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Amazon makes bid to buy TikTok as deadline looms
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Amazon makes bid to buy TikTok as deadline looms

By  Eric Revell  | Fox Business Amazon has made a bid to acquire TikTok as the popular social media app faces a looming deadline to be divested from its China-based owner or face a ban in the U.S. that could take effect this month. A Trump administration official told Reuters on Wednesday that the e-commerce giant made a bid to buy TikTok ahead of the looming ban. The New York Times previously reported, citing three people familiar with the matter, that Amazon placed a last-minute bid to acquire TikTok in its entirety. However, those sources told the outlet the parties involved in the discussions don't appear to be taking Amazon's bid seriously. According to the report, the offer was delivered to Vice President JD Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. READ THE FULL ...
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Legacy media scrambles amid shifting political dynamics
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Legacy media scrambles amid shifting political dynamics

By MIG Reports Key Takeaways: Joy Reid being fired from MSNBC and Jeff Bezos giving the Washington Post a new directive stirs discussion of a dying legacy media apparatus. Viewership and subscriptions are down for traditional media outlets as the Trump White House embraces new media and independent journalists. American trust in legacy media is extremely low and many believe the industry is quickly sinking and may be unrecoverable. Legacy media continues to collapse as Americans reaffirm their distrust. Institutions like CNN, MSNBC, and The Washington Post have been deteriorating for years, and recent events are deepening fault lines in the industry. Recent events like Lester Holt leaving NBC, Joy Reid being fired from MSNBC, new directives for the Washington Post fuel di...
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