TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas quits after five years at the company to refocus on “entrepreneurial passions”; chief of staff Adam Presser becomes head of operations
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COO Vanessa Pappas told senators that TikTok is working on a final deal with CFIUS that satisfies all US national security concerns, but didn't give a timeline
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ByteDance announces that its CFO Shouzi Chew will now also become the CEO of TikTok; TikTok's interim head Vanessa Pappas will be TikTok's COO
Shouzi Chew, the CFO of ByteDance, got a new job title on Friday: CEO of TikTok. Vanessa Pappas, who's been running the company …
A look at the biggest TikTok trends of 2020, the industries it impacted, the lens it offered on service workers amid COVID-19, and how it shaped US culture
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Sources: Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom has had preliminary talks about becoming TikTok's new CEO
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Profile of Vanessa Pappas, an ex-YouTube exec and TikTok's N. America chief since 2018, who took over as interim global chief amid its geopolitical predicament
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TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigns, sources say after Trump threatened to ban the app; Vanessa Pappas, currently general manager of TikTok, will become interim head
clock is ticking on Microsoft's TikTok buy Newb / New.blicio.us : TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Quits Anthony Ha / TechCrunch : Daily Crunch: TikTok's CEO resigns Tom McKay / Gizmodo : Walmart Wants to Get I...
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigns, sources say after Trump threatened to ban the app; Vanessa Pappas, currently general manager of TikTok, will become interim head
Former Disney executive resigns just months after appointment by Chinese video platform — Kevin Mayer has quit TikTok …
TikTok sues the Trump administration in federal court, arguing Trump's EO deprived it of due process
Today we are filing a complaint in federal court challenging … Hollie McKay / Fox News : Microsoft's ‘tight’ ties to China under scrutiny ahead of potential TikTok purchase Sabri Ben-Achour / Marketpl...
President Trump told reporters on Friday that he will act soon to ban TikTok in the United States
and people are blaming Sarah Cooper, who may have hurt his feelings Joshua Keating / Slate : TikTok Could Have Been China's Nintendo Kaya Yurieff / CNN : ‘Everyone is going cray cray’: TikTok users fr...