUSKBN285324 | 2020-11-26 |
| ByteDance has made a new proposal aimed at addressing the U.S. governments concerns said a person briefed on the matter who declined to detail that proposal | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Wednesday granted ByteDance a new sevenday extension of an order directing the Chinese company to sell its TikTok short videosharing app according to a court filing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok/u-s-grants-bytedance-new-seven-day-extension-of-tiktok-sale-order-filing-idUSKBN285324 | 2020-11-26 |
| Snap Inc on Monday rolled out a feature that would allow users to share shortform videos publicly in its Snapchat app adding a service that would compete with ByteDanceowned TikTok and Instagram Reels | Positive | Snap Inc on Monday rolled out a feature that would allow users to share shortform videos publicly in its Snapchat app adding a service that would compete with ByteDanceowned TikTok and Instagram Reels | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-snap-spotlight/snapchat-launches-tiktok-like-feature-spotlight-idUSKBN28326Y | 2020-11-24 |
| 14 divestiture order that directed ByteDance to sell TikTok by Thursday | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said it had appealed a Pennsylvania judges Oct | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok/u-s-government-appeals-order-blocking-tiktok-ban-from-taking-effect-idUSKBN27S370 | 2020-11-13 |
| The Commerce Departments August order would have barred transactions with TikTok which its owner ByteDance had warned would effectively prohibit TikToks use in the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department said it had appealed a Pennsylvania judges Oct | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok/u-s-government-appeals-order-blocking-tiktok-ban-from-taking-effect-idUSKBN27S370 | 2020-11-13 |
| NEW ByteDance the Chinese parent company of videosharing app TikTok filed a petition late on Tuesday with a U.S. Appeals Court challenging a Trump administration order set to take effect on Thursday requiring it to divest TikTok | Negative | NEW ByteDance the Chinese parent company of videosharing app TikTok filed a petition late on Tuesday with a U.S. Appeals Court challenging a Trump administration order set to take effect on Thursday requiring it to divest TikTok | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok/chinas-bytedance-challenges-trumps-tiktok-divestiture-order-idUSKBN27R02L | 2020-11-11 |
| The order was based on a government review of ByteDances 2017 acquisition of U.S. social media app Musical | Neutral | NEW ByteDance the Chinese parent company of videosharing app TikTok filed a petition late on Tuesday with a U.S. Appeals Court challenging a Trump administration order set to take effect on Thursday requiring it to divest TikTok | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok/chinas-bytedance-challenges-trumps-tiktok-divestiture-order-idUSKBN27R02L | 2020-11-11 |
| ByteDance and Tiktok said in the court filing they have not agreed to contribute to such a fund | Negative | NEW ByteDance the Chinese parent company of videosharing app TikTok filed a petition late on Tuesday with a U.S. Appeals Court challenging a Trump administration order set to take effect on Thursday requiring it to divest TikTok | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok/chinas-bytedance-challenges-trumps-tiktok-divestiture-order-idUSKBN27R02L | 2020-11-11 |
| ByteDance and Sequoia Capital did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | TikTokowner ByteDance is in early talks to raise a new round of financing that will value it at billion after the investment according to two people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-fundraising/tiktok-owner-bytedance-in-fundraising-talks-that-will-value-it-at-180-billion-sources-idUSKBN27L1UW | 2020-11-06 |
| ByteDance is currently settling details in areas like personnel such as which staff members will join the new TikTok entity one of the sources said | Positive | TikTokowner ByteDance is in early talks to raise a new round of financing that will value it at billion after the investment according to two people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-fundraising/tiktok-owner-bytedance-in-fundraising-talks-that-will-value-it-at-180-billion-sources-idUSKBN27L1UW | 2020-11-06 |
| TikTokowner ByteDance is in early talks to raise a new round of financing that will value it at billion after the investment according to two people familiar with the matter | Positive | TikTokowner ByteDance is in early talks to raise a new round of financing that will value it at billion after the investment according to two people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-fundraising/tiktok-owner-bytedance-in-fundraising-talks-that-will-value-it-at-180-billion-sources-idUSKBN27L1UW | 2020-11-06 |
| ByteDance has been exploring both scenarios Reuters reported last month and in July | Neutral | TikTokowner ByteDance is in early talks to raise a new round of financing that will value it at billion after the investment according to two people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-fundraising/tiktok-owner-bytedance-in-fundraising-talks-that-will-value-it-at-180-billion-sources-idUSKBN27L1UW | 2020-11-06 |
| Other tech players like Douyin the Chinese version of ByteDances TikTok JD.com and Pinduoduo are rolling out their own campaigns some larger than others | Positive | SHANGHAI Chinas Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will kick off its megashopping extravaganza Singles early this year a move that will likely see a big jump in its sales as the easing of the countrys COVID19 pandemic drives an economic rebound | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-singles-day-alibaba/alibaba-to-kick-off-chinas-first-post-pandemic-singles-day-early-idUSKBN27F101 | 2020-10-31 |
| Dali meaning forceful in Chinese will host all the education business of ByteDance and already has 10000 employees Dali Chief Executive Chen Lin told a press conference in Beijing | Positive | BEIJING Beijingbased ByteDance announced a standalone education technology brand Dali for the Chinese market on Thursday becoming another major tech player looking to capitalise on the sectors boom driven by the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-education/tiktok-owner-bytedance-launches-education-technology-brand-dali-for-china-idUSKBN27E1MT | 2020-10-30 |
| BEIJING Beijingbased ByteDance announced a standalone education technology brand Dali for the Chinese market on Thursday becoming another major tech player looking to capitalise on the sectors boom driven by the COVID19 pandemic | Positive | BEIJING Beijingbased ByteDance announced a standalone education technology brand Dali for the Chinese market on Thursday becoming another major tech player looking to capitalise on the sectors boom driven by the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-education/tiktok-owner-bytedance-launches-education-technology-brand-dali-for-china-idUSKBN27E1MT | 2020-10-30 |
| BEIJING TikTokowner ByteDance is in discussions internally and with investment banks to list its Chinese short video app Douyin in Hong Kong according to two people familiar with the situation | Positive | BEIJING TikTokowner ByteDance is in discussions internally and with investment banks to list its Chinese short video app Douyin in Hong Kong according to two people familiar with the situation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-china-bytedance-douyin/bytedance-in-early-talks-to-list-chinese-short-video-app-douyin-in-hong-kong-sources-idUSKBN27B0GB | 2020-10-26 |
| A ByteDance spokeswoman declined to comment on behalf of the company and Douyin | Negative | BEIJING TikTokowner ByteDance is in discussions internally and with investment banks to list its Chinese short video app Douyin in Hong Kong according to two people familiar with the situation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-china-bytedance-douyin/bytedance-in-early-talks-to-list-chinese-short-video-app-douyin-in-hong-kong-sources-idUSKBN27B0GB | 2020-10-26 |
| ByteDances other Chinese operations include news aggregator Jinri Toutiao work collaboration tool Feishu and videostreaming app Xigua | Positive | BEIJING TikTokowner ByteDance is in discussions internally and with investment banks to list its Chinese short video app Douyin in Hong Kong according to two people familiar with the situation | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-china-bytedance-douyin/bytedance-in-early-talks-to-list-chinese-short-video-app-douyin-in-hong-kong-sources-idUSKBN27B0GB | 2020-10-26 |
| All three people said Didi has now opted to consider Hong Kong amid deteriorating U.S.China relations that have left tech firms like TikTok owner ByteDance in the crosshairs they said | Negative | HONG KONG Chinas top ridehailing firm Didi Chuxing is considering Hong Kong for a multibilliondollar initial public offering next year people with knowledge of the matter said rethinking previous aims to list in New York amid rising SinoU.S. tension | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-didi-ipo-exclusive/exclusive-didi-considers-2021-hong-kong-ipo-targets-valuation-of-more-than-60-billion-sources-say-idUSKBN2750H9 | 2020-10-20 |
| The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority last week blocked access to TikTok which is owned by Chinabased ByteDance citing unspecified public complaints about immoral and indecent | Negative | ISLAMABAD A mixed martial arts specialist is challenging a Pakistani ban on TikTok the video sharing app on which he was pinning his hopes of gaining a mass audience and helping people get fit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-pakistan-tiktok-ban/kickboxer-throws-down-challenge-to-pakistans-tiktok-ban-idUSKBN27022W | 2020-10-16 |
| ByteDance has also said any deal will need to be approved by China | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday agreed to fasttrack a Justice Department appeal of a ruling blocking the government from banning new TikTok downloads from U.S. app stores | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-ban-appeal/u-s-court-agrees-to-expedite-government-tiktok-app-store-ban-appeal-idUSKBN26Z2LM | 2020-10-15 |
| ByteDance however said it was not engaged in such discussions | Neutral | Triller Inc a budding competitor to popular shortvideo app TikTok is in discussions with blankcheck acquisition companies about a merger which would take the U.S. social media company public according to people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-triller-m-a-exclusive/exclusive-tiktok-rival-triller-explores-deal-to-go-public-sources-idUSKBN26W0V5 | 2020-10-13 |
| SHANGHAI ByteDance has applied for a tech export licence in China as it races to seal a deal with Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc that it hopes will end U.S. government plans to ban its TikTok videostreaming app on security grounds | Positive | SHANGHAI ByteDance has applied for a tech export licence in China as it races to seal a deal with Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc that it hopes will end U.S. government plans to ban its TikTok videostreaming app on security grounds | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance/bytedance-applies-for-tech-export-licence-in-china-amid-tiktok-deal-talks-idUSKCN26E3OE | 2020-09-24 |
| ByteDance said it will establish a U.S. subsidiary called TikTok Global of which it will own | Positive | SHANGHAI ByteDance has applied for a tech export licence in China as it races to seal a deal with Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc that it hopes will end U.S. government plans to ban its TikTok videostreaming app on security grounds | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance/bytedance-applies-for-tech-export-licence-in-china-amid-tiktok-deal-talks-idUSKCN26E3OE | 2020-09-24 |
| ByteDance has said it will establish a U.S. subsidiary called TikTok Global of which it will own | Positive | SHANGHAI China has no reason to approve the dirty and deal based on bullying and that Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc said they struck with ByteDance the statebacked Englishlanguage China Daily newspaper said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-china/china-has-no-reason-to-approve-dirty-tiktok-deal-china-daily-idUSKCN26E048 | 2020-09-23 |
| SHANGHAI China has no reason to approve the dirty and deal based on bullying and that Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc said they struck with ByteDance the statebacked Englishlanguage China Daily newspaper said on Wednesday | Negative | SHANGHAI China has no reason to approve the dirty and deal based on bullying and that Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc said they struck with ByteDance the statebacked Englishlanguage China Daily newspaper said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-china/china-has-no-reason-to-approve-dirty-tiktok-deal-china-daily-idUSKCN26E048 | 2020-09-23 |
| NEW ByteDance and Oracle Corp issued conflicting statements on Monday over the terms of an agreement they reached with the White House over the weekend to allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States casting doubt on President Donald Trumps preliminary blessing of the deal | Negative | NEW ByteDance and Oracle Corp issued conflicting statements on Monday over the terms of an agreement they reached with the White House over the weekend to allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States casting doubt on President Donald Trumps preliminary blessing of the deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-bytedance/bytedance-oracle-at-loggerheads-over-terms-of-tiktok-agreement-idUSKCN26C021 | 2020-09-22 |
| ByteDance TikTok Oracle and Walmart did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the report | Neutral | ByteDance TikTok Oracle and Walmart did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the report | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-valuation/chinas-bytedance-seeks-60-billion-tiktok-valuation-in-u-s-deal-bloomberg-news-idUSKCN26B0AY | 2020-09-21 |
| ByteDance was racing to avoid a crackdown on TikTok after the U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday that it would block new downloads and updates to the app from Sunday | Negative | ByteDance TikTok Oracle and Walmart did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the report | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-valuation/chinas-bytedance-seeks-60-billion-tiktok-valuation-in-u-s-deal-bloomberg-news-idUSKCN26B0AY | 2020-09-21 |
