Ep. 9: Online Spat to Lawsuit Spree: Inside Tencent and Toutiao’s Escalating War
Earlier this month, Tencent sued Bytedance, better known as Toutiao, for 1 RMB and Toutiao fought back by suing Tencent for 90 million RMB. What sparked the feu...
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Tencent files lawsuit against Toutiao for 1 yuan
Tencent filed lawsuits in Beijing on Friday against Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, the owner of Jinri Toutiao and weiboshijie Ltd, parent company of Douyi...
Apple will stop taxing in-app tipping, but how much content deserves customer's tips?
Apple does give in on its tipping tax policy. On April 19th, wx-pai, Tencent’s official WeChat account, posted two notices in succession saying that the tip fu...
Wang Xing Ranks 3rd in Fortune's “40 under 40”
Three CEOs of Chinese tech giants are among the top 10 of Fortune's new “40 under 40” list released by the magazine on July 20. SEE ALSO: Zhang Yiming: 5 Commo...
What did Toutiao's Buy with its $1B Purchase of Musical.ly?
“I regret not having entered into China’s market earlier. Now, I can hear vibrating sounds everywhere making me uncomfortable,” said Louis Yang, founder of Musi...
Toutiao Ordered to Suspend Multiple Channels from Updating for 24 Hours
Guided by the China Internet Network Information Office, the Beijing Internet Network Information Office ordered executives at Toutiao and Ifeng News to cease s...
ByteDance's News Aggregator Jinri Toutiao Appoints New CEO
Zhang Yiming stepped down as the CEO of his company's flagship platform Jinri Toutiao, a news aggregator, but kept his title as CEO of the parent company ByteDa...
Mobvoi Launched New Smart Speaker Tichome
Tichome, Mobvoi’s new smart speaker is going to get crowdfunded and be released soon. Mobvoi held a press conference on August 24th, announcing the official re...
Open Apology from CEO of Toutiao Following the Ban of Neihan Duanzi
Zhang Yiming, founder and CEO of Toutiao, issued an open apology on morning of April 11th, stating that Toutiao, one of the largest news and information content...
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2017's Top 10 Unicorn Round-up: 5 from China, 5 from US
2017 has seen the rise and fall of numerous new technologies and business models, stunning and mediocre products, and the rise and collapse of tech giants. At t...
ByteDance Tests New Product "Shidian Baike"
ByteDance has recently tested a brand-new product called Shidian Baike, which will focus on expert knowledge and culture.