TikTok Enlists Ballard Partners
Thu, Sep. 12, 2024
By Kevin McCauley
Trump-connected Ballard Partners has agreed to represent Chinese video app TikTok, which must be divested from Bytedance by next April, or face US ban.
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Trump-connected Ballard Partners has agreed to represent Chinese video app TikTok, which must be divested from Bytedance by next April, or face US ban.
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