Reddit (RDDT) co-founder Alexis Ohanian, has joined a venture capitalist in aiding former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt’s bid to buy TikTok from ByteDance, reports Dawn Chmielewski for Reuters. “Other bidders include a group of investors led by tech entrepreneur Jesse Tinsley, which includes the YouTube personality MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, and Wyoming entrepreneur Reid Rasner,” added the Reuters story. Other companies in a similar space include Meta Platforms (META), Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOG;GOOGL) and Snap (SNAP)..
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