Trump says Microsoft in talks to aquire TikTok

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Post by xdfg13345 » Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 1:27 PM UTC

Trump says Microsoft in talks to aquire TikTok
cnbc.com

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Post by nness » Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 1:33 PM UTC

Isn't it starting to feel like no one actually wants to buy TikTok?

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Post by dustinchilson » Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 1:43 PM UTC

nness wrote: post #2

Isn't it starting to feel like no one actually wants to buy TikTok?

Seems to me a lot of companies FB, Google, MS all want it (either to compete or to kill it) but don't want to be in the middle of a political mess.

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Post by qrsjutsu » Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 1:52 PM UTC

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Post by fullshark » Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 2:29 PM UTC

nness wrote: post #2

Isn't it starting to feel like no one actually wants to buy TikTok?

More like it isn't a proper auction, and gov't approval with potential strings attached is required for the acquisition to take place.

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Post by franktankbank » Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 2:31 PM UTC

dustinchilson wrote: post #3

nness wrote: post #2

Isn't it starting to feel like no one actually wants to buy TikTok?

Seems to me a lot of companies FB, Google, MS all want it (either to compete or to kill it) but don't want to be in the middle of a political mess.

It's a radioactive carrot in politicsville, not sure if you get superpowers or just regular old cancer.

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Post by grajaganDev » Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 10:10 PM UTC

So Oracle changed their mind?