Innovation will win, not a trade war

It is impossible to browse the internet or read the newspaper these days without being informed of the dire threat of a US-China trade war. In the past…

Bytedance says it has no IPO plans, but its rise seems unstoppable

Bytedance, the company behind the massively popular news aggregation app Jinri Toutiao, is considering a Hong Kong IPO that may value it at over $45 bi…

3 new trends in KOL marketing in China: Interview with Elijah Whaley, CMO of PARKLU

Just as small startups are disrupting traditional companies, individual online celebrities are changing the advertising market. It's not dominated by a…

Toutiao and beyond: How Bytedance will keep making global headlines

AI-powered news recommendation app Jinri Toutiao is as sticky as apps get. Plus the user data it generates could be far richer than the likes of social…

Toutiao parent continues world expansion with Musical.ly purchase and Cheetah Mobile collaboration

Toutiao's parent company ByteDance is taking globalization seriously and its recent shopping spree proves it. On Wednesday, the proud owner of China’s …

Toutiao parent launches global competitor to musical.ly

It’s no secret that the once low-profile news aggregator Toutiao has hit the jackpot in China with a reportedly $22 billion valuation, challenging the …

[Podcast] Analyse Asia 157: Musical.ly with Eva Xiao

Editor's note: This originally appeared on Analyse Asia, a weekly podcast hosted by Bernard Leong, dedicated to dissecting the pulse of business, techn…