| YORK U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he supported a deal in principle that would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States even as it appeared to conflict with his earlier order for Chinas ByteDance to divest the video app | Positive | YORK U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he supported a deal in principle that would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States even as it appeared to conflict with his earlier order for Chinas ByteDance to divest the video app | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-china-tiktok/chinas-bytedance-gets-trump-nod-to-avoid-tiktok-shutdown-idUSKCN26A0ZU | 2020-09-20 |
| 14 giving ByteDance 90 days to sell TikTok | Neutral | YORK U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he supported a deal in principle that would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States even as it appeared to conflict with his earlier order for Chinas ByteDance to divest the video app | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-china-tiktok/chinas-bytedance-gets-trump-nod-to-avoid-tiktok-shutdown-idUSKCN26A0ZU | 2020-09-20 |
| Beijingbased ByteDance did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | YORK U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he supported a deal in principle that would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States even as it appeared to conflict with his earlier order for Chinas ByteDance to divest the video app | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-china-tiktok/chinas-bytedance-gets-trump-nod-to-avoid-tiktok-shutdown-idUSKCN26A0ZU | 2020-09-20 |
| The ban was being introduced for political reasons TikTok and ByteDance alleged in their complaint | Negative | Popular videosharing app TikTok has asked a U.S. judge to block the Trump administration from enforcing a ban on the Chinese social media network according to court documents filed late on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-lawsuit/tiktok-files-complaint-against-trump-administration-to-try-to-block-u-s-ban-idUSKBN26A0DP | 2020-09-20 |
| Both ByteDance and TikTok are seeking a judgment and an order invalidating and preliminarily and permanently enjoining the Prohibitions and the August 6 according to the complaint | Negative | Popular videosharing app TikTok has asked a U.S. judge to block the Trump administration from enforcing a ban on the Chinese social media network according to court documents filed late on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-lawsuit/tiktok-files-complaint-against-trump-administration-to-try-to-block-u-s-ban-idUSKBN26A0DP | 2020-09-20 |
| On Wednesday he reiterated he was opposed to ByteDance retaining majority ownership of TikTok | Negative | Chinas ByteDance is planning a U.S. initial public offering of TikTok Global the new company that will operate the popular short video app should its proposed deal be cleared by the U.S. government people familiar with the matter said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-china/bytedance-plans-tiktok-ipo-to-win-u-s-deal-as-deadline-looms-sources-idUSKBN2682NL | 2020-09-18 |
| ByteDance and Oracle did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK Chinas ByteDance is planning a U.S. initial public offering of TikTok Global the new company that will operate the popular short video app should their proposed deal be cleared by the White House people familiar with the matter said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-tiktok-ipo/bytedance-plans-tiktok-ipo-if-u-s-clears-deal-sources-idUSKBN2682ZA | 2020-09-18 |
| BEIJING China will need to approve ByteDances proposed deal with Oracle Corp for its TikTok app the Chinese company said on Thursday indicating how its bid to stave off a ban in the United States could be further complicated | Positive | BEIJING China will need to approve ByteDances proposed deal with Oracle Corp for its TikTok app the Chinese company said on Thursday indicating how its bid to stave off a ban in the United States could be further complicated | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-proposal/bytedance-says-china-will-have-to-approve-its-u-s-tiktok-deal-idUSKBN2680PV | 2020-09-18 |
| ByteDance declined to comment when asked about this by Reuters | Negative | BEIJING China will need to approve ByteDances proposed deal with Oracle Corp for its TikTok app the Chinese company said on Thursday indicating how its bid to stave off a ban in the United States could be further complicated | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-proposal/bytedance-says-china-will-have-to-approve-its-u-s-tiktok-deal-idUSKBN2680PV | 2020-09-18 |
| Reuters has reported that the Oracle deal would not require ByteDance to apply to Chinese authorities for an export licence for TikToks algorithm | Positive | BEIJING China will need to approve ByteDances proposed deal with Oracle Corp for its TikTok app the Chinese company said on Thursday indicating how its bid to stave off a ban in the United States could be further complicated | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-proposal/bytedance-says-china-will-have-to-approve-its-u-s-tiktok-deal-idUSKBN2680PV | 2020-09-18 |
| Chinas ByteDance is planning a U.S. initial public offering of TikTok Global the new company that will operate the popular short video app should its proposed deal be cleared by the U.S. government people familiar with the matter said on Thursday | Positive | Chinas ByteDance is planning a U.S. initial public offering of TikTok Global the new company that will operate the popular short video app should its proposed deal be cleared by the U.S. government people familiar with the matter said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-china/bytedance-plans-tiktok-ipo-to-win-u-s-deal-as-deadline-looms-sources-idUSKBN2682NL | 2020-09-18 |
| NEW YORK Chinas ByteDance is planning a U.S. initial public offering of TikTok Global the new company that will operate the popular short video app should their proposed deal be cleared by the White House people familiar with the matter said on Thursday | Positive | NEW YORK Chinas ByteDance is planning a U.S. initial public offering of TikTok Global the new company that will operate the popular short video app should their proposed deal be cleared by the White House people familiar with the matter said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-tiktok-ipo/bytedance-plans-tiktok-ipo-if-u-s-clears-deal-sources-idUSKBN2682ZA | 2020-09-18 |
| NEW YORK Chinas ByteDance faces an uphill struggle to convince the White House to allow it to keep majority ownership of its popular short video app TikTok in the United States according to former national security officials and regulatory lawyers | Negative | NEW YORK Chinas ByteDance faces an uphill struggle to convince the White House to allow it to keep majority ownership of its popular short video app TikTok in the United States according to former national security officials and regulatory lawyers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-cfius-analysis/bytedances-bid-to-keep-most-of-tiktok-faces-major-hurdles-idUSKBN2680KL | 2020-09-17 |
| ByteDance the White House and the Treasury did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK Chinas ByteDance faces an uphill struggle to convince the White House to allow it to keep majority ownership of its popular short video app TikTok in the United States according to former national security officials and regulatory lawyers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-cfius-analysis/bytedances-bid-to-keep-most-of-tiktok-faces-major-hurdles-idUSKBN2680KL | 2020-09-17 |
| ByteDance is also considering listing its domestic business in Hong Kong or Shanghai Reuters reported in July before the United States moved to bar U.S. firms from dealing with it | Negative | HONG KONG Chinese online short video startup Kuaishou aims to raise up to billion in a Hong Kong initial public offering as early as January people with direct knowledge of the matter said gearing up for the citys latest multibilliondollar tech float | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-kuaishou-ipo/bytedance-rival-kuaishou-aims-to-raise-up-to-5-billion-in-hk-ipo-sources-idUSKBN2680F7 | 2020-09-17 |
| Mnuchin who chairs CFIUS and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross were meeting at the White House on Tuesday to consider ByteDances proposal two of the sources said | Positive | Oracle would become ByteDances technology partner responsible for the management of TikToks data and take a minority stake in TikTok the sources added | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-trump/trump-says-oracle-close-to-tiktok-deal-as-bytedance-aims-for-majority-ownership-idUSKBN26637C | 2020-09-16 |
| Oracle would become ByteDances technology partner responsible for the management of TikToks data and take a minority stake in TikTok the sources added | Positive | Oracle would become ByteDances technology partner responsible for the management of TikToks data and take a minority stake in TikTok the sources added | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-trump/trump-says-oracle-close-to-tiktok-deal-as-bytedance-aims-for-majority-ownership-idUSKBN26637C | 2020-09-16 |
| 14 calling on ByteDance to divest TikTok in the United States | Negative | Oracle would become ByteDances technology partner responsible for the management of TikToks data and take a minority stake in TikTok the sources added | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-trump/trump-says-oracle-close-to-tiktok-deal-as-bytedance-aims-for-majority-ownership-idUSKBN26637C | 2020-09-16 |
| The proposed deal with Oracle would not require ByteDance to apply to Chinese authorities for an export license for TikToks | Positive | Oracle would become ByteDances technology partner responsible for the management of TikToks data and take a minority stake in TikTok the sources added | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-trump/trump-says-oracle-close-to-tiktok-deal-as-bytedance-aims-for-majority-ownership-idUSKBN26637C | 2020-09-16 |
| 20 if ByteDance does not comply with a sale | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers of both major parties voiced skepticism about a proposed deal between Oracle and Chinas Bytedance that appears to stop short of a full sale of Bytedances popular social media app TikTok to a U.S. firm as demanded by President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-tiktok-oracle-lawmakers/u-s-lawmakers-raise-questions-about-proposed-bytedance-oracle-deal-idUSKBN266338 | 2020-09-16 |
| Oracle Corps deal to be a technology provider to ByteDances TikTok will be announced on Tuesday afternoon CNBC reported on Tuesday citing sources | Positive | Oracle Corps deal to be a technology provider to ByteDances TikTok will be announced on Tuesday afternoon CNBC reported on Tuesday citing sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-oracle/oracle-tiktok-deal-to-get-trump-approval-on-tuesday-cnbc-idUSKBN2662DF | 2020-09-16 |
| I want specific ironclad commitments on how Oracle ByteDance will guarantee users privacy cyber security freedom of he tweeted | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers of both major parties voiced skepticism about a proposed deal between Oracle and Chinas Bytedance that appears to stop short of a full sale of Bytedances popular social media app TikTok to a U.S. firm as demanded by President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-tiktok-oracle-lawmakers/u-s-lawmakers-raise-questions-about-proposed-bytedance-oracle-deal-idUSKBN266338 | 2020-09-16 |
| Douyins surge comes as TikTok faces a possible ban in the United States by the Trump administration which wants ByteDance to sell TikToks U.S. operations | Negative | BEIJING Douyin the Chinese version of short video app TikTok hit 600 million daily active users in August an executive with parent company ByteDance said on Tuesday a jump since the start of the year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance/bytedances-chinese-version-of-tiktok-hits-600-million-daily-users-idUSKBN2660P4 | 2020-09-15 |
| U.S.listed Oracle Corp said on Monday it would team up with ByteDance which could help keep TikTok operating in the United States | Positive | BEIJING Douyin the Chinese version of short video app TikTok hit 600 million daily active users in August an executive with parent company ByteDance said on Tuesday a jump since the start of the year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance/bytedances-chinese-version-of-tiktok-hits-600-million-daily-users-idUSKBN2660P4 | 2020-09-15 |
| The bulk of ByteDances revenue is still generated in China sources have told Reuters mainly from ad income on Douyin and its Chinese news aggregator Jinri Toutiao | Positive | BEIJING Douyin the Chinese version of short video app TikTok hit 600 million daily active users in August an executive with parent company ByteDance said on Tuesday a jump since the start of the year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance/bytedances-chinese-version-of-tiktok-hits-600-million-daily-users-idUSKBN2660P4 | 2020-09-15 |
| The proposed deal with Oracle would not require ByteDance to apply to Chinese authorities for an export license for TikToks algorithm the sources said | Positive | Oracle declined to comment and pointed to its statement earlier on Monday that confirmed its participation in the proposed deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-deal-insight/how-bytedances-ceo-balked-at-selling-tiktoks-u-s-business-idUSKBN2660LK | 2020-09-15 |
| ByteDance and Oracle did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | Some of ByteDances top backers including investment firms General Atlantic and Sequoia will also be given minority stakes in TikToks U.S. operations under the proposal one of the sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-oracle/bytedance-drops-tiktoks-u-s-sale-to-partner-with-oracle-sources-idUSKBN265000 | 2020-09-14 |
| Earlier on Sunday Microsoft said ByteDance had informed it that it would not be selling it TikToks U.S. operations | Negative | Some of ByteDances top backers including investment firms General Atlantic and Sequoia will also be given minority stakes in TikToks U.S. operations under the proposal one of the sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-oracle/bytedance-drops-tiktoks-u-s-sale-to-partner-with-oracle-sources-idUSKBN265000 | 2020-09-14 |
| Were Trump to agree to ByteDances proposed deal with Oracle he would have to rescind his order calling specifically for TikTok to be divested | Positive | Some of ByteDances top backers including investment firms General Atlantic and Sequoia will also be given minority stakes in TikToks U.S. operations under the proposal one of the sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-oracle/bytedance-drops-tiktoks-u-s-sale-to-partner-with-oracle-sources-idUSKBN265000 | 2020-09-14 |
| ByteDance declined to comment on CGTNs report | Negative | ByteDance declined to comment on CGTNs report | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-cgtn/bytedance-wont-sell-tiktok-u-s-operations-to-oracle-or-microsoft-cgtn-idUSKBN2650MC | 2020-09-14 |
