Alexandra Levine
Reporter at Bloomberg News
Bloomberg tech reporter covering TikTok+social media. Past @Forbes @Politico @NYTimes. Got a tip? Signal/WhatsApp: 310-526-1242 | alevine136 @ bloomberg dot net
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1 week ago |
bloomberg.com | Kurt Wagner |Alexandra Levine
TikTok, which entered the US market in 2016, has 170 million users in the country, and the platform’s US business has been valued as high as $50 billion. (Bloomberg) -- One of the first actions President Donald Trump took at the outset of his second presidency was granting a stay of execution for TikTok. Two and a half months later, he granted a second, and on June 18, he promised a third. Under a law passed by Congress in 2024, the popular video app was facing a nationwide ban starting Jan.
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2 months ago |
bloomberg.com | Kurt Wagner |Alexandra Levine
One of the first actions President Donald Trump took at the outset of his second presidency was granting a stay of execution for TikTok. Two and a half months later, he granted a second. Under a law passed by Congress in 2024, the popular video app was facing a nationwide ban starting Jan. 19 after its Chinese parent company, ByteDance Ltd., failed to divest the app’s US operations to ease national security concerns.
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2 months ago |
flipboard.com | Kurt Wagner |Alexandra Levine
NowSiri’s big AI upgrades may still be a long way off, but some changes to the Shortcuts app in iOS 18.4 offer the first major hints in Apple’s software of what’s to come. Shortcuts has gained new actions for Apple apps, with super fine-grained controls available for building shortcuts that change …
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Mar 3, 2025 |
bloomberg.com | Alexandra Levine
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Mar 3, 2025 |
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Alexandra Levine
(Bloomberg) -- TikTok generated $1.7 billion globally in sales from TikTok Live in just one quarter in 2023, with more than $400 million of that coming from the US, according to a newly unsealed lawsuit brought against the company in Washington. TikTok projects that the popular livestreaming feature will generate $77 billion globally by 2027, the complaint claims.
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Scoop: TikTok projects that TikTok Live could generate $77 billion a year globally by 2027, according to a newly unsealed lawsuit brought against the company in Washington. The financials, from a @DCAttorneyGen complaint, haven't been previously reported:https://t.co/ivHeET6ZbX
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