Discussion

• @brooksbarnesnyt Brooks Barnes on x

  Scoop: Disney's head of streaming to become CEO for TikTok. Also contains news of his successor and new theme park chairman. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @kubota_yoko Yoko Kubota on x

  TikTok brings on a seasoned American exec as CEO: Kevin Mayer from Disney, who was passed over for CEO role there. It could boost Bytedance's efforts to distance it and TikTok from its Chinese roots. https://www.wsj.com/... by @byshanli @erichschwartzel

• @esaagar Saagar Enjeti on x

  Tiktoks entire PR defense was centered around how it wasn't connected to its Chinese parent company Naturally their new CEO is now also appointed as their Chinese parent company's COO I hope Mr. Mayer enjoys the look of a Congressional hearing room https://twitter.com/...

• @vincenzolandino Vincenzo Landino on x

  My take: TikTok originals coming soon? They'd crush Quibi for good. Potential record label? Big mood. https://twitter.com/...

• @benparr Ben Parr on x

  TikTok has a new CEO — the head of Disney Plus - https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @elliottzaagman Elliott Zaagman on x

  So Bytedance names this guy COO. This is like a PRC national with no experience in the US getting put into Sheryl Sandberg's position. Think about how absurd that is. Any chance he actually performs that role? https://twitter.com/...

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  ah yes the classic Cayman Islands HQ setup https://twitter.com/...

• @stokel Chris Stokel-Walker on x

  More ByteDance apps are coming to the west, undoubtedly. Mayer is specifically mentioned as being in charge of Helo, which is ByteDance's kind-of Facebook, outside China in the ByteDance press release . So more headaches for Hawley (6/13) https://www.prnewswire.com/...

• @stokel Chris Stokel-Walker on x

  If you're just waking up, there are *a bunch* of interesting things about ByteDance tapping up Disney's streaming chief to become TikTok's CEO... (1/13)

• @tvgrimreaper @tvgrimreaper on x

  Passed over for CEO, in favor of a guy who seemingly is fine operating in Iger's shadow, Mayer goes for the high growth opportunity! https://twitter.com/...

• @raju Raju Narisetti on x

  Maybe someone will now do the definitive story on this guy and his management style and work behavior. https://twitter.com/...

• @justjake Jake on x

  TikTok is setting themselves up as an American company I'm conflicted. On one hand TikTok is killing it and I love to watch well oiled machines win On the other, the CCP now has all our data It unironically might be China's best spearhead into America https://www.wsj.com/...

• @benfritz Ben Fritz on x

  After losing the race to become Disney's new CEO, Kevin Mayer is leaving to run a slightly different media company: https://www.wsj.com/...

• @richlightshed Rich Greenfield on x

  ⚡️ That boom you hear is one of the most noteworthy execs in legacy media saying “see ya” Disney and climbing aboard a digital/mobile 🚀 at @tiktok_us https://twitter.com/...

• @domdelport Dominique Delport on x

  Boom : Mister @disneyplus become King of @tiktok_us https://twitter.com/...

• @donal_cahalane @donal_cahalane on x

  Huge move and shows that TikTok has a massive future ahead. https://twitter.com/...

• @sarahfrier Sarah Frier on x

  BIG hire https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @mdudas Mike Dudas on x

  Kevin Mayer is a star. Massive hire. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @technacity Abner Li on x

  WOW, should have named him faux-CEO over the parks guy https://twitter.com/...

• @skylershuler Skyler Shuler on x

  Wow, Kevin Mayer resigned, he's been Disney's Head of Streaming since March 2018. https://twitter.com/...

• @caseynewton Casey Newton on x

  WOW. Big get for TikTok https://twitter.com/...

• @stevekovach Steve Kovach on x

  Huge. Kevin Mayer was considered to be one of the top candidates to replace Bob Iger. https://twitter.com/...