9. Online spat to lawsuit spree: Inside Tencent and Toutiao’s Escalating War

Tech Buzz China 英文科技评论 - En podkast av Pandaily

Pandaily.com是一家向世界科技社区介绍中国创新的英文媒体,而TechBuzz China by Pandaily是其旗下向硅谷介绍中国创新的英文播客。TechBuzz China by Pandaily is a weekly technology podcast that is all about China's innovations. It is co-hosted by Ying-Ying Lu and Rui Ma, who are both seasoned China watchers with years of experience working in the technology space in China. They share and discuss the most important tech news from China every week with commentaries from investors, industry experts and entrepreneurs.This week on TechBuzz China by Pandaily, co-hosts