Video service TikTok is close to signing an agreement to sell its assets in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, which could be announced as early as next week, according to people familiar with CNBC.
CNBC sources claim that the deal is in the range of $20-$30 billion. In turn, the Wall Street Journal announced the intention of ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, to receive almost $30 billion for the American segment of the video service. in the US, is not ready to offer such an amount.
A desire to acquire a division of video service TikTok, which is facing a potential US ban by the Trump administration on national security grounds, yesterday retailer Walmart, which has joined forces with Microsoft.
The intention to buy the American segment of TikTok was also previously attributed to Oracle, Twitter, Netflix, Softbank and Alphabet. Currently, according to sources, TikTok is in talks with Oracle and the Microsoft-Walmart tandem.
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