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• TikTok Throwing Live New Year’s Eve Concert With Charlie Puth, Kali Uchis, Rico Nasty
• TikTok To Launch Food Delivery Service That Will Pay Creators Of Viral Dishes

  Virtual Dining Concepts expects to see just as much traffic for TikTok Kitchen as it has for MrBeast Burger.

  
• TikTok Is Trying To Stop Its Algorithm From Recommending “Clusters” Of Mental Health-Affecting Content

  TikTok said its recommendation algorithms are already designed to spice up users’ For You feeds by tossing in the occasional video that’s outside of their indicated preferences.

  
• Here Are TikTok’s Top 20 Emerging Artists Of 2021

  According to TikTok, 430 songs brought in at least one billion views each on its platform this year—a 144% increase from the 176 songs that garnered one billion in 2020.

  
• TikTok Launches Standalone ‘Seller’ App For Business-Minded Users — But Only In Indonesia
• TikTok Names David Allen’s ‘Drone Dancing’ Top Video Of 2021, “Adderall (Corvette, Corvette)” Top Song
• TikTok Unveils ‘Creator Next’, An Opt-In Portal Where All Monetization Features Will Now Reside
• TikTok Names Instagram, Twitter Alum Shavone Charles Head Of Diversity, Inclusion Comms
• TikToker Griffin Johnson Is Making A Movie With Studio Startup ‘Creator+’
• TikTok Safety Study Finds Just 0.3% Of Teens Say They Participate In Dangerous Challenges
• TikToker Dylan Lemay Raises $1.5 Million To Open NYC Ice Cream Shop
• TikTok Tries For TV Viewership With Amazon Fire Deal