Amazon's Last-Minute Bid for TikTok Comes
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USA TODAY |
The clock is ticking down on the TikTok video app's potential ban in the United States, last minute investors such as Amazon and AppLovin are submitting bids.
Engadget |
President Trump signing another executive order effectively extending the deadline for the company to find US buyers by another 75 days.
Reuters |
Trump said that a deal is close on Tiktok, with multiple investors involved.
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However, key parties involved in negotiations on a potential TikTok sale “do not appear to be taking Amazon’s bid seriously,” according to The New York Times.
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Amazon has submitted a bid to acquire all of TikTok, according to a new report from The New York Times. The last-minute bid comes as TikTok faces an April 5 deadline to shed its Chinese ownership or face a ban in the U.
A big New York Times report dropped today alleging that the e-commerce giant Amazon put in a last-minute bid to purchase TikTok ahead of its latest ban extension ending on Saturday, April 5.
Amazon and AppLovin reportedly submitted bids to acquire TikTok, ahead of a U.S. ban set to go into effect Saturday if no deal is reached with the app's Chinese parent company.
Amazon has made a last-minute bid to buy TikTok as the app nears an April 5 deadline to cut ties with its Chinese owner or face a U.S. ban, according to a New York Times article published on April 2.
Amazon’s surprise bid comes amid a flurry of activity from other interested buyers, including Oracle, Andreessen Horowitz, Blackstone and even a consortium backed by social media influencers like MrBeast. Some appear to have a better shot than others.
The Spheres are reflected in one of Amazon's corporate office towers at the company's headquarters in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo /) Move
Amazon.com has put in a bid to purchase TikTok, a Trump administration official said, in an 11th-hour pitch as a U.S. ban on the platform is set to