TikTok launches subscription-based music service to take on Spotify, AppleThe subscription-only music streaming service called "TikTok Music" has been launched first in Brazil and Indonesia and replaces ByteDance'...
07 Jul, 2023, 11.51 AM IST
ByteDance launches new music streaming service in Brazil, IndonesiaThe initiative is a new attempt by ByteDance, as the company in a statement said it will stop its existing music streaming service Resso as...
07 Jul, 2023, 12.53 AM IST
ByteDance plans music-streaming expansion to take on Spotify: reportThe TikTok parent plans to eventually integrate music streaming within its short-video service and scale it to serve as a major platform fo...
13 Oct, 2022, 11.48 AM IST
TikTok plans big push into gaming, conducting tests in VietnamFeaturing games on its platform would boost advertising revenue as well as the amount of time users spend on the app - one of the world's m...
20 May, 2022, 08.25 AM IST
ByteDance to shut edtech business in IndiaThe decision follows after weeks of discussion in which it also explored migrating the team in India to work with the European edtech team.
22 Nov, 2021, 03.33 PM IST
Timeline: ByteDance founder who put TikTok on global map to quit as CEOZhang, 38, turned ByteDance into a social media powerhouse which has also had many brushes with global regulators
20 May, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
ByteDance-backed music streaming app Resso escapes Chinese app banThe government had banned ByteDance owned viral short-video app TikTok in June following border hostilities with China
27 Nov, 2020, 12.34 PM IST
Despite app ban, ByteDance doles out cash bonuses to employees in IndiaThe move is in line with a global announcement through an internal memo earlier this month, wherein ByteDance stated it will be issuing a c...
25 Sep, 2020, 05.39 PM IST
TikTok owner ByteDance considers listing China business in Hong Kong or Shanghai: SourcesOf the two venues, the company prefers Hong Kong, according to two of the people. One of the two also said ByteDance is simultaneously stud...
31 Jul, 2020, 11.24 PM IST
TikTok’s former chief to oversee investment at ByteDanceA former SAP SE employee researching education software, Alex Zhu co-founded the lip-syncing app Musical.ly in 2014, which was later acquir...
22 Jul, 2020, 09.25 AM IST
Despite TikTok ban, ByteDance signs office space deal with WeWorkAccording to the plan, the newly-leased property in the Goregaon suburb was to be used by ByteDance to consolidate and expand its operation...
09 Jul, 2020, 09.49 AM IST
TikTok owner ByteDance moves to shift power out of China: ReportByteDance has quietly made a series of moves in recent months to transfer global decision-making and research capabilities out of its home ...
29 May, 2020, 03.44 PM IST
TikTok owner is world’s most valuable startup at over $100 billion in private marketsByteDance's valuation has risen at least a third to more than $100-bn in recent private share transactions.
21 May, 2020, 05.39 PM IST
TikTok's parent, ByteDance, launches global hiring spree with 10,000 new jobsLike rival Tencent Holdings Ltd, ByteDance’s social media channels have seen usage spike after the Covid-19 pandemic confined millions of p...
15 Apr, 2020, 09.05 AM IST
TikTok parent ByteDance woos India's Gen Z with RessoResso, which calls itself the world's first social music streaming app, is also looking at expanding its service to Indonesia in the the ne...
04 Mar, 2020, 08.39 PM IST
TikTok owner has a new music app for India - RessoByteDance Inc is testing a new music app in India and Indonesia as it tries to pull off another global sensation.
11 Dec, 2019, 06.49 PM IST
TikTok, TikTok…the clock is ticking on the question whether ByteDance pays creatorsByteDance defends these practices as being part of what it calls "standard marketing practices".
04 Oct, 2019, 03.49 PM IST