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How Microsoft’s Talks With TikTok Edged Toward Larger Deal

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Wendy Pollack
· · Source: The New York Times

Microsoft’s initial conversations with TikTok and its parent ByteDance this summer centered around the possibility that the software giant might take a small take in the popular video-sharing app. But as the talks progressed, and with TikTok under pressure from the White House to find a buyer, the software giant warmed to the idea of a larger acquisition, the New York Times reported Wednesday. ...

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