Microsoft might get another crack at buying TikTok if this 'bipartisan' U.S. legislative proposal gets a say in it

[Windows Central]

Remember the big TikTok divestiture drama from a couple of years back? Well, maybe we're in for another round of it.

Microsoft might get another crack at buying TikTok if this 'bipartisan' U.S. legislative proposal gets a say in it : Read more

 

[fjtorres5591]

The only way MS buying Tik Tok makes sense is if they want to combine it with BING and the AD server business to spin off and get out of advertising which, while it makes decent money (by MS standards) has neither the margins nor the predictability MS prefers.

A somewhat better play would be to buy Paramount *and* WBD which would neither require massive cash (just stock and assuming debt) and are in an upfront capital-hungry business and own massive amounts of IP (STAR TREK, DC, classic movie libraries), and are consumer focused, much like gaming. And just like ABK are both poorly run with major upside. None of which describes Tik Tok, which is a mess best avoided.