TikTok owner ByteDance signs binding deal to create U.S. joint venture

TikTok CEO Shou Chew told employees of the social media app Thursday that its owner, China’s ByteDance, has signed binding ...
The New York Times

Most U.S. Teens Use YouTube and TikTok Daily, Some ‘Almost Constantly,’ Survey Says

The new Pew report also found that two-thirds of teens said they had used an A.I. chatbot. By Catherine Pearson Most American teenagers use YouTube and TikTok daily, according to a report released ...
Rolling Stone

Kesha Has Learned to Love ‘Tik Tok’: ‘That Was Just Me!’

Fifteen years after Animal and Cannibal, Kesha is finally feeling glittery again. Now that her long legal battle with producer Dr. Luke is over, she’s ready to reembrace her career breakthrough, which ...
Mixmag

The Budots Three are leading Filipino dance music’s world takeover

Forged in the slums of Davao City in the Philippines, budots was largely sneered at for its unsubtle, maximalist sonics and associations with gang culture. But recent virality has reframed its image, ...