TikTok is being sold to US investors
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Trump hailed what he called progress with Chinese President Xi Jinping after a phone call on Friday, where the two discussed selling blockbuster app TikTok.
(THE CONVERSATION) Chinese tech giant ByteDance has signed an agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S. investors. President Donald Trump announced a preliminary agreement for the sale on Sept. 19, 2025, following his negotiation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Under the deal, the new TikTok US company will be owned 50% by a group led by Oracle, private equity firm Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi-backed investment firm MGX. Just over 30% will belong to existing ByteDance investors, while ByteDance itself will keep a 19.9% stake.
President Donald Trump said at the conclusion of a call with China’s leader Xi Jinping Friday morning that they had made progress to finalize a deal that would sell most of TikTok’s U.S. assets to American investors. The deal would conclude a yearslong ...
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