| Some of ByteDances top backers including investment firms General Atlantic and Sequoia will also be given minority stakes in TikToks U.S. operations under the proposal one of the sources said | Positive | Some of ByteDances top backers including investment firms General Atlantic and Sequoia will also be given minority stakes in TikToks U.S. operations under the proposal one of the sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-oracle/bytedance-drops-tiktoks-u-s-sale-to-partner-with-oracle-sources-idUSKBN265000 | 2020-09-14 |
| Within these ByteDance could still push ahead with a sale of TikToks U.S. assets without approval from Chinas commerce ministry by selling them without key algorithms | Negative | Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikToks U.S. operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance and would prefer to see the short video app shut down in the United States three people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-exclusive/exclusive-china-would-rather-see-tiktok-u-s-close-than-a-forced-sale-idUSKBN2622L6 | 2020-09-12 |
| BEIJING President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he does not plan to extend a deadline for ByteDance to sell TikToks U.S. business with the process still mired in uncertainty | Negative | BEIJING President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he does not plan to extend a deadline for ByteDance to sell TikToks U.S. business with the process still mired in uncertainty | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-trump-explainer/explainer-next-steps-in-the-tiktok-diplomatic-dance-idUSKBN2622CB | 2020-09-12 |
| In addition to recommendation algorithms such as those used by ByteDanceowned TikTok the new list of partially restricted includes drone and cybersecurity technology voice recognition software and handwriting scanning software | Negative | SHANGHAI The latest additions to Chinas list of controlled technology exports could upset a broad range of industries and raise the possibility that some global tech giants might have to split off their Chinese operations legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tech-rules/chinas-expanded-export-controls-pose-fresh-challenge-to-global-tech-industry-idUSKBN2620JW | 2020-09-12 |
| ByteDance and its founder Zhang Yiming have been caught in a clash between the worlds two preeminent powers | Neutral | Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikToks U.S. operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance and would prefer to see the short video app shut down in the United States three people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-exclusive/exclusive-china-would-rather-see-tiktok-u-s-close-than-a-forced-sale-idUSKBN2622L6 | 2020-09-12 |
| ByteDance and the potential TikTok buyers have to come up with a deal acceptable to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States an interagency group | Positive | BEIJING President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he does not plan to extend a deadline for ByteDance to sell TikToks U.S. business with the process still mired in uncertainty | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-trump-explainer/explainer-next-steps-in-the-tiktok-diplomatic-dance-idUSKBN2622CB | 2020-09-12 |
| Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikToks U.S. operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance and would prefer to see the short video app shut down in the United States three people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday | Negative | Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikToks U.S. operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance and would prefer to see the short video app shut down in the United States three people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-exclusive/exclusive-china-would-rather-see-tiktok-u-s-close-than-a-forced-sale-idUSKBN2622L6 | 2020-09-12 |
| Trump last month issued two executive orders that require ByteDance to sell TikToks U.S. assets or face being banned in the country where the app is hugely popular among teenagers | Negative | Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikToks U.S. operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance and would prefer to see the short video app shut down in the United States three people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-exclusive/exclusive-china-would-rather-see-tiktok-u-s-close-than-a-forced-sale-idUSKBN2622L6 | 2020-09-12 |
| The Trump administration does not want ByteDance to have any continued interest in TikTok and expects a tech company to be the lead investor in the short video app | Neutral | BEIJING President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he does not plan to extend a deadline for ByteDance to sell TikToks U.S. business with the process still mired in uncertainty | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-trump-explainer/explainer-next-steps-in-the-tiktok-diplomatic-dance-idUSKBN2622CB | 2020-09-12 |
| Trump has given ByteDance a deadline of mid September to finalise a deal | Positive | Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikToks U.S. operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance and would prefer to see the short video app shut down in the United States three people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-exclusive/exclusive-china-would-rather-see-tiktok-u-s-close-than-a-forced-sale-idUSKBN2622L6 | 2020-09-12 |
| TikTok owner ByteDance plans to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore after opting to base its Southeast Asia regional headquarters there a person familiar with the matter said | Positive | TikTok owner ByteDance plans to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore after opting to base its Southeast Asia regional headquarters there a person familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-singapore/tiktok-owner-bytedance-to-invest-billions-in-singapore-over-three-years-source-idUSKBN2620FO | 2020-09-12 |
| The second order did not say what might happen if ByteDance failed to comply | Negative | BEIJING President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he does not plan to extend a deadline for ByteDance to sell TikToks U.S. business with the process still mired in uncertainty | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-trump-explainer/explainer-next-steps-in-the-tiktok-diplomatic-dance-idUSKBN2622CB | 2020-09-12 |
| Reuters has reported that TikToks prospective buyers were discussing four ways to structure an acquisition from ByteDance | Positive | Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikToks U.S. operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance and would prefer to see the short video app shut down in the United States three people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-tiktok-exclusive/exclusive-china-would-rather-see-tiktok-u-s-close-than-a-forced-sale-idUSKBN2622L6 | 2020-09-12 |
| ByteDance decided last year to locate its regional headquarters in Singapore which in recent years has ramped up efforts to attract tech firms and investors the source said | Positive | TikTok owner ByteDance plans to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore after opting to base its Southeast Asia regional headquarters there a person familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-singapore/tiktok-owner-bytedance-to-invest-billions-in-singapore-over-three-years-source-idUSKBN2620FO | 2020-09-12 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Thursday the deadline set for Chinese company ByteDance to sell its popular shortvideo app TikToks U.S. assets would not be extended | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Thursday the deadline set for Chinese company ByteDance to sell its popular shortvideo app TikToks U.S. assets would not be extended | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-trump/trump-says-there-will-be-no-extension-of-tiktok-deadline-idUSKBN2613IL | 2020-09-11 |
| ByteDance did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment | Neutral | ByteDance did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-china/bytedance-may-miss-u-s-deadline-for-tiktok-deal-bloomberg-idUSKBN2611P5 | 2020-09-11 |
| Bloomberg earlier reported that ByteDance was planning to make Singapore its beachhead for the rest of Asia as part of its global expansion | Positive | ByteDance the owner of popular shortvideo app TikTok is planning to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore over the next three years a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-bytedance-singapore/bytedance-to-invest-billions-recruit-hundreds-in-singapore-in-three-years-source-idUSKBN2620FO | 2020-09-11 |
| ByteDance has been looking to pick a buyer so it can finalize a deal by midSeptember and comply with Trumps order to divest TikToks assets | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Thursday the deadline set for Chinese company ByteDance to sell its popular shortvideo app TikToks U.S. assets would not be extended | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-trump/trump-says-there-will-be-no-extension-of-tiktok-deadline-idUSKBN2613IL | 2020-09-11 |
| Earlier this month Reuters reported that TikToks prospective buyers were discussing four ways to structure an acquisition from ByteDance which include buying the apps U.S. operations without key software | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Thursday the deadline set for Chinese company ByteDance to sell its popular shortvideo app TikToks U.S. assets would not be extended | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-trump/trump-says-there-will-be-no-extension-of-tiktok-deadline-idUSKBN2613IL | 2020-09-11 |
| ByteDance the owner of popular shortvideo app TikTok is planning to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore over the next three years a person familiar with the matter told Reuters | Positive | ByteDance the owner of popular shortvideo app TikTok is planning to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore over the next three years a person familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-singapore/bytedance-to-invest-billions-recruit-hundreds-in-singapore-in-three-years-source-idUSKBN2620FO | 2020-09-11 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the deadline set for Chinese company ByteDance to sell its popular shortvideo app TikToks U.S. assets would not be extended | Negative | SSEC 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/shanghai-shares-set-for-biggest-weekly-drop-in-eight-on-sino-u-s-tensions-idUSL4N2G814A | 2020-09-11 |
| ByteDance declined to comment when contacted by Reuters | Negative | ByteDance the owner of popular shortvideo app TikTok is planning to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore over the next three years a person familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-singapore/bytedance-to-invest-billions-recruit-hundreds-in-singapore-in-three-years-source-idUSKBN2620FO | 2020-09-11 |
| ByteDance the owner of popular shortvideo app TikTok is planning to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore over the next three years a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday | Positive | ByteDance the owner of popular shortvideo app TikTok is planning to invest billions of dollars and recruit hundreds of employees in Singapore over the next three years a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-bytedance-singapore/bytedance-to-invest-billions-recruit-hundreds-in-singapore-in-three-years-source-idUSKBN2620FO | 2020-09-11 |
| ByteDance has said the Chinese government does not have any jurisdiction over TikTok content | Positive | TikTok owner ByteDance said on Tuesday it would hand out cash bonuses to employees working to help it overcome challenges posed by the COVID19 pandemic and changing macro | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-bonuses/bytedance-to-hand-out-cash-bonuses-to-staff-amid-u-s-pressure-on-tiktok-idUSKBN25Z0MM | 2020-09-08 |
| ByteDance founder and CEO Zhang Yiming said in an earlier letter that the staff had been working endless amid the surrounding | Neutral | TikTok owner ByteDance said on Tuesday it would hand out cash bonuses to employees working to help it overcome challenges posed by the COVID19 pandemic and changing macro | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-bonuses/bytedance-to-hand-out-cash-bonuses-to-staff-amid-u-s-pressure-on-tiktok-idUSKBN25Z0MM | 2020-09-08 |
| TikTok owner ByteDance said on Tuesday it would hand out cash bonuses to employees working to help it overcome challenges posed by the COVID19 pandemic and changing macro | Positive | TikTok owner ByteDance said on Tuesday it would hand out cash bonuses to employees working to help it overcome challenges posed by the COVID19 pandemic and changing macro | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-bonuses/bytedance-to-hand-out-cash-bonuses-to-staff-amid-u-s-pressure-on-tiktok-idUSKBN25Z0MM | 2020-09-08 |
| It has blocked U.S. exports to Huawei and plans to ban TikTok in the United States this month unless ByteDance sells TikToks U.S. operations | Negative | China announced an initiative on Tuesday to establish global standards on data security saying it wanted to promote multilateralism in the area at a time when individual were others and companies | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-security-data/china-unveils-global-data-security-initiative-says-some-countries-bullying-others-idUSKBN25Z06L | 2020-09-08 |
| ByteDance has said it has over 60000 employees globally | Neutral | TikTok owner ByteDance said on Tuesday it would hand out cash bonuses to employees working to help it overcome challenges posed by the COVID19 pandemic and changing macro | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-bonuses/bytedance-to-hand-out-cash-bonuses-to-staff-amid-u-s-pressure-on-tiktok-idUSKBN25Z0MM | 2020-09-08 |
| ByteDance confirmed the letter but did not provide details | Negative | TikTok owner ByteDance said on Tuesday it would hand out cash bonuses to employees working to help it overcome challenges posed by the COVID19 pandemic and changing macro | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-bonuses/bytedance-to-hand-out-cash-bonuses-to-staff-amid-u-s-pressure-on-tiktok-idUSKBN25Z0MM | 2020-09-08 |
| ByteDance might fare better if it can share some interests with its competitors in the he added | Positive | KONG ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has long positioned himself as a global internet entrepreneur largely eschewing Chinese government involvement but U.S. demands to sell his crown jewel TikTok are testing the boundaries with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-insight/tiktok-troubles-narrow-gap-between-beijing-and-bytedance-founder-zhang-yiming-idUSKBN25W0EM | 2020-09-06 |
