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As Zhang Yiming Leaves ByteDance’s Global Board, Liang Rubo and Eight Core Executives Step Forward

After more than nine years since founding ByteDance, Zhang Yiming has at last got his delayed satisfaction.

Biren Technology, IDG, and ByteDance Invest in YunSilicon

Recently, China's high-end GPU chip maker Biren Technology and IDG Capital and ByteDance jointly invested in the angel round of Shanghai-based YunSilicon, a Chinese Data Processing Unit (DPU) start-up.

Yahoo to Stop Providing Products and Services for the Chinese Mainland from November 1st

Yahoo, an American Internet portal, announced on its official website that from November 1, 2021, users from the Chinese Mainland will not be able to use Yahoo's products and services.

Douyin Adjusts Organization Scheme as MAUs Grow Slowly in 2021

Chinese media outlet 36Kr reported on Monday that the domestic version of TikTok, Douyin, has recently restructured its organization scheme.

ByteDance’s Toutiao, Watermelon Video to Be Merged Into Douyin, Zhou Shouzi Steps Down as CFO to Focus on TikTok

Bytedance CEO Liang Rubo released an internal letter this morning, saying that the firm will make organizational changes and set up six business units.

Cheng Yixiao Replaces Su Hua as Kuaishou CEO

On October 29, Chinese short video platform Kuaishou announced its co-founder Su Hua has relinquished the role as CEO, and Cheng Yixiao, another co-founder, executive director and chief product officer, has been appointed as CEO.

ByteDance Engineer Acknowledges New Open Source Project Contained Code From Alibaba’s Ant Design, Issues Apology

Chinese Internet giant ByteDance released a document announcing an open source application design system, Semi Design, which adopts an MIT license.

Influencer Li Ziqi Sues Weinian, ByteDance Withdraws Stake in Firm

Due to a dispute between prominent web influencer Li Ziqi and her partner company, Weinian Brand Management Co., Ltd., ByteDance withdrew its stake in the company on October 16.

Live Streaming E-Commerce: Get Onboard Before It’s Too Late!

The boom of live streaming e-commerce in China is best understood as an outcome of layers of factors, some are particular to the history of Chinese e-commerce, others universal for any Internet companies in need for commercialization.

Douyin Cracks Down on Vulgar Live Streaming Content

The live streaming security center under Douyin recently announced that it will launch a special campaign to crack down on vulgar and negative content in live streaming.

Game Developer FunPlus Begins to Focus on Chinese Market

Pu Guannan, Vice President of FunPlus, a game R&D company, delivered a speech on October 22, explaining in detail how the company has created its own e-sports ecosystem.

Fresh Graduates of ByteDance’s Game Platform Laid off

Recently, many Chinese media outlets reported that all fresh graduates of Ohayoo, a game platform owned by ByteDance, were laid off.

ByteDance Admits Downsizes to Commercialization Team

Since the end of 2020, Chinese Internet giant ByteDance has continuously adjusted the organization structure and business scope of its commercialization team, and many team members were laid off this month.

Douyin and Kuaishou Fined $31,110 for Promoting Overconsumption

According to Qichacha, Beijing Kuaishou Technology Co., Ltd., and Beijing Microlive Vision Technology Co., Ltd., an affiliated company of Douyin, were fined 200,000 yuan ($31,110) for violating Chinese advertising laws.

TikTok’s Mainland Counterpart Douyin Tests Photo Feature, Aiming to Create In-App Version of Xiaohongshu?

Douyin has recently added a lifestyle sharing function with pictures and text, in addition to its live-streaming and short video sharing, so as to create a broader business ecosystem of live-streaming, short video sharing and photo posts.

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Removes 96 Apps Infringing on User Rights and Interests

A notice was issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology today, saying that the 96 apps that had failed to complete the necessary platform fixes within the required time limit were removed from app stores.

Douyin Denies Takeaway-Related Business Plans

The relevant person in charge of the short video sharing platform Douyin responded that there is no takeaway-related business plan at present.

Four Post-95s College Students Produce Document of Chinese Companies’ Working Schedules

A document named "WorkerLivesMatter" that has covers specific departments in over 1300 Chinese companies has been viewed over 100,000 times by October 12th.

ByteDance’s “Xindong Waimai” Food Delivery Service Mini Program Receives Approval

ByteDance's "Xindong Waimai" food delivery mini program has been officially registered and approved, with approval date of October 11, 2021.

TikTok’s Sister App Douyin Releases Report on ‘Pan-Knowledge’ Content

TikTok's sister app Douyin released a report today, indicating that the broadcast volume of pan-knowledge content has accounted for 20% of the total broadcast volume of the platform.

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