TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer to leave the company

Post by throwaway4good » Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 10:29 AM UTC

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The sentiment in Europe right now is fear over Chinese money purchasing European companies piecemeal. European valuations are kept artificially low by, well, it seems just by being in Europe. With companies struggling from covid, the usual lack of European leadership on any sort of stimulus, and the US not in a position to bail the European economy out again a la 2008, there are a lot of buying opportunities. Current…

> and the US not in a position to bail the European economy out again a la 2008, there are a lot of buying opportunities. This is new to me, do you have a source? To me the US was in big trouble at the time, no resources to bail out anyone really...

Post by throwaway4good » Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 10:36 AM UTC

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He left Disney after being passed over for CEO. Although (assuming that Microsoft or a comparable company buys TikTok) he would likely stay on as its head, with potential to rise within should he do a good job, Mayer is one of the very few people who's already been in that exact spot (or higher; Disney might have a smaller market cap than Microsoft, but in every other way they are equals in their global reach and amb…

Because TikTok is winding down its operations in the US and moving its international operations to Europe.

Post by Kaveren » Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 10:47 AM UTC

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> The Russian government just poisoned another opposition thinker, wow i didn't know he was an american CEO. you're a genius. > North Korea hired a couple of pretty girls to kill a renegade brother or somesuch in public. wow i didn't know being an american CEO made you the brother of a dictator in an authoritarian country > China has disappeared people over just a few wrong words wow i didn't know the american CEO wa…

Please read the HN guidelines https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. > When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."

Post by infinityplus1 » Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 10:52 AM UTC

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I support it because of "the China thing". Not because I think China is inherently bad (I am capable of separating China from the CCP) but as long as the CCP enforces heir draconian laws that don't permit foreign companies free access to the Chinese market I think this should be reciprocated. Any other response is reckless.

You missed my point: If this is your view, why does a president need to pick on 1 specific company? Why not make it a rule that applies to all companies?

Post by bdjsjsbdb » Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 10:57 AM UTC

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I think you missed my point. I don't really care whether this is the right move or not, and to be honest I don't really know. But I care that some president can simply say "Hey specific corporation, you have 45 days to comply with the rules that are in my head." > You can't even do something as simple as set up an S Corp in the US if you are foreign. Sure, that is a rule in the law, no problem with that. But what if…

The president’s actions, granted on behalf of congress, are already being challenged in court. Religion has nothing to do with it, besides indicating a familiarity with US politics being mistaken as understanding.