| KONG ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has long positioned himself as a global internet entrepreneur largely eschewing Chinese government involvement but U.S. demands to sell his crown jewel TikTok are testing the boundaries with Beijing | Negative | KONG ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has long positioned himself as a global internet entrepreneur largely eschewing Chinese government involvement but U.S. demands to sell his crown jewel TikTok are testing the boundaries with Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-insight/tiktok-troubles-narrow-gap-between-beijing-and-bytedance-founder-zhang-yiming-idUSKBN25W0EM | 2020-09-06 |
| BEIJING Chinas new tech export rules do not target any specific company the commerce ministry said on Thursday when asked if the new rules mean ByteDances sale of TikToks U.S. operations could require Beijings approval | Positive | BEIJING Chinas new tech export rules do not target any specific company the commerce ministry said on Thursday when asked if the new rules mean ByteDances sale of TikToks U.S. operations could require Beijings approval | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-china/china-says-its-new-tech-export-rules-do-not-target-any-specific-company-idUSKBN25U0Z8 | 2020-09-04 |
| ByteDance has been ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump to divest TikToks operations in the country amid security concerns over the personal data it handles | Negative | TikTok launched a marketing program on Thursday to attract more advertisers with tools to measure the success of ad campaigns that run on its popular short video app | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tiktok-advertisers/tiktok-launches-marketing-program-for-advertisers-idUSKBN25U2EG | 2020-09-04 |
| ByteDance and the bidders for the TikTok assets are now discussing four ways to structure the deal the sources who requested anonymity told Reuters | Positive | TikToks prospective buyers are discussing four ways to structure an acquisition from its Chinese owner ByteDance which include buying the apps U.S. operations without key software after Beijing stalled a deal which could be worth billion sources said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-exclusive/exclusive-aspiring-tiktok-buyers-pursue-four-options-in-effort-to-revive-talks-idUSKBN25T2IG | 2020-09-03 |
| TikToks prospective buyers are discussing four ways to structure an acquisition from its Chinese owner ByteDance which include buying the apps U.S. operations without key software after Beijing stalled a deal which could be worth billion sources said | Positive | TikToks prospective buyers are discussing four ways to structure an acquisition from its Chinese owner ByteDance which include buying the apps U.S. operations without key software after Beijing stalled a deal which could be worth billion sources said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-exclusive/exclusive-aspiring-tiktok-buyers-pursue-four-options-in-effort-to-revive-talks-idUSKBN25T2IG | 2020-09-03 |
| TikTok is functionally and technically similar to ByteDanceowned Douyin which is available only in China and shares technical resources with it and other ByteDanceowned properties sources have previously said | Positive | TikToks prospective buyers are discussing four ways to structure an acquisition from its Chinese owner ByteDance which include buying the apps U.S. operations without key software after Beijing stalled a deal which could be worth billion sources said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-exclusive/exclusive-aspiring-tiktok-buyers-pursue-four-options-in-effort-to-revive-talks-idUSKBN25T2IG | 2020-09-03 |
| The company has not had any conversations with them and we are unaware of any ByteDance said in a statement | Neutral | NEW YORK Triller Inc executive chairman Bobby Sarnevesht said on Friday that the shortvideo app had made a billion offer with investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd for the assets of rival TikTok that Chinas ByteDance is seeking to a divest | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-centricus/triller-says-made-20-billion-bid-with-centricus-for-tiktok-assets-idUSKBN25O30N | 2020-08-30 |
| ByteDance has been ordered by President Donald Trump to divest TikTok in the United States amid security concerns over the personal data it handles | Negative | NEW YORK Triller Inc executive chairman Bobby Sarnevesht said on Friday that the shortvideo app had made a billion offer with investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd for the assets of rival TikTok that Chinas ByteDance is seeking to a divest | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-centricus/triller-says-made-20-billion-bid-with-centricus-for-tiktok-assets-idUSKBN25O30N | 2020-08-30 |
| Chinas new rules around tech exports mean ByteDances sale of TikToks U.S. operations could need Beijings approval a Chinese trade expert told state media a requirement that would complicate the forced and politically charged divestment | Positive | Chinas new rules around tech exports mean ByteDances sale of TikToks U.S. operations could need Beijings approval a Chinese trade expert told state media a requirement that would complicate the forced and politically charged divestment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-tiktok-china/chinas-new-tech-export-controls-could-give-beijing-a-say-in-tiktok-sale-idUSKBN25Q05Q | 2020-08-30 |
| We submitted an offer directly to the chairman of ByteDance through Centricus and have confirmation it was received and is under consideration by Sarnevesht told Reuters | Positive | NEW YORK Triller Inc executive chairman Bobby Sarnevesht said on Friday that the shortvideo app had made a billion offer with investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd for the assets of rival TikTok that Chinas ByteDance is seeking to a divest | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-centricus/triller-says-made-20-billion-bid-with-centricus-for-tiktok-assets-idUSKBN25O30N | 2020-08-30 |
| If ByteDance plans to export related technologies it should go through the licensing Cui said in an interview with Xinhua published on Saturday | Positive | Chinas new rules around tech exports mean ByteDances sale of TikToks U.S. operations could need Beijings approval a Chinese trade expert told state media a requirement that would complicate the forced and politically charged divestment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-tiktok-china/chinas-new-tech-export-controls-could-give-beijing-a-say-in-tiktok-sale-idUSKBN25Q05Q | 2020-08-30 |
| Sarnevesht said this was because TikTok was not involved in the talks adding that Triller and Centricus were dealing directly with ByteDance chairman Zhang Yiming | Negative | NEW YORK Triller Inc executive chairman Bobby Sarnevesht said on Friday that the shortvideo app had made a billion offer with investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd for the assets of rival TikTok that Chinas ByteDance is seeking to a divest | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-centricus/triller-says-made-20-billion-bid-with-centricus-for-tiktok-assets-idUSKBN25O30N | 2020-08-30 |
| Therefore it is recommended that ByteDance seriously studies the adjusted catalogue and carefully considers whether it is necessary to negotiations on a sale he added | Positive | Chinas new rules around tech exports mean ByteDances sale of TikToks U.S. operations could need Beijings approval a Chinese trade expert told state media a requirement that would complicate the forced and politically charged divestment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-tiktok-china/chinas-new-tech-export-controls-could-give-beijing-a-say-in-tiktok-sale-idUSKBN25Q05Q | 2020-08-30 |
| ByteDance however said it was also unaware of the offer from Triller and Centricus | Positive | NEW YORK Triller Inc executive chairman Bobby Sarnevesht said on Friday that the shortvideo app had made a billion offer with investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd for the assets of rival TikTok that Chinas ByteDance is seeking to a divest | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-centricus/triller-says-made-20-billion-bid-with-centricus-for-tiktok-assets-idUSKBN25O30N | 2020-08-30 |
| ByteDance did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday | Neutral | Chinas new rules around tech exports mean ByteDances sale of TikToks U.S. operations could need Beijings approval a Chinese trade expert told state media a requirement that would complicate the forced and politically charged divestment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-tiktok-china/chinas-new-tech-export-controls-could-give-beijing-a-say-in-tiktok-sale-idUSKBN25Q05Q | 2020-08-30 |
| NEW YORK Triller Inc executive chairman Bobby Sarnevesht said on Friday that the shortvideo app had made a billion offer with investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd for the assets of rival TikTok that Chinas ByteDance is seeking to a divest | Positive | NEW YORK Triller Inc executive chairman Bobby Sarnevesht said on Friday that the shortvideo app had made a billion offer with investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd for the assets of rival TikTok that Chinas ByteDance is seeking to a divest | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-centricus/triller-says-made-20-billion-bid-with-centricus-for-tiktok-assets-idUSKBN25O30N | 2020-08-30 |
| Walmart Inc announced it was joining Microsoft Corp in its bid for TikToks U.S. assets from Chinese owner ByteDance | Positive | NEW YORK Wall Street advanced on Friday with technology stocks driving the 500 to its sixth record closing high since confirming a bull market on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/tech-powers-sp-500-to-record-closing-high-dow-now-positive-for-the-year-idUSKBN25O1JT | 2020-08-29 |
| TikTok owner ByteDance aims to ink a deal by Sept | Positive | NEW YORK Walmart Inc could turn into an online advertising leader if its plan to acquire popular shortform video app TikTok goes through analysts said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-walmart-tiktok-advertising-analysis/walmart-ad-revenue-could-quickly-jump-if-tiktok-bid-succeeds-idUSKBN25O2U5 | 2020-08-29 |
| NEW YORK Investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd and social media app Triller Inc have not submitted an offer for the TikTok assets that Chinas ByteDance is seeking to a divest a spokesman for the short video app said on Friday | Negative | NEW YORK Investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd and social media app Triller Inc have not submitted an offer for the TikTok assets that Chinas ByteDance is seeking to a divest a spokesman for the short video app said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-centricus/tiktok-says-it-has-not-received-a-bid-from-centricus-and-triller-idUSKBN25O30N | 2020-08-29 |
| ByteDance is expected to pick a bidder to enter into exclusive talks soon | Positive | NEW YORK Investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd and social media app Triller Inc have not submitted an offer for the TikTok assets that Chinas ByteDance is seeking to a divest a spokesman for the short video app said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-centricus/tiktok-says-it-has-not-received-a-bid-from-centricus-and-triller-idUSKBN25O30N | 2020-08-29 |
| ByteDance has been in talks to sell TikToks North American Australian and New Zealand operations which could be worth billion to billion people with knowledge of the matter have said | Positive | Walmart Inc said it was joining Microsoft in a bid for social media company TikToks U.S. assets revealing its plans hours after the video companys chief executive said he would step down | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-ceo/walmart-joins-microsoft-bid-for-tiktok-as-ceo-of-social-media-app-quits-idUSKBN25N0DV | 2020-08-28 |
| ByteDance has been in talks to sell TikToks North American Australian and New Zealand operations which could be worth billion to billion since the beginning of this month | Positive | Chinas ByteDance told engineers of its popular shortvideo app TikTok this week to make contingencies should it need to shut down its U.S. operations even as it works toward divesting them people familiar with the matter said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-shutdown-exclusive/exclusive-bytedance-asks-tiktok-to-draw-up-u-s-shutdown-contingencies-sources-idUSKBN25N2ZS | 2020-08-28 |
| TechCrunch reported earlier this month that ByteDance was in talks with Indias Reliance for investment in TikTok | Positive | Walmart Inc said it was joining Microsoft in a bid for social media company TikToks U.S. assets revealing its plans hours after the video companys chief executive said he would step down | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-ceo/walmart-joins-microsoft-bid-for-tiktok-as-ceo-of-social-media-app-quits-idUSKBN25N0DV | 2020-08-28 |
| Chinas ByteDance told engineers of its popular shortvideo app TikTok this week to make contingencies should it need to shut down its U.S. operations even as it works toward divesting them people familiar with the matter said on Thursday | Positive | Chinas ByteDance told engineers of its popular shortvideo app TikTok this week to make contingencies should it need to shut down its U.S. operations even as it works toward divesting them people familiar with the matter said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-shutdown-exclusive/exclusive-bytedance-asks-tiktok-to-draw-up-u-s-shutdown-contingencies-sources-idUSKBN25N2ZS | 2020-08-28 |
| ByteDance told TikTok engineers in a memo this week to draw up plans for shutting down the app in the United States the sources said | Negative | Chinas ByteDance told engineers of its popular shortvideo app TikTok this week to make contingencies should it need to shut down its U.S. operations even as it works toward divesting them people familiar with the matter said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-shutdown-exclusive/exclusive-bytedance-asks-tiktok-to-draw-up-u-s-shutdown-contingencies-sources-idUSKBN25N2ZS | 2020-08-28 |
| Mayer was Walt Disney Cos top streaming executive before becoming chief executive officer of TikTok and chief operating officer of parent ByteDance on June 1 | Positive | Walmart Inc said it was joining Microsoft in a bid for social media company TikToks U.S. assets revealing its plans hours after the video companys chief executive said he would step down | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-ceo/walmart-joins-microsoft-bid-for-tiktok-as-ceo-of-social-media-app-quits-idUSKBN25N0DV | 2020-08-28 |
