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Coverage dated May 14, 2024

Billionaire Frank McCourt says he's putting together a consortium to buy TikTok

Headline from WFMZ Allentown

Billionaire businessman and real estate mogul Frank McCourt says he’s putting together a consortium to purchase TikTok’s U.S. business. The announcement posted Wednesday on the website of McCourt’s Project Liberty

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  1. Breitbart News

    Former LA Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt Claims He Wants to Buy TikTok (opens Breitbart News)

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    Billionaire businessman and real estate mogul Frank McCourt announced Tuesday that his Project Liberty organization is building a consortium to buy TikTok's U.S. business.

  2. WFMZ Allentown

    Billionaire Frank McCourt says he's putting together a consortium to buy TikTok (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Billionaire businessman and real estate mogul Frank McCourt says he’s putting together a consortium to purchase TikTok’s U.S. business. The announcement posted Wednesday on the website of McCourt’s Project Liberty

  3. New York Post

    Billionaire Frank McCourt preparing bid for TikTok, aims to make app more transparent (opens New York Post)

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    Frank McCourt said he’s putting together a consortium to purchase TikTok’s US business.

  4. CNN

    TikTok’s new suitor is former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt as lawsuit pushes back against ban (opens CNN)

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    Another wealthy investor says he’s organizing a bid to purchase TikTok, after President Joe Biden signed a law last month forcing TikTok to find a new owner or be banned in the United States.

  5. New York Times

    Billionaire Frank McCourt Mounts Bid to Buy TikTok (opens New York Times)

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    Frank McCourt, a longtime critic of the way tech companies use data, sees acquiring TikTok as a chance to create an “alternative to the current internet.”

  6. Forbes

    Who Is Frank McCourt, The Billionaire Trying To Buy TikTok? (opens Forbes)

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    McCourt sold the Los Angeles Dodgers for a hefty sum in 2012. Here’s how he’s been building his business and media empire since, and setting up a potential consortium to purchase TikTok.

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