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The Billionaire Who Wants to Buy TikTok

The Information · Kaya Yurieff · last updated

Earlier this year, billionaire Frank McCourt hosted a dinner in Malibu, Calif. with more than a dozen TikTok creators to tell them about his proposal to buy the short-form video app. 

The aim of the dinner was to feel out with creators whether the bid was “on the right track,” McCourt said in an interview. 

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