A Kenyan barber who wields a sharpened shovel thrives on Africa’s social media craze

Safari Martins may be Kenya’s most famous barber. Known as Chief Safro on social media, where he has millions of followers ...
Music Business Worldwide

TikTok signs deal with Oracle consortium for US business

The ByteDance-owned platform has signed a joint venture agreement with Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi’s MGX that is set to ...

TikTok deal may help avoid US ban. What does it means for users?

Oracle and other investors have a deal with TikTok parent ByteDance to own the video app's U.S. operations. But we don't know ...
The Jamaica Observer

Rickey Teetz ready for ‘High Flight’

Dancehall artiste Rickey Teetz is getting ready to release his upcoming single High Flight which is creating a buzz in the streets. He leaked an audio of the track on Tik Tok and Facebook, and fans ...

TikTok's US arm has been sold, in a deal that one Senate Democrat says won't do 'a thing to protect the privacy of American users'

The deal won't do "a thing to protect the privacy of American users," said Senate Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon, who voted against the 2024 bill. "It's unclear that it will even put TikTok's algorithm ...

ByteDance’s agreement to sell TikTok puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works and what’s to come

(THE CONVERSATION) Chinese tech giant ByteDance has signed an agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S. investors. President Donald Trump announced a ...

Are viral band Boy Throb the real deal or a TikTok gag?

Boy Throb have been campaigning to get one million followers on TikTok so fourth member Darshan Magdum can secure a US visa. He's currently, in his words, "stuck in India". They've been building up a ...

TikTok owner signs deal to avoid US ban

Under the terms, TikTok's recommendation algorithm is set to be retrained on American user data to ensure feeds are free from outside manipulation. "It's unclear that it will even put TikTok's ...
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SPILLING THE TEA| Christmas song dethroned; Tik Tok Awards; Jingle Ball

A man has been arrested in connection with the deadly shooting of 32-year-old Charles Brothers in Federal Hill, according to officials.Davahughn Johnson, 31, of Cold continues this weekend before a ...
Variety

Variety Hitmakers Gallery: Sabrina Carpenter, the ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Singers, Addison Rae, Tate McRae, Alex Warren, Tyler, the Creator and Other Stars Hit the Red Carpet

Presenters included in our photo gallery include Andre 3000, Laufey, Ben Platt, Miles Caton, Benny Blanco, Jimmy Jam, Jessie Jo Dillon and Jake Shane. The event also drew such figures as Shaboozey, ...
Rolling Stone

Kesha Has Learned to Love ‘Tik Tok’: ‘That Was Just Me!’

Fifteen years after Animal and Cannibal, Kesha is finally feeling glittery again. Now that her long legal battle with producer Dr. Luke is over, she’s ready to reembrace her career breakthrough, which ...
The New York Times

What the ‘Bird Theory’ Reveals About Your Relationship

Experts weigh in on whether those viral TikTok tests are a real litmus for a couple’s connection. By Catherine Pearson Layne Berthoud, an occupational therapist who lives in Los Angeles, did not ...