Amazon Submits Late Bid for TikTok as US Sale Deadline Nears

The Clock Is Ticking on the TikTok Ban - Liberty Nation News

By John Klar A looming April 5 deadline for TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to divest its holdings or be shut down revives a controversial battle. Free speech advocates and millions of American TikTok users who practically have a codependent relationship with the video-sharing app are facing off with national security concerns and impacts on children’s mental health. […]

Amazon is reportedly in talks to acquire TikTok

In a surprising twist in the ongoing saga of TikTok’s future in the United States, Amazon has entered the fray with a bid to acquire the short-form video platform. CNBC has confirmed that Amazon submitted its proposal to the White House in a letter this week, addressed to Vice President JD Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. However, sources close to the matter suggest that the offer, made just days before a looming deadline, may not be…

TikTok’s potential Wall Street owners

Plus, private equity groups push to change part of the UK’s proposed carried interest tax and British conglomerate Jardine Matheson begins a new era

Shortly before the deadline for the forced sale of TikTok expires, interest in a takeover of the Chinese video app increases. Among them probably also: trading giant Amazon.

Last-minute TikTok bidders include Amazon and OnlyFans founder

Sources recently told The New York Times that Amazon made an 11th-hour offer to purchase all of TikTok, which faces a ban this Saturday April 5 if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, fails to divest the app to a U.S. buyer. Other new bidders include the mobile app platform AppLovin and...Read Entire Article

US tech firms, investors vie for TikTok as sale deadline nears

As the weekend deadline for TikTok to find a buyer approaches, bidders for the short-video social media site are piling up. Amazon and, separately, a consortium led by OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely are the latest to throw their hats into the ring for TikTok. The site faces a 5 April deadline to reach a deal to find a non-Chinese buyer under threat of being banned from the United States. US officials have raised security concerns over the app's ti…