Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTikTok announced a new CEO and COO, in what its Chinese parent company ByteDance said was “a strategic reorganization” to optimize the popular short-form video app’s global teams and support its continued growth.Shouzi Chew, ByteDance’s CFO, will now also become CEO of TikTok.
Vanessa Pappas, who has served as interim head of TikTok, will formally assume the role of chief operating officer, continuing with her current responsibilities.It’s the first official CEO appointment for TikTok since ex-Disney exec Kevin Mayer came — and quickly went — in the post last years.
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