Tag: TikTok

As TikTok legal fight plays out, Missouri creators and businesses brace for possible ban

By Tommy Felts / May 21, 2024

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Missouri Business Alert, a member of the Kansas City Media Collective, which also includes Startland News, KCUR 89.3, American Public Square, Kansas City PBS/Flatland, and The Kansas City Beacon. Click here to read the original story. Like many others suffering from quarantine-induced boredom, Gabbie Wiggins first hopped on social…

Read More >

Why these Gen Z marketers want KC startups to channel the power of TikTok Shop

By Tommy Felts / April 2, 2024

A Kansas City-built Gen Z ad agency is opening a TikTok Shop challenge this spring — scrolling through plans to elevate startups’ and small business’s social media brands and offer a chance to win $100,000 in services.  TRNDSTTRS Media —  ranked No. 3 in client revenue on TikTok — expects the challenge to run May…

Read More >

Lawmakers want to divest TikTok from Chinese influence, not kill the popular app, says Davids

By Tommy Felts / March 14, 2024

A nationwide ban on TikTok, a video sharing app popular with young people and an increasing number of brands, is edging closer with legislation to curb the China-linked platform passing Wednesday in the U.S. House. U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, was among lawmakers supporting the move, voting “yes” on the bill and urging ByteDance, TikTok’s…

Read More >