The logo for ByteDance's Jinri Toutiao mobile app is displayed inside the company's headquarters in Beijing. Photo: BloombergThe logo for ByteDance's Jinri Toutiao mobile app is displayed inside the company's headquarters in Beijing. Photo: Bloomberg
The logo for ByteDance's Jinri Toutiao mobile app is displayed inside the company's headquarters in Beijing. Photo: Bloomberg
Tech /  Apps & Social

TikTok operator ByteDance buys video gaming start-up in move likely to sharpen rivalry with Tencent

  • ByteDance operates the popular short video app Douyin, known as TikTok outside China, which competes with Tencent-backed Kuaishou and others

Topic |   TikTok
Yingzhi Yang
Yingzhi Yang

Updated: 1:32am, 28 Apr, 2019

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The logo for ByteDance's Jinri Toutiao mobile app is displayed inside the company's headquarters in Beijing. Photo: BloombergThe logo for ByteDance's Jinri Toutiao mobile app is displayed inside the company's headquarters in Beijing. Photo: Bloomberg
The logo for ByteDance's Jinri Toutiao mobile app is displayed inside the company's headquarters in Beijing. Photo: Bloomberg
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