After Satya Nadella and Trump spoke, Microsoft says it will continue discussions to explore a TikTok acquisition in US, ending on Sept. 15 if no deal is reached
and draw scrutiny Jane Li / Quartz : TikTok is too Chinese for the US—and too American for China South China Morning Post : China may not like forced TikTok sale but experts warn few other options Steve Dent / Engadget : China won't accept ‘theft’ of TikTok, according to state newspaper Lauren Feiner / CNBC : Steve Ballmer: Microsoft is well-equipped to deal with regulatory issues if it buys TikTok BBC : Donald Trump: US Treasury should get cut of TikTok deal Digiday : TikTok's Blake Chandlee on working with U.S. brands despite conflict with the White House Om Malik / On my Om : Microsoft's TikTok: But why? — The marriage of Microsoft and TikTok seems so bizarre … AdExchanger : Trump Might Allow TikTok Acquisition (With Conditions); Adobe Spurns Political Advertising Julio Cachila / International Business Times : Top TikTok Alternatives In Case Video-Sharing App Gets Banned Libby Cathey / ABC News : Trump says TikTok will be shut down in US on Sept. 15 unless a deal is made New York Times : TikTok, Trump and an Impulse to Act as C.E.O. to Corporate America Bloomberg : TikTok Influencers Mourn Potential Ban, Flock to Instagram Shira Ovide / New York Times : The strange saga of TikTok. Washington Post : It's not just the United States: These governments see TikTok as a growing problem. Steve Muchoki / Coinspeaker : MSFT Stock Up 5% on Monday but Is Down 1.5% Now after Microsoft Confirmed Potential TikTok Acquisition Charlotte Henry / The Mac Observer : TikTok and Microsoft. Deal or no Deal? Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : Donald Trump: TikTok's Only Chance Is a “Very American” Company Sumit Adhikari / Android Headlines : Ex Microsoft CEO Weighs In On The Company's TikTok Pursuit Helen Davidson / The Guardian : TikTok row: China hits out at US ‘smash and grab’ as tech dispute deepens Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal : With Potential TikTok Deal, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Looks to Expand Audience Chris Stokel-Walker / WIRED UK : What Microsoft buying TikTok would really mean Dan Grabham / Pocket-lint : TikTok's US fate to be decided by 15 September Elaine Burke / Silicon Republic : Could this be the end for TikTok? — It's only day four and already TikTok has had a tumultuous August. Joseph Young / CCN.com : How Microsoft's TikTok Tussle Risks a U.S. Stock Market Shock Steven Hung / Micky : TikTok has until September 15 to sell, Trump says Aditya Tiwari / Fossbytes : Trump Says Yes To Microsoft TikTok Deal (T&C Apply) The Information : Microsoft's Focus Gets Fuzzier: The Information's Tech Briefing Tweets: Nilay Patel / @reckless : The view from Microsoft is that a bad process that will lead to the good outcome re TikTok. But I keep thinking about Trump saying Microsoft should pay the Tresasury because he's forcing a sale, and this “bad process” seems like a legit danger to democracy https://www.theverge.com/... Bob Davis / @bobdavis187 : Great reconstruction of what happened within the Trump admin and at Microsoft. A deal for TikTok is on the horizon. Trump had to be convinced to ditch the Navarro position. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ Pardes Seleh / @pardesseleh : We don't want the Chinese to have access to data on TikTok, so we're gonna make sure Microsoft owns it instead? This seems like a PR stunt to make people feel safer from Chinese data mining... but there's no way the “Top Ten” company in China isn't still regulated by the Chinese https://twitter.com/... TechLinked / @techlinkedyt : The Tok is Tik-ing... https://www.reuters.com/... Thanks: @stevecla