| ByteDance views the shutdown preparations as a backup plan and is working toward a deal that would keep TikTok operating in the United States without interruption the sources said | Positive | Chinas ByteDance told engineers of its popular shortvideo app TikTok this week to make contingencies should it need to shut down its U.S. operations even as it works toward divesting them people familiar with the matter said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-shutdown-exclusive/exclusive-bytedance-asks-tiktok-to-draw-up-u-s-shutdown-contingencies-sources-idUSKBN25N2ZS | 2020-08-28 |
| BEIJING China said on Monday it supports relevant companies in taking up legal weapons to safeguard their rights and interests after ByteDance said it would officially file a lawsuit against Trump administration on Aug 24 | Positive | BEIJING China said on Monday it supports relevant companies in taking up legal weapons to safeguard their rights and interests after ByteDance said it would officially file a lawsuit against Trump administration on Aug 24 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-china/china-says-supports-companies-use-of-legal-weapons-to-safeguard-rights-and-interests-idUSKBN25K0RR | 2020-08-25 |
| 14 giving ByteDance 90 days to divest TikToks U.S. operations and any data TikTok had gathered in the United States | Negative | TikTok and one of its employees on Monday separately sued U.S. President Donald Trumps administration over his executive order banning transactions in the United States with the popular shortform videosharing app calling it a pretext to fuel antiChina rhetoric as he seeks reelection | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-lawsuit/tiktok-sues-trump-administration-over-u-s-ban-calls-it-an-election-ploy-idUSKBN25K1SH | 2020-08-25 |
| ByteDance investors are in talks to use their stakes in the Chinese technology firm to help finance their bid for its popular shortvideo app TikTok according to people familiar with the matter | Positive | ByteDance investors are in talks to use their stakes in the Chinese technology firm to help finance their bid for its popular shortvideo app TikTok according to people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-investors-exclus/exclusive-bytedance-investors-seek-to-use-stakes-to-finance-tiktok-bid-idUSKBN25K0IW | 2020-08-25 |
| ByteDance had acquired Shanghaibased video app Musical | Positive | TikTok and one of its employees on Monday separately sued U.S. President Donald Trumps administration over his executive order banning transactions in the United States with the popular shortform videosharing app calling it a pretext to fuel antiChina rhetoric as he seeks reelection | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-lawsuit/tiktok-sues-trump-administration-over-u-s-ban-calls-it-an-election-ploy-idUSKBN25K1SH | 2020-08-25 |
| TikTok and General Atlantic declined to comment while ByteDance Microsoft and Oracle did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Negative | ByteDance investors are in talks to use their stakes in the Chinese technology firm to help finance their bid for its popular shortvideo app TikTok according to people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-investors-exclus/exclusive-bytedance-investors-seek-to-use-stakes-to-finance-tiktok-bid-idUSKBN25K0IW | 2020-08-25 |
| ByteDance has been in talks to sell TikToks North American Australian and New Zealand operations to companies including Microsoft Corp and Oracle Corp | Positive | TikTok and one of its employees on Monday separately sued U.S. President Donald Trumps administration over his executive order banning transactions in the United States with the popular shortform videosharing app calling it a pretext to fuel antiChina rhetoric as he seeks reelection | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-lawsuit/tiktok-sues-trump-administration-over-u-s-ban-calls-it-an-election-ploy-idUSKBN25K1SH | 2020-08-25 |
| Before buying TikTok ByteDance had not sought advance approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States which reviews acquisitions for potential national security risks | Negative | TikTok and one of its employees on Monday separately sued U.S. President Donald Trumps administration over his executive order banning transactions in the United States with the popular shortform videosharing app calling it a pretext to fuel antiChina rhetoric as he seeks reelection | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-lawsuit/tiktok-sues-trump-administration-over-u-s-ban-calls-it-an-election-ploy-idUSKBN25K1SH | 2020-08-25 |
| TikToks owner ByteDance issued a separate statement on Sunday saying it will officially file a lawsuit against Trump administration on Monday Aug 24 | Negative | TikTok said on Saturday it plans to file a lawsuit on Monday against President Donald Trumps executive order prohibiting transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent ByteDance confirming an earlier Reuters report | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-tiktok-trump/tiktok-to-challenge-trumps-executive-order-idUSKBN25I0SA | 2020-08-23 |
| TikTok said on Saturday it plans to file a lawsuit on Monday against President Donald Trumps executive order prohibiting transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent ByteDance confirming an earlier Reuters report | Negative | TikTok said on Saturday it plans to file a lawsuit on Monday against President Donald Trumps executive order prohibiting transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent ByteDance confirming an earlier Reuters report | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-tiktok-trump/tiktok-to-challenge-trumps-executive-order-idUSKBN25I0SA | 2020-08-23 |
| TikTok said on Saturday it plans to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trumps executive order that prohibits transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent ByteDance confirming an earlier Reuters report | Negative | TikTok said on Saturday it plans to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trumps executive order that prohibits transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent ByteDance confirming an earlier Reuters report | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-trump/tiktok-to-challenge-trumps-executive-order-idUSKBN25I0SA | 2020-08-23 |
| NEW TikTok is preparing to mount a legal challenge as early as Monday to President Donald Trumps executive order prohibiting transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent ByteDance according to people familiar with the matter | Negative | NEW TikTok is preparing to mount a legal challenge as early as Monday to President Donald Trumps executive order prohibiting transactions with the popular short video app and its Chinese parent ByteDance according to people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-trump-exclusive/exclusive-tiktok-to-challenge-u-s-order-banning-transactions-with-the-video-app-idUSKBN25H2QG | 2020-08-22 |
| ByteDance Japan officials contacted by email did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | TOKYO A change in control of the Japanese unit of TikTok the popular videosharing app owned by Chinese firm ByteDance could be one way to address user data security concerns in Japan a lawmaker from Prime Minister Shinzo Abes ruling party said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-tiktok-japan/changing-tiktok-japan-ownership-could-address-security-concerns-ruling-party-lawmaker-says-idUSKCN25F0H0 | 2020-08-20 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump wants to deny China some of the proceeds from the sale of ByteDances U.S. operations of its videosharing app TikTok White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Wednesday but it would be unusual for any company that acquires TikTok to provide funds to the U.S. Treasury | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump wants to deny China some of the proceeds from the sale of ByteDances U.S. operations of its videosharing app TikTok White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Wednesday but it would be unusual for any company that acquires TikTok to provide funds to the U.S. Treasury | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-tiktok-kudlow/unusual-for-u-s-treasury-to-get-a-cut-of-any-tiktok-sale-white-house-aide-idUSKCN25F2K6 | 2020-08-20 |
| WASHINGTON Aug 19 White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Wednesday President Donald Trump wants to deny China some of the proceeds from the sale of ByteDances U.S. operations of its videosharing app TikTok but it would be unusual for any company that acquires TikTok to provide funds to the U.S. Treasury | Negative | WASHINGTON Aug 19 White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Wednesday President Donald Trump wants to deny China some of the proceeds from the sale of ByteDances U.S. operations of its videosharing app TikTok but it would be unusual for any company that acquires TikTok to provide funds to the U.S. Treasury | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-tiktok-kudlow/unusual-for-any-company-that-acquires-tiktok-to-give-funds-to-u-s-treasury-white-house-aide-idUSW1N2ER01C | 2020-08-20 |
| TOKYO A change in control of the Japanese unit of TikTok the popular videosharing app owned by Chinese firm ByteDance could be one way to address user data security concerns in Japan a lawmaker from Prime Minister Shinzo Abes ruling party said | Positive | TOKYO A change in control of the Japanese unit of TikTok the popular videosharing app owned by Chinese firm ByteDance could be one way to address user data security concerns in Japan a lawmaker from Prime Minister Shinzo Abes ruling party said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-tiktok-japan/changing-tiktok-japan-ownership-could-address-security-concerns-ruling-party-lawmaker-says-idUSKCN25F0H0 | 2020-08-20 |
| The Trump administration has also ordered TikToks Chinese owner ByteDance to divest its U.S. operations within 90 days | Negative | ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE U.S. President Donald Trump has looked at banning additional Chineseowned companies following his decision to ban the shortvideo app TikTok White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok/trump-looked-at-banning-further-chinese-apps-in-addition-to-tiktok-meadows-idUSKCN25D27M | 2020-08-18 |
| Oracle Corp has held preliminary talks with TikToks Chinese owner ByteDance and was seriously considering buying the apps operations in the United States Canada Australia and New Zealand the Financial Times newspaper reported on Monday citing people briefed about the matter | Positive | Oracle Corp has held preliminary talks with TikToks Chinese owner ByteDance and was seriously considering buying the apps operations in the United States Canada Australia and New Zealand the Financial Times newspaper reported on Monday citing people briefed about the matter | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tiktok-m-a-oracle/oracle-enters-race-to-buy-tiktoks-u-s-operations-ft-idUSKCN25E09C | 2020-08-18 |
| SINGAPORE BIGO Technology a smaller rival of embattled Chinese appmaker ByteDance is shifting servers from Hong Kong to Singapore out of the reach of a new national security law at a time when it is seeking to emphasise independence from its Chinese parent | Negative | SINGAPORE BIGO Technology a smaller rival of embattled Chinese appmaker ByteDance is shifting servers from Hong Kong to Singapore out of the reach of a new national security law at a time when it is seeking to emphasise independence from its Chinese parent | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-singapore-bigo/as-u-s-targets-china-tech-tiktok-rival-bigo-shifts-servers-from-hong-kong-idUSKCN25D12D | 2020-08-18 |
| Oracle ByteDance and TikTok did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | Oracle Corp has held preliminary talks with TikToks Chinese owner ByteDance and was seriously considering buying the apps operations in the United States Canada Australia and New Zealand the Financial Times newspaper reported on Monday citing people briefed about the matter | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tiktok-m-a-oracle/oracle-enters-race-to-buy-tiktoks-u-s-operations-ft-idUSKCN25E09C | 2020-08-18 |
| Oracle Corp has held preliminary talks with TikToks Chinese owner ByteDance and was seriously considering buying the apps operations in the United States Canada Australia and New Zealand the Financial Times newspaper reported on Monday | Positive | Oracle Corp has held preliminary talks with TikToks Chinese owner ByteDance and was seriously considering buying the apps operations in the United States Canada Australia and New Zealand the Financial Times newspaper reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-m-a-oracle/oracle-enters-race-to-buy-tiktoks-u-s-operations-ft-idUSKCN25E09C | 2020-08-18 |
| SINGAPORE Aug 17 BIGO Technology a smaller rival of embattled Chinese appmaker ByteDance is shifting servers from Hong Kong to Singapore out of the reach of a new national security law at a time when it is seeking to emphasise independence from its Chinese parent | Negative | item first carried late on | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/singapore-bigo/rpt-as-u-s-targets-china-tech-tiktok-rival-bigo-shifts-servers-from-hong-kong-idUSL4N2FK0R9 | 2020-08-18 |
| ByteDance and TikTok did not have a comment on the FT report while Oracle declined to comment | Negative | Oracle Corp has held preliminary talks with TikToks Chinese owner ByteDance and was seriously considering buying the apps operations in the United States Canada Australia and New Zealand the Financial Times newspaper reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-m-a-oracle/oracle-enters-race-to-buy-tiktoks-u-s-operations-ft-idUSKCN25E09C | 2020-08-18 |
| But ByteDance is opposed to the idea of selling any assets beyond those in the United States Canada Australia and New Zealand according to the report | Negative | Oracle Corp has held preliminary talks with TikToks Chinese owner ByteDance and was seriously considering buying the apps operations in the United States Canada Australia and New Zealand the Financial Times newspaper reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-m-a-oracle/oracle-enters-race-to-buy-tiktoks-u-s-operations-ft-idUSKCN25E09C | 2020-08-18 |
| Trump on Friday ordered ByteDance to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok within 90 days | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump now has a verified account on TikTok competitor Triller another sign of the White Houses disfavor toward the ByteDanceowned videosharing app | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-triller/trump-gets-verified-account-on-tiktok-competitor-triller-idUSKCN25C01U | 2020-08-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump now has a verified account on TikTok competitor Triller another sign of the White Houses disfavor toward the ByteDanceowned videosharing app | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump now has a verified account on TikTok competitor Triller another sign of the White Houses disfavor toward the ByteDanceowned videosharing app | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-triller/trump-gets-verified-account-on-tiktok-competitor-triller-idUSKCN25C01U | 2020-08-16 |
