TikTok

Amazon may be coming to TikTok’s rescue in the nick of time as the app faces an April 5 deadline to cut ties with its Chinese owner or face a ban in the US, according to the New York Times. An unnamed Trump administration official, who was not authorized to comment publicly, said the Amazon offer was made in a letter to Vice President JD Vance and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. However, the Times also noted that “various parties who have been involved in the talks do not appear to be taking Amazon’s bid seriously.” In addition, the Wall Street Journal reports that mobile technology company AppLovin has also made its interest in TikTok known and has talked to casino magnate Steve Wynn about backing it. President Trump has made numerous promises to save TikTok regardless of any national security concerns. He has also said that he could further extend the pause that has been put on the ban.

Radhika Jones
Radhika Jones

Vanity Fair editor Radhika Jones is heading out the door at the Condé Nast title she has headed up since 2017. Her last day at the paper will be sometime this spring. After starting her editorial career as arts editor of the English-language Moscow Times, Jones served as managing editor of The Paris Review, culture editor at Time, and editorial director of the books department at the New York TImes before being tabbed to succeed Graydon Carter at Vanity Fair. During her tenure, Vanity Fair has been left comparatively unscathed, holding onto its reputation as one of Condé Nast’s strongest brands, known for such events as its annual Oscar Party as much as for the content of its editorial pages. In a memo to the magazine’s staff, Jones said that she was leaving behind her a “thriving modern publication with incisive, lively reporting,” and that having achieved most of the goals she had set for herself at the brand, she would be leaving in order to follow “the pull of new goals in my life.” Condé Nast chief content officer Anna Wintour noted that Jones would play a major role “as we start the search for a new editor.”

newsprint

Newspapers have dodged the bullet as regards the proposed tariffs on newsprint—for now. Goods that are compliant with the 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which includes newsprint and other paper-based products used by U.S. newspapers and magazines, remain exempt from the 25 percent tariffs imposed on goods from Canada and Mexico, as well as the additional 10 percent baseline tariff announced April 2. However, an investigation is still being conducted that could result in lumber-specific tariffs on imports from Canada.