How TikTok Makes Money

TikTok is a short-form video social media app created by the Chinese tech company ByteDance. Here's what investors should ...

TikTok's journey from global sensation to Trump target

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. and China have a deal that would keep TikTok operating in the United ...
Vulture

‘I Wanted to Be Musical.ly Famous. I Really Practiced Those Hand Motions.’

Before he was a member of the Sway House — an L.A.-based, fratlike collective of steely jawed TikTokers who make ungodly amounts of money gyrating into their camera phones — Blake Gray was the ...
NBC Los Angeles

Mark Cuban tried to invest in Musical.ly before it became TikTok—'I liked it better when it was dances'

Before Mark Cuban ever hit the "woah" on TikTok with his daughter, the video-sharing app was Musical.ly and Cuban wanted to be an investor. "I remember when it was Musical.ly and I tried to invest… Oh ...
Digital Trends

Ping Pong is the new video messaging app from startup Musical.ly

Musical.ly, the social platform for creating and sharing short videos beloved by teens, is releasing a new app to build upon its success. The Chinese startup (which, by its own account, boasts 100 ...