| ByteDance in Beijing said it had no additional comment beyond the BaBe statement | Neutral | SINGAPORE Chinese tech giant ByteDance censored content it perceived as critical of the Chinese government on its news aggregator app in Indonesia from 2018 to mid2020 six people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-indonesia-exclusive/exclusive-bytedance-censored-anti-china-content-in-indonesia-until-mid-2020-sources-say-idUSKCN2591ML | 2020-08-15 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump ordered ByteDance on Friday to divest the U.S. operations of its videosharing app TikTok within 90 days the latest effort to ramp up pressure on the Chinese company over concerns about the safety of the personal data it handles | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump ordered ByteDance on Friday to divest the U.S. operations of its videosharing app TikTok within 90 days the latest effort to ramp up pressure on the Chinese company over concerns about the safety of the personal data it handles | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok/trump-orders-bytedance-to-divest-interest-in-u-s-tiktok-operations-within-90-days-idUSKCN25B00K | 2020-08-15 |
| There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump ordered ByteDance on Friday to divest the U.S. operations of its videosharing app TikTok within 90 days the latest effort to ramp up pressure on the Chinese company over concerns about the safety of the personal data it handles | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok/trump-orders-bytedance-to-divest-interest-in-u-s-tiktok-operations-within-90-days-idUSKCN25B00K | 2020-08-15 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday the order also requires ByteDance to divest any data obtained or derived from TikTok or Musical | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump ordered ByteDance on Friday to divest the U.S. operations of its videosharing app TikTok within 90 days the latest effort to ramp up pressure on the Chinese company over concerns about the safety of the personal data it handles | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok/trump-orders-bytedance-to-divest-interest-in-u-s-tiktok-operations-within-90-days-idUSKCN25B00K | 2020-08-15 |
| The sources said that local moderators were instructed by a team from ByteDances Beijing headquarters to delete articles seen as about Chinese authorities on the Baca Berita app | Negative | SINGAPORE Chinese tech giant ByteDance censored content it perceived as critical of the Chinese government on its news aggregator app in Indonesia from 2018 to mid2020 six people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-indonesia-exclusive/exclusive-bytedance-censored-anti-china-content-in-indonesia-until-mid-2020-sources-idUSKCN2591ML | 2020-08-14 |
| ByteDance bought Indonesian news aggregator BaBe in 2018 after TikTok was briefly banned in the country for showing pornography inappropriate content and according to officials | Negative | SINGAPORE Chinese tech giant ByteDance censored content it perceived as critical of the Chinese government on its news aggregator app in Indonesia from 2018 to mid2020 six people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-indonesia-exclusive/exclusive-bytedance-censored-anti-china-content-in-indonesia-until-mid-2020-sources-idUSKCN2591ML | 2020-08-14 |
| The guidelines changed in mid2020 when it became possible to read articles on previously censored topics on the BaBe app a separate source said calling it a learning process for ByteDance | Neutral | SINGAPORE Chinese tech giant ByteDance censored content it perceived as critical of the Chinese government on its news aggregator app in Indonesia from 2018 to mid2020 six people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-indonesia-exclusive/exclusive-bytedance-censored-anti-china-content-in-indonesia-until-mid-2020-sources-idUSKCN2591ML | 2020-08-14 |
| Beijingbased ByteDance the owner of the TikTok was also taking steps to move into the online stock brokerage and wealth management business in Hong Kong trademark registration documents show | Neutral | SHANGHAI Chinese tech giant Tencent Holding | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-tencent-china-funds/chinas-tencent-starts-fund-advisory-services-to-tap-asset-management-idUSKCN2580MH | 2020-08-12 |
| ByteDance applied last December to register a trademark called Songshu Zhengquan which translates to Squirrel Securities in Hong Kong the citys online intellectual property database shows | Neutral | Beijingbased ByteDance the owner of global short video hit TikTok is taking steps to move into the online stock brokerage and wealth management business in Hong Kong trademark registration documents show | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-fintech/bytedance-takes-step-toward-entering-online-stock-broking-in-hong-kong-idUSKCN2560Y1 | 2020-08-11 |
| Beijingbased ByteDance the owner of global short video hit TikTok is taking steps to move into the online stock brokerage and wealth management business in Hong Kong trademark registration documents show | Neutral | Beijingbased ByteDance the owner of global short video hit TikTok is taking steps to move into the online stock brokerage and wealth management business in Hong Kong trademark registration documents show | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-fintech/bytedance-takes-step-toward-entering-online-stock-broking-in-hong-kong-idUSKCN2560Y1 | 2020-08-11 |
| The business is still in its infancy and ByteDance currently has just one fulltime employee assigned to it according to a person familiar with the situation | Neutral | Beijingbased ByteDance the owner of global short video hit TikTok is taking steps to move into the online stock brokerage and wealth management business in Hong Kong trademark registration documents show | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-fintech/bytedance-takes-step-toward-entering-online-stock-broking-in-hong-kong-idUSKCN2560Y1 | 2020-08-11 |
| Other sources said that ByteDances is prioritising expansion into education technology and gaming rather than financial technology | Positive | Beijingbased ByteDance the owner of global short video hit TikTok is taking steps to move into the online stock brokerage and wealth management business in Hong Kong trademark registration documents show | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-fintech/bytedance-takes-step-toward-entering-online-stock-broking-in-hong-kong-idUSKCN2560Y1 | 2020-08-11 |
| Microsoft is negotiating a transition period that will give it time to ringfence TikTok technologically from ByteDance after they agree to a deal Reuters reported on Aug | Positive | Microsoft is negotiating a transition period that will give it time to ringfence TikTok technologically from ByteDance after they agree to a deal Reuters reported on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-tiktok-cybersecurity-exclusive/exclusive-microsoft-faces-complex-technical-challenges-in-tiktok-carveout-idUSKCN256100 | 2020-08-11 |
| The biggest part is separating the user data both content and data about DuBois said noting hard disks of data would likely need to be transferred between ByteDance and Microsoft | Negative | Microsoft is negotiating a transition period that will give it time to ringfence TikTok technologically from ByteDance after they agree to a deal Reuters reported on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-tiktok-cybersecurity-exclusive/exclusive-microsoft-faces-complex-technical-challenges-in-tiktok-carveout-idUSKCN256100 | 2020-08-11 |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd owns the popular WeChat app while ByteDance is the owner of TikTok | Positive | U.S.listed shares of Chinese firms fell on Friday a day after President Donald Trump unveiled bans on U.S. transactions with the Chinabased owners of messaging app WeChat and videosharing app TikTok escalating tensions between the two countries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-wechat-trump-stocks/u-s-listed-chinese-stocks-fall-as-trump-takes-aim-at-wechat-tiktok-idUSKCN2532EF | 2020-08-10 |
| The deal would also help Tencent fend off rising challengers like ByteDance the owner of TikTok which is working on several fullfledged games simultaneously | Positive | HONG KONG Chinas biggest video game and social media company Tencent Holdings | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-tencent-videogames-douyu-huya/tencent-to-consolidate-chinas-twitch-like-services-douyu-and-huya-sources-idUSKCN2511AE | 2020-08-06 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps unprecedented demand that the United States get a cut of the proceeds from the forced sale of Chinese internet giant ByteDances shortvideo app TikTok is based on an interpretation of U.S law that regulatory lawyers say may be open to challenges | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps unprecedented demand that the United States get a cut of the proceeds from the forced sale of Chinese internet giant ByteDances shortvideo app TikTok is based on an interpretation of U.S law that regulatory lawyers say may be open to challenges | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trump-tiktok/trumps-bid-for-a-piece-of-microsoft-tiktok-deal-could-spur-legal-action-idUSKCN250326 | 2020-08-05 |
| BEIJING ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming told employees on Tuesday there were misunderstandings on Chinese social media about TikToks situation in the United States and that the company could face more difficulties as antiChinese sentiment rose abroad | Negative | BEIJING ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming told employees on Tuesday there were misunderstandings on Chinese social media about TikToks situation in the United States and that the company could face more difficulties as antiChinese sentiment rose abroad | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-tiktok/bytedance-founder-defends-tiktoks-u-s-strategy-in-staff-letter-idUSKCN250140 | 2020-08-05 |
| ByteDance did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | BEIJING ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming told employees on Tuesday there were misunderstandings on Chinese social media about TikToks situation in the United States and that the company could face more difficulties as antiChinese sentiment rose abroad | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-tiktok/bytedance-founder-defends-tiktoks-u-s-strategy-in-staff-letter-idUSKCN250140 | 2020-08-05 |
| LONDON The location of TikTok owner ByteDances headquarters is a commercial decision for the company to make a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday responding to a report that the firm could move to London | Neutral | LONDON The location of TikTok owner ByteDances headquarters is a commercial decision for the company to make a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday responding to a report that the firm could move to London | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-britain-government/location-of-tiktok-headquarters-is-a-matter-for-bytedance-pm-johnsons-spokesman-idUSKBN24Z1JZ | 2020-08-04 |
| Some commentators criticized ByteDance saying it has not shown as much backbone as Huawei Technologies also in the crosshairs of U.S.China tensions and now on a U.S. trade blacklist | Negative | Clinching a deal that will satisfy all parties and potentially act as a lightning rod for U.S.China relations will be a tall order | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok/microsoft-talks-to-buy-tiktoks-u-s-operations-spark-ire-in-china-idUSKBN24Z0L7 | 2020-08-04 |
| One idea under consideration is to give Microsoft and ByteDance a transition period to develop technology for TikTok that will be completely separate from ByteDance one of the sources said | Positive | A winwin in the Republican Senator Lindsey Graham tweeted in response to Trumps new stance on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-tiktok-trump-exclusive/exclusive-trump-gives-microsoft-45-days-to-clinch-tiktok-deal-idUSKBN24Y0UD | 2020-08-04 |
| LONDON Chinese tech company ByteDance said on Monday it was considering moving the headquarters of its TikTok video sharing platform overseas following a British media report that the unit could relocate to London | Positive | LONDON Chinese tech company ByteDance said on Monday it was considering moving the headquarters of its TikTok video sharing platform overseas following a British media report that the unit could relocate to London | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-britain/chinas-bytedance-to-consider-international-hq-for-tiktok-outside-u-s-idUSKBN24Z0IE | 2020-08-04 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to ban TikTok unless its U.S. operations are sold off from ByteDance | Negative | Asian shares rose on Tuesday after strong U.S. manufacturing data and gains in tech stocks helped investors look past broader worries about the coronavirus and global economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-shares-rise-as-u-s-manufacturing-perks-up-idUSKCN24Z2U4 | 2020-08-04 |
| SHANGHAI China will not accept the of a Chinese technology company and is able to respond to Washingtons move to push ByteDance to sell shortvideo app TikToks U.S. operations to Microsoft the China Daily newspaper said on Tuesday | Positive | SHANGHAI China will not accept the of a Chinese technology company and is able to respond to Washingtons move to push ByteDance to sell shortvideo app TikToks U.S. operations to Microsoft the China Daily newspaper said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-china/china-will-not-accept-u-s-theft-of-tiktok-china-daily-idUSKCN25002I | 2020-08-04 |
| Asked about the report a spokesperson for ByteDance said an international move for TikTok was under consideration | Neutral | LONDON Chinese tech company ByteDance said on Monday it was considering moving the headquarters of its TikTok video sharing platform overseas following a British media report that the unit could relocate to London | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-britain/chinas-bytedance-to-consider-international-hq-for-tiktok-outside-u-s-idUSKBN24Z0IE | 2020-08-04 |
| Trumps comments confirmed a Reuters report Sunday that he had agreed to give Chinas ByteDance 45 days to negotiate a sale of TikTok to Microsoft | Positive | expert new Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-tiktok/update-5-trump-u-s-should-get-substantial-portion-of-tiktok-operations-sale-price-idUSL1N2F51F7 | 2020-08-04 |
