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ByteDance

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558 articles decelerating

ByteDance has appeared in 558 articles since 2018-03. Coverage peaked in 2026Q1 with 42 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside TikTok, China, Chinese, Trump.

Articles
558
mentions
Velocity
-95.2%
growth rate
Acceleration
-2.052
velocity change
Sources
51
publications
Fruit Island
OpenAI killed Sora on Tuesday. On Saturday, an AI-generated parody of Love Island called "Fruit Island" went viral on TikTok. The AI entertainment future is arr...
The Cease-and-Desist Cascade
ByteDance launched Seedance 2.0 on February 10. Within five days, Disney, Paramount, and the Motion Picture Association all sent cease-and-desist letters. By Fe...
TikTok's First Week: The Algorithm Adjustments
Four days after the deal closed, TikTok US is blocking "Epstein" in DMs, experiencing convenient outages, and facing a censorship investigation. Everyone got wh...
TikTok's American Compromise: How a Six-Year Ban Became a Joint Venture
ByteDance keeps 19.9% and the algorithm. America gets a security theater wrapper. Everyone declares victory.

Coverage Timeline

2026-02-18
Variety 10 related

WBD joins Disney and Paramount in claiming infringement on ByteDance's AI video tool Seedance and demands ByteDance cease training AI on Warner Bros. characters

The studio's legal counsel fired off a letter on Tuesday to John Rogovin, the general counsel of ByteDance who happens …

2026-02-16
Variety 20 related

Following Disney, Paramount sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, alleging its AI-generated Seedance videos and Seedream images infringed Paramount's IP

Disney also sent a legal demand to Chinese internet company  —  Paramount Skydance accused ByteDance of engaging in …

2026-02-15
Axios 33 related

Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, claiming it infringed on Disney's works to train its Seedance 2.0 video generation model without pay

2026-02-14
Axios 27 related

Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, claiming it infringed on Disney's works to train its Seedance 2.0 video generation model without pay

The Walt Disney Company on Friday sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, alleging the Chinese tech giant has been infringing …

2025-01-28
AppleInsider 6 related

Apple restores Marvel Snap, published by ByteDance's Nuverse, to the US App Store, and removes the card game from its document listing banned ByteDance apps

here's what we know Dylan Horetski / Dexerto : Why is TikTok not on the App Store anymore? Steve Vegvari / iPhone in Canada Blog : Marvel Snap Returns to US App Store Following Ban of ByteDance-Owned ...

2025-01-18
Bloomberg 38 related

SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, saying free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk

but Trump Lobbying May Save It Tripp Mickle / New York Times : Oracle May Hold TikTok's Future in Its Hands Solcyré Burga / Time : Everything Trump Has Said About the TikTok Ban Dan Primack / Axios : ...

2025-01-11
Bloomberg 31 related

SCOTUS signals it is likely to uphold the TikTok divest-or-ban law, as a majority of justices suggested they see national security overriding free speech issues

TikTok went before the Supreme Court on Friday for one last attempt to put an end to the impending ban. Stephen Schenck / Android Authority : It may be time to start accepting that the US TikTok ban i...

2025-01-09
Reuters 17 related

Frank McCourt's Project Liberty says it made a formal bid to ByteDance to buy TikTok's US assets and keep the app alive without its current algorithm

Entrepreneur and former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt's Project Liberty and its consortium of partners in The People's Bid …

2024-12-20
Bloomberg

A look at Frank McCourt's efforts to acquire TikTok and the obstacles he faces, as he lobbies Congress and Trump's team and recruits former TikTok executives

Bloomberg : X: @ali_lev X: Alexandra S. Levine / @ali_lev : ByteDance has said it's unwilling to sell TikTok, but that hasn't stopped interested buyers from lining up. Meet the contender who's alread...

2024-12-17
NBC News 26 related

ByteDance asks SCOTUS to block the US law that could ban TikTok on January 19; when asked about the law, Trump says he has a “warm spot” in his heart for TikTok

Small business owners love TikTok for marketing and sales. Stella Martorana / Research Live : TikTok appeals to supreme court against US ban Fox Business : TikTok calls on Supreme Court to issue emerg...

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Quarterly Coverage

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ByteDance has appeared in 525 Techmeme articles since November 2017, making it one of the most-covered entities in the archive. The biggest stories include ByteDance strikes a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new TikTok US... and President Biden signs the ByteDance-TikTok divest-or-ban bill into law, after the Senate.... Frequently covered alongside TikTok, Trump, Tencent, Douyin, and Oracle. Coverage has shifted toward research, developer themes and away from consumer.

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2024Q2enterprise -10pts; consumer -28pts; funding -15pts
2024Q3enterprise +6pts; consumer +45pts; research +9pts
2024Q4enterprise +12pts; safety +8pts; consumer -30pts

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