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Dec

26

2021

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By Troy Warren

TikTok Announces Plans to Open a Delivery-Only Restaurant Concept

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By Jelisa Castrodale | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Foodie The ghost kitchens would bring some of the app's viral recipes straight to your door. Earlier this year, YouTube and TikTok star Larray announced that he would be opening his own virtual restaurant brand, Larray's Loaded Mac. The delivery-only mac-and-cheese spot initially launched in two-dozen U.S. markets, before expanding to additional cities, and was created through a partnership with Virtual Dining Concepts. As a go-to service for ghost kitchens, Virtual Dining Concepts seemed to already recognize the potential in pairing well-known content creators with delivery orders; it had already joined forces with YouTube…

Dec

16

2021

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“TikTok Made Me Buy It”: Live-Stream Shopping Heats Up Amid Holidays

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BY ALEX WEPRIN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital NBCUniversal joins YouTube, Twitter and others in exploring an emerging market that may hit $11 billion this year. Jason DeRulo was frosting some cookies. He just didn’t know how to decorate them. So he turned to his viewers. “Should I decorate them with an ornament? A present? Or a snowflake?” he asked. The singer-songwriter wasn’t performing any music, nor was he acting in a TV show, per se. Instead, he was live on Twitter on Nov. 28, as part of a live-stream shopping event the platform hosted with Walmart. DeRulo’s…

Nov

28

2021

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Zynga Unveils ‘Disco Loco 3D’ Game Exclusively for TikTok

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BY TRILBY BERESFORD | HollywoodReporter.com Troy Warren for CNT #Gaming The single-player endless runner will be the first HTML5 title from an official game studio partner to debut on the video-sharing platform. Mobile gaming giant Zynga unveiled on Monday that its music and dancing-themed game Disco Loco 3D is entering soft launch in select markets exclusively for TikTok. Disco Loco 3D is a single-player endless runner game where players collect their own dance moves while challenging their friends and followers and avoiding obstacles on an increasingly challenging catwalk. As well as dancing to funk music, players can enter “fever mode” and use their dance moves to swipe…

Nov

20

2021

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TikTok Hires Shavone Charles as Head of Diversity & Inclusion Communications

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BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital The executive — formerly at VSCO, Instagram and Twitter — joins TikTok in a newly formed role. TikTok has tapped Shavone Charles to lead communications around the social platform’s diversity and inclusion initiatives. Charles joins TikTok next week in the newly formed role after serving as the director of communications and creative partnerships at VSCO, where she launched the #BlackJoyMatters campaign. Prior to joining VSCO, she oversaw global music and youth culture communications at Instagram and music and culture communications at Twitter, two positions that she created at both companies. Outside…

Sep

29

2021

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Microsoft CEO Says Failed TikTok Deal Was “Strangest Thing” He’s Worked On

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BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital #Technology Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has mixed feelings about his company’s failed bid to acquire TikTok last year. “It’s the strangest thing I’ve ever worked on,” Nadella told Kara Swisher at Vox Media’s Code Conference on Monday, adding with a laugh, “I learned so much, Kara, about so many things and so many people.” Last year, as TikTok faced a potential ban from the U.S. under the Trump administration, Microsoft emerged as a potential buyer to acquire the social media platform’s U.S. operations. The potential deal eventually fell through last September after…

Aug

13

2021

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TikTok Subway Artist Devon Rodriguez Signs With UTA (Exclusive)

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BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital The New York City–based artist is best known for his sketches of subway riders. Devon Rodriguez, a visual artist with more than 17 million followers on TikTok, has signed with UTA for representation in all areas. Based in New York City, Rodriguez is best known for sketching strangers riding the subway and surprising them with the results. The viral subway series has helped Rodriguez grow his audience into the millions on Instagram and YouTube and has led to partnerships with brands like Chipotle, Ford and Cheetos. Earlier this year, Rodriguez sold his first painting, Girl on…

Jul

30

2021

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Choreographer JaQuel Knight, Logitech to Help Creators Copyright Viral TikTok Dances

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BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT The first six selected include the creators behind the "Woah," "Savage" and "Up" dances. JaQuel Knight, the choreographer behind iconic dances for Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion, has partnered with Logitech to help 10 BIPOC creators secure copyright for viral dances they’ve created. The first six dancers are Keara Wilson, creator of the “Savage” dance; Shayné and Zhané Stanley, known as the Nae Nae Twins and creators of the “Savage Remix” dance; Young Deji, creator of “The Woah“; Mya Johnson and Chris Cotter, creators of the “Up” dance; Fullout Cortland, the choreographer behind Doja…

Jul

10

2021

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TikTok Fixes “Significant Error” in Creator Marketplace After Phrases “Erroneously” Flagged as Hate Speech

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BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT A video by the comedian Ziggi Tyler appeared to show that phrases like "pro Black" and "Black Lives Matter" were flagged as "inappropriate content" on creator bios. TikTok said it fixed a “significant error” in its Creator Marketplace that “erroneously” flagged phrases as hate speech in response to a widely viewed video from a TikTok creator that appeared to show the platform marking words like “pro Black” and “Black Lives Matter” as “inappropriate content” on creator bios. “Our TikTok Creator Marketplace protections, which flag phrases typically associated with hate speech, were erroneously set to…

Jul

10

2021

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TikTok Wants You to Boil Your Potatoes in the Bag—but Is It a Good Idea?

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By Leah Goggins | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT “Is that why that bag is like that?!” I am no stranger to emitting noises of shock and dismay while watching the Food Network. Whether it's because the Chopped judges put mashed potato candy in the ingredient basket or because Ina Garten just taught me a brilliant entertaining tip, my jaw is constantly agape. However, I have never experienced an epiphany quite like the one seen in a recent viral TikTok video. TikTok user @ThreePointTurner posted her reaction to an unorthodox potato cooking method from a December 2017 episode of Guy's Grocery Games, a Food Network staple. The video focuses on @ThreePointTurner's…

Jul

03

2021

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TikTok Extends Maximum Video Length to 3 Minutes

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BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT Creators were previously limited to 60-second uploads. TikTok creators will soon get to upload videos up to three minutes — a marked increase from the current one-minute limit that forces creators to speed through recipes or split up storytimes into multiple parts. “Creators are already well-versed in weaving multi-part stories together on TikTok (we all know the phrase, ‘like and follow for part 3’) but we often hear from creators that they’d love just a little more time to bring their cooking demos, elaborate beauty tutorials, educational lesson plans, and comedic sketches…

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