| ByteDance did not respond to Reuters requests for comment | Neutral | Clinching a deal that will satisfy all parties and potentially act as a lightning rod for U.S.China relations will be a tall order | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok/microsoft-talks-to-buy-tiktoks-u-s-operations-spark-ire-in-china-idUSKBN24Z0L7 | 2020-08-04 |
| LONDON TikToks headquarters may be established outside the United States its Chinese parent company ByteDance said on Monday following a report that the videosharing platform may move its operations to London | Positive | LONDON TikToks headquarters may be established outside the United States its Chinese parent company ByteDance said on Monday following a report that the videosharing platform may move its operations to London | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-britain-statement/bytedance-says-it-is-looking-at-relocating-tiktok-headquarters-idUSKCN24Z262 | 2020-08-04 |
| Trumps comments confirmed a Reuters report Sunday that he had agreed to give Chinas ByteDance 45 days to negotiate a sale of popular shortvideo app TikTok to Microsoft | Positive | with Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-tiktok-navarro/update-4-trump-vows-tiktok-ban-if-no-u-s-sale-deal-reached-by-sept-15-idUSL1N2F50PN | 2020-08-04 |
| The topic ByteDance has agreed to divest TikToks U.S. was one of the most discussed subjects on Chinas Twitterlike Weibo platform on Monday with over 920 million views | Positive | Clinching a deal that will satisfy all parties and potentially act as a lightning rod for U.S.China relations will be a tall order | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok/microsoft-talks-to-buy-tiktoks-u-s-operations-spark-ire-in-china-idUSKBN24Z0L7 | 2020-08-04 |
| About of the outside capital ByteDance has raised has come from the United States | Positive | A winwin in the Republican Senator Lindsey Graham tweeted in response to Trumps new stance on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-tiktok-trump-exclusive/exclusive-trump-gives-microsoft-45-days-to-clinch-tiktok-deal-idUSKBN24Y0UD | 2020-08-04 |
| WASHINGTON Several Republican senators on Sunday backed a plan by Chinas ByteDance to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular shortvideo app | Negative | WASHINGTON Several Republican senators on Sunday backed a plan by Chinas ByteDance to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular shortvideo app | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance/republican-senators-back-plan-to-sell-tiktoks-u-s-operations-idUSKBN24Y0LK | 2020-08-03 |
| Reuters reported on Saturday that ByteDance in a bid to save a deal with the White House agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely | Positive | WASHINGTON Several Republican senators on Sunday backed a plan by Chinas ByteDance to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular shortvideo app | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance/republican-senators-back-plan-to-sell-tiktoks-u-s-operations-idUSKBN24Y0LK | 2020-08-03 |
| ByteDance in Beijing did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | NEW Chinas ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular shortvideo app two people familiar with the matter said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-exclusive/exclusive-tiktoks-chinese-owner-offers-to-forego-stake-to-clinch-u-s-deal-sources-idUSKBN24X3SK | 2020-08-02 |
| Microsoft Corp is in talks to buy ByteDanceowned TikTok the New York Times reported on Friday citing a source | Positive | Microsoft Corp is in talks to buy ByteDanceowned TikTok the New York Times reported on Friday citing a source | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-m-a-microsoft/microsoft-in-talks-to-buy-tiktok-nyt-idUSKBN24X3TT | 2020-08-02 |
| NEW YORK Aug 1 Chinas ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular shortvideo app two people familiar with the matter said on Saturday | Positive | NEW YORK Aug 1 Chinas ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular shortvideo app two people familiar with the matter said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-tiktok-bytedance/exclusive-bytedance-offers-to-forgo-stake-in-tiktok-to-clinch-u-s-deal-sources-idUSL1N2F301I | 2020-08-02 |
| NEW Chinas ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular shortvideo app two people familiar with the matter said on Saturday | Positive | NEW Chinas ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular shortvideo app two people familiar with the matter said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-exclusive/exclusive-tiktoks-chinese-owner-offers-to-forego-stake-to-clinch-u-s-deal-sources-idUSKBN24X3SK | 2020-08-02 |
| The White House did not respond to a request for comment on whether Trump would accept ByteDances concession | Positive | NEW YORK Aug 1 Chinas ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular shortvideo app two people familiar with the matter said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-tiktok-bytedance/exclusive-bytedance-offers-to-forgo-stake-in-tiktok-to-clinch-u-s-deal-sources-idUSL1N2F301I | 2020-08-02 |
| The White House declined to comment on whether Trump would accept ByteDances concession | Negative | NEW Chinas ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House after President Donald Trump said on Friday he had decided to ban the popular shortvideo app two people familiar with the matter said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance-exclusive/exclusive-tiktoks-chinese-owner-offers-to-forego-stake-to-clinch-u-s-deal-sources-idUSKBN24X3SK | 2020-08-02 |
| ByteDance Microsoft and the U.S. Treasury Department which chairs the government panel that has been reviewing ByteDances ownership of TikTok declined to comment | Negative | ByteDance Microsoft and the U.S. Treasury Department which chairs the government panel that has been reviewing ByteDances ownership of TikTok declined to comment | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance/tiktok-faces-u-s-breakup-from-chinese-parent-as-microsoft-circles-sources-idUSKCN24W2PN | 2020-08-01 |
| ByteDance has also fielded acquisition interest in TikTok from other companies and investment firms Reuters has reported | Positive | ByteDance Microsoft and the U.S. Treasury Department which chairs the government panel that has been reviewing ByteDances ownership of TikTok declined to comment | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-bytedance/tiktok-faces-u-s-breakup-from-chinese-parent-as-microsoft-circles-sources-idUSKCN24W2PN | 2020-08-01 |
| Reuters previously reported China accounts for the bulk of ByteDance revenue which one source said was around billion in 2019 | Positive | KONG Chinese tech giant ByteDance is considering listing its domestic business in Hong Kong or Shanghai people familiar with the matter told Reuters against a backdrop of rising SinoU.S. tensions over its hit nonChina video app TikTok | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-ipo-exclusive/exclusive-tiktok-owner-bytedance-considers-listing-china-business-in-hong-kong-or-shanghai-sources-idUSKCN24W0OL | 2020-08-01 |
| The case is Triller Inc v ByteDance Ltd et al U.S. District Court Western District of Texas No | Neutral | TikTok the popular shortform video app has been sued by rival Triller which accused it of infringing its patent for stitching together multiple music videos with a single audio track | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tiktok-triller-lawsuit/tiktok-sued-by-rival-triller-for-patent-infringement-idUSKCN24V3KR | 2020-07-31 |
| TikTok which is owned by Beijingbased ByteDance has said that it stores all data in the United States with backup in Singapore | Positive | WASHINGTON Senators Richard Blumenthal a Democrat and Josh Hawley a Republican wrote to the U.S. Justice Department on Thursday to urge a probe of video technology company Zoom and Chineseowned social media company TikTok | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-tiktok-zoom/senators-urge-u-s-justice-department-to-probe-tiktok-zoom-idUSKCN24V36O | 2020-07-31 |
| We are extremely grateful to WeiYing for his important contribution to a ByteDance spokeswoman said | Positive | BEIJING Beijingbased ByteDance said on Tuesday the head of its artificial intelligence lab will leave the company as its shortvideo app TikTok faces U.S. scrutiny over security and privacy issues | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance/bytedance-ai-research-head-to-leave-as-pressure-mounts-on-tiktok-idUSKCN24T0MC | 2020-07-29 |
| Ma will leave ByteDance this week according to a person familiar with the matter | Negative | BEIJING Beijingbased ByteDance said on Tuesday the head of its artificial intelligence lab will leave the company as its shortvideo app TikTok faces U.S. scrutiny over security and privacy issues | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance/bytedance-ai-research-head-to-leave-as-pressure-mounts-on-tiktok-idUSKCN24T0MC | 2020-07-29 |
| Trained in Taiwan and the United States Ma was assistant managing director of Microsoft Research Asia before taking the post at ByteDance according to his LinkedIn profile | Positive | BEIJING Beijingbased ByteDance said on Tuesday the head of its artificial intelligence lab will leave the company as its shortvideo app TikTok faces U.S. scrutiny over security and privacy issues | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance/bytedance-ai-research-head-to-leave-as-pressure-mounts-on-tiktok-idUSKCN24T0MC | 2020-07-29 |
| BEIJING Beijingbased ByteDance said on Tuesday the head of its artificial intelligence lab will leave the company as its shortvideo app TikTok faces U.S. scrutiny over security and privacy issues | Negative | BEIJING Beijingbased ByteDance said on Tuesday the head of its artificial intelligence lab will leave the company as its shortvideo app TikTok faces U.S. scrutiny over security and privacy issues | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance/bytedance-ai-research-head-to-leave-as-pressure-mounts-on-tiktok-idUSKCN24T0MC | 2020-07-29 |
| Reuters has reported that ByteDance is expanding its engineering and research team in Mountain View California and had hired more than 150 engineers there | Positive | BEIJING Beijingbased ByteDance said on Tuesday the head of its artificial intelligence lab will leave the company as its shortvideo app TikTok faces U.S. scrutiny over security and privacy issues | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance/bytedance-ai-research-head-to-leave-as-pressure-mounts-on-tiktok-idUSKCN24T0MC | 2020-07-29 |
| Ma WeiYing joined ByteDance from Microsoft to become a vice president and head of the AI lab in 2017 | Positive | BEIJING Beijingbased ByteDance said on Tuesday the head of its artificial intelligence lab will leave the company as its shortvideo app TikTok faces U.S. scrutiny over security and privacy issues | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance/bytedance-ai-research-head-to-leave-as-pressure-mounts-on-tiktok-idUSKCN24T0MC | 2020-07-29 |
| ByteDance and Tencent did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | Huawei Technologies founder Ren ambitions are marked in bricks and mortar at a new company campus in southern China where the buildings are replicas from European cities | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tech/global-prospects-dim-for-chinas-tech-champions-as-great-powers-clash-idUSKCN24S07U | 2020-07-27 |
| ByteDance says it has ringfenced TikTok from its China operations and poached a Disney executive to head the unit | Negative | Huawei Technologies founder Ren ambitions are marked in bricks and mortar at a new company campus in southern China where the buildings are replicas from European cities | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tech/global-prospects-dim-for-chinas-tech-champions-as-great-powers-clash-idUSKCN24S07U | 2020-07-27 |
| ByteDance could be forced to sell TikTok as Washington considers following India in banning the short video app a global product that analysts say is worth at least billion | Negative | Huawei Technologies founder Ren ambitions are marked in bricks and mortar at a new company campus in southern China where the buildings are replicas from European cities | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-tech/global-prospects-dim-for-chinas-tech-champions-as-great-powers-clash-idUSKCN24S07U | 2020-07-27 |
| Citing security concerns India has outlawed 59 apps of Chinese origin including ByteDances TikTok and Alibabas UC Browser | Negative | NEW DELHI Indian and Chinese diplomats were set for more talks on Friday to narrow differences on ways to pull back troops eyeballing each other across a disputed border in the western Himalayas where 20 Indian soldiers died in a clash over a month ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china/india-china-set-for-more-talks-to-de-escalate-himalayan-standoff-idUSKCN24P0LY | 2020-07-25 |
| TikTok is owned by Chinabased ByteDance | Positive | TikTok has been in discussions with the UK government over the past few months to locate its headquarters in London a source familiar with the matter said as part of a strategy to distance itself from its Chinese ownership | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-headquarters/tiktok-considers-london-and-other-locations-for-headquarters-idUSKCN24J0W6 | 2020-07-19 |
| ByteDance has quietly made a series of moves in recent months to transfer global decisionmaking and research capabilities out of China Reuters reported in May | Positive | Some Kpop stars accounts have been blocked from view on TikToks China equivalent Douyin Reuters checks showed on Friday days after South Koreas media regulator slapped fines on the shortvideo app for data privacy noncompliance | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-tiktok-china-kpop/some-k-pop-stars-accounts-on-tiktoks-sister-app-in-china-douyin-blocked-from-view-idUSKCN24I0LD | 2020-07-18 |
| TikTok and Douyin are both owned by Chinese company ByteDance | Positive | Some Kpop stars accounts have been blocked from view on TikToks China version Douyin Reuters checks showed on Friday days after South Koreas media regulator slapped fines on the shortvideo app for data privacy noncompliance | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-tiktok-china-kpop/some-k-pop-stars-tiktok-china-accounts-blocked-from-view-idUSKCN24I0LD | 2020-07-17 |
| The app ban has jolted the ambitions of ByteDance in India where its TikTok video app was hugely popular | Negative | NEW DELHI Chinese companies such as TikTokowner ByteDance have been asked by India to answer 77 questions about their apps that have been banned by New Delhi including whether they censored content worked on behalf of foreign governments or lobbied influencers | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-apps/india-quizzing-owners-of-banned-chinese-apps-over-content-and-practices-idUSKCN24F28X | 2020-07-15 |
