Bytedance

• Chinese Tech Giant ByteDance Reportedly Working To Bring TikTok’s Operations Stateside
• TikTok Taps Bill Nye, Lilly Singh, Tyra Banks For $50 Million Educational Content Initiative

  Over the past month, TikTok has parceled out its $50 million Creative Learning Fund -- formed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic -- into grants for 800 U.S.-based public figures, media and educational organizations, and professional experts in a variety of fields.

  
• TikTok And Digital Talent Firm ‘TalentX’ Onboards Former Gersh Agent Sean Stewart

  TalentX Entertainment, a social media firm that works with some of the hottest stars on TikTok, has hired former Gersh agent Sean Stewart to serve as its new digital talent director.In this role, Stewart will spearhead all of TalentX’s touring initiatives, oversee touring clients, and help build out the company’s forthcoming convention, TalentXCon.

  
• The Architect Behind Disney+, Kevin Mayer, Has Been Named CEO Of TikTok

  ByteDance-owned TikTok has named Disney vet Kevin Mayer as its CEO, effective June 1. Mayer, who was in the running to become CEO of Disney but was passed over earlier this year, will also serve as COO of TikTok's Chinese parent company, Bytedance.

  
• TikTok Goes On Hiring Spree In London, Which Will Serve As Center Of European Ops (Report)
• Charli And Dixie D’Amelio No Longer Affiliated With ‘The Hype House’ As A Business
• WME Signs 18-Year-Old TikTok Chef Eitan Bernath
• TikTok Phenom Addison Rae Drops Merch Brand In Collaboration With Fanjoy
• TikTok Has Reportedly Surpassed 2 Billion Global App Downloads
• TikTok Is Sharing Proprietary Ad Performance Metrics And Targeting Data With Its New Partner, Sprinklr
• TikTok Tests Ecommerce Waters With Branded ‘Small Gestures’ Program
• TikTok Added 12 Million Unique U.S. Visitors In March, As Watch-Time Surges In Quarantine (Report)