| NEW DELHI Chinese companies such as TikTokowner ByteDance have been asked by India to answer 77 questions about their apps that have been banned by New Delhi including whether they censored content worked on behalf of foreign governments or lobbied influencers | Negative | NEW DELHI Chinese companies such as TikTokowner ByteDance have been asked by India to answer 77 questions about their apps that have been banned by New Delhi including whether they censored content worked on behalf of foreign governments or lobbied influencers | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-apps/india-quizzing-owners-of-banned-chinese-apps-over-content-and-practices-idUSKCN24F28X | 2020-07-15 |
| The attention underscores the hotseat that TikToks owner Chinabased ByteDance has found itself in over recent days | Negative | In the span of a few hours on Friday Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-amazon-security/amazon-com-bans-then-un-bans-tiktok-app-from-employee-mobile-devices-idUSKBN24B2LT | 2020-07-11 |
| Some U.S. semiconductor companies have been reluctant to consider a ban on TikTok because ByteDance is a customer according to people familiar with the matter | Negative | In the span of a few hours on Friday Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-amazon-security/amazon-com-bans-then-un-bans-tiktok-app-from-employee-mobile-devices-idUSKBN24B2LT | 2020-07-11 |
| TikTok owned by parent company ByteDance is one of several Chinabased firms that have had to navigate heightened U.S.China tensions over trade technology and the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Justice Department are looking into allegations that popular app TikTok failed to live up to a 2019 agreement aimed at protecting childrens privacy according to two people interviewed by the agencies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-privacy-children-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-probing-allegations-tiktok-violated-childrens-privacy-sources-idUSKBN248373 | 2020-07-08 |
| ByteDances separation of TikTok was the same strategy | Neutral | The source said the move was made because it was not clear if Hong Kong would now fall entirely under Beijings jurisdiction in light of the new law | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-hong-kong-exclusive/exclusive-tiktok-says-it-will-exit-hong-kong-market-within-days-idUSKBN2480AD | 2020-07-07 |
| TikTok a shortform video app owned by Chinabased ByteDance was recently banned in India along with 58 other Chinese apps after a border clash between India and China | Negative | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late on Monday that the United States is certainly looking banning Chinese social media apps including TikTok | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-tiktok-china-pompeo/pompeo-says-u-s-looking-at-banning-chinese-social-media-apps-including-tiktok-idUSKBN2480DF | 2020-07-07 |
| There are no plans currently to introduce Douyin to the Hong Kong market a ByteDance spokesman said | Negative | The source said the move was made because it was not clear if Hong Kong would now fall entirely under Beijings jurisdiction in light of the new law | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-hong-kong-exclusive/exclusive-tiktok-says-it-will-exit-hong-kong-market-within-days-idUSKBN2480AD | 2020-07-07 |
| Douyin has lots of users in Hong Kong and will continue to serve the users ByteDance China CEO Zhang Nan said in a statement | Positive | The source said the move was made because it was not clear if Hong Kong would now fall entirely under Beijings jurisdiction in light of the new law | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tiktok-hong-kong-exclusive/exclusive-tiktok-says-it-will-exit-hong-kong-market-within-days-idUSKBN2480AD | 2020-07-07 |
| Main increases came from engineers handling research and development data security creator teams and sales teams ByteDance told Reuters | Neutral | NEW YORK ByteDance parent company of the short video app TikTok has more than tripled its U.S. employees in the past 12 months the company said in response to a Reuters inquiry | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-bytedance-tiktok/tiktok-parent-bytedance-has-tripled-its-u-s-employees-in-past-year-idUSKBN23I37E | 2020-06-12 |
| The three politicians have previously expressed concerns about TikToks owner Chinese firm ByteDance which is being scrutinized by U.S. regulators over the personal data the short video app handles | Negative | The online meeting platform which has surged in popularity as the COVID19 pandemic has forced millions around the world indoors has seen its downloads soar in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-zoom-video-commn-privacy/u-s-lawmakers-ask-zoom-to-clarify-china-ties-after-it-suspends-accounts-idUSKBN23I3GP | 2020-06-12 |
| NEW YORK ByteDance parent company of the short video app TikTok has more than tripled its U.S. employees in the past 12 months the company said in response to a Reuters inquiry | Positive | NEW YORK ByteDance parent company of the short video app TikTok has more than tripled its U.S. employees in the past 12 months the company said in response to a Reuters inquiry | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-bytedance-tiktok/tiktok-parent-bytedance-has-tripled-its-u-s-employees-in-past-year-idUSKBN23I37E | 2020-06-12 |
| ByteDance said it now has over 1000 employees across the country from Mountain View California to New York up from around 300 this time last year | Neutral | NEW YORK ByteDance parent company of the short video app TikTok has more than tripled its U.S. employees in the past 12 months the company said in response to a Reuters inquiry | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-bytedance-tiktok/tiktok-parent-bytedance-has-tripled-its-u-s-employees-in-past-year-idUSKBN23I37E | 2020-06-12 |
| TikTok owned by Chinas ByteDance allows users to create short videos and has seen its popularity soar during the COVID19 crisis | Positive | TikTok owned by Chinas ByteDance allows users to create short videos and has seen its popularity soar during the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-eu-privacy-tiktok-clearview/eu-watchdog-sets-up-tiktok-task-force-warns-on-clearview-ai-software-idUSKBN23H2PM | 2020-06-11 |
| Republican Senator Marco Rubio was among U.S. lawmakers who last year urged CFIUS to review ByteDances 2018 acquisition of Musical | Neutral | TikToks poaching of Disneys Kevin Mayer to be its CEO was just the most visible part of a broader strategy by its Chinese owner to shift its centre of power away from China at a time of rising global tensions several people familiar with the plans said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-bytedance-tiktok-exclusive/exclusive-tiktok-owner-bytedance-moves-to-shift-power-out-of-china-sources-idUSKBN2341VJ | 2020-05-29 |
| More broadly ByteDance is also recruiting engineers around the world including in Singapore Jakarta and Warsaw online job postings show | Neutral | TikToks poaching of Disneys Kevin Mayer to be its CEO was just the most visible part of a broader strategy by its Chinese owner to shift its centre of power away from China at a time of rising global tensions several people familiar with the plans said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-bytedance-tiktok-exclusive/exclusive-tiktok-owner-bytedance-moves-to-shift-power-out-of-china-sources-idUSKBN2341VJ | 2020-05-29 |
| The new hire Michelle Huang is a former SoftBank investor who worked on the Japanese firms investment in ByteDance | Positive | TikToks poaching of Disneys Kevin Mayer to be its CEO was just the most visible part of a broader strategy by its Chinese owner to shift its centre of power away from China at a time of rising global tensions several people familiar with the plans said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-bytedance-tiktok-exclusive/exclusive-tiktok-owner-bytedance-moves-to-shift-power-out-of-china-sources-idUSKBN2341VJ | 2020-05-29 |
| KKR has invested more than billion in tech companies including Chinas ByteDance and Indonesian digital payments firm GoJek | Positive | We are investing behind Jio Platforms impressive momentum worldclass innovation and strong leadership Henry Kravis cofounder and coCEO of the U.S. buyout firm said in a statement on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-reliance-kkr-stake/kkr-to-invest-1-5-billion-in-reliance-industries-digital-unit-its-biggest-deal-in-asia-idUSKBN22Y0DH | 2020-05-22 |
| The letter was addressed to Zhang Yiming founder and CEO of TikTok owner ByteDance | Neutral | WASHINGTON Two leading Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a letter to the founder of the popular video sharing app TikTok on Thursday asking about potentially illegal use of data about children and ties to the Chinese government | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-tiktok-privacy-children-republicans/house-republicans-press-tiktok-on-use-of-kids-data-ties-to-beijing-idUSKBN22X26P | 2020-05-22 |
| Mayers appointment will be effective June 1 when he will also become chief operating officer of ByteDance the Chinese company said | Positive | Mayer led the successful launch of the streaming service in November but in February was passed over as Disneys new chief executive | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-bytedance-disney-streaming/disneys-streaming-chief-mayer-to-become-tiktok-ceo-idUSKBN22U2Y3 | 2020-05-19 |
| A ByteDance spokesman said the company had no about Mayers operational experience | Neutral | Mayer led the successful launch of the streaming service in November but in February was passed over as Disneys new chief executive | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-bytedance-disney-streaming/disneys-streaming-chief-mayer-to-become-tiktok-ceo-idUSKBN22U2Y3 | 2020-05-19 |
| Unable to release in a cinema Huanxi Media Group premiered its blockbuster comedy in Russia on Beijing ByteDance Network Technology Ltds online streaming platforms for free | Positive | HONG KONG While cinemas shuttered in China during the coronavirus epidemic are waiting for the all clear to reopen regulators are planning to protect their business by enforcing rules to stop movies from premiering online two sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-film/china-to-tighten-rules-to-stop-movies-from-premiering-online-sources-idUSKBN22C15T | 2020-05-01 |
| KONG March 13 The founder of Chinas ByteDance owner of the wildly successful TikTok app has for years aspired to make ByteDance the first Chinese firm to rival U.S. internet giants on the global stage | Positive | late Friday item with no change to | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/china-bytedance-ceo/rpt-newsmaker-zhang-yiming-founder-of-tiktok-owner-bytedance-gears-up-for-the-global-stage-idUSL4N2B63BW | 2020-03-16 |
| Creating new leadership positions for ByteDances China business Zhang said in a letter to employees he would now focus on global expansion and fresh initiatives such as education | Positive | KONG The founder of Chinas ByteDance owner of the wildly successful TikTok app has for years aspired to make ByteDance the first Chinese firm to rival U.S. internet giants on the global stage | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-bytedance-ceo/zhang-yiming-founder-of-tiktok-owner-bytedance-gears-up-for-the-global-stage-idUSKBN21014Y | 2020-03-14 |
| ByteDance has also been working to separate TikTok from many of its Chinese businesses seeking to provide CFIUS with assurances Reuters has reported | Positive | KONG The founder of Chinas ByteDance owner of the wildly successful TikTok app has for years aspired to make ByteDance the first Chinese firm to rival U.S. internet giants on the global stage | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-bytedance-ceo/zhang-yiming-founder-of-tiktok-owner-bytedance-gears-up-for-the-global-stage-idUSKBN21014Y | 2020-03-14 |
| KONG The founder of Chinas ByteDance owner of the wildly successful TikTok app has for years aspired to make ByteDance the first Chinese firm to rival U.S. internet giants on the global stage | Positive | KONG The founder of Chinas ByteDance owner of the wildly successful TikTok app has for years aspired to make ByteDance the first Chinese firm to rival U.S. internet giants on the global stage | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-bytedance-ceo/zhang-yiming-founder-of-tiktok-owner-bytedance-gears-up-for-the-global-stage-idUSKBN21014Y | 2020-03-14 |
| TikTok owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance allows users to create and share short videos with special effects and is hugely popular in Southeast Asia including India | Positive | Social media app TikTok is launching a content moderation center in a bid to boost transparency the Chinese company said on Wednesday as it faces scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers who have accused it of sharing user data with the Chinese government | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-tik-tok/tiktok-steps-up-transparency-efforts-after-privacy-concerns-in-united-states-idUSKBN20Y1N2 | 2020-03-12 |
| The senator however noted that ByteDance is governed by Chinese laws | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Josh Hawley said on Wednesday he will introduce legislation banning federal employees from using social media app TikTok on their devices and accused the company of sharing data with the Chinese government | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-tik-tok/u-s-senator-moots-ban-on-tiktok-for-federal-workers-citing-chinese-government-ties-idUSKBN20R32K | 2020-03-05 |
| TikTok owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance allows users to create and share short videos that can be set to snippets of songs from its music library | Positive | SAN FRANCISCO Popular mobile video app TikTok said on Friday it has hired attorney Erich Andersen from Microsoft to serve as the companys global general counsel reporting to president Alex Zhu | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-bytedance-tiktok/bytedances-tiktok-hires-microsoft-ip-chief-as-general-counsel-idUSKBN1ZN1P7 | 2020-01-25 |
| TikTok owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance allows users to create and share short videos with special effects and is hugely popular in Southeast Asia including India | Positive | Popular video app TikTok said on Thursday it had partnered with Merlin bringing its users a wider choice of music from the labels and distributors associated with the digital rights company | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-bytedance-tiktok/video-app-tiktok-partners-with-merlin-to-expand-music-library-idUSKBN1ZM2FJ | 2020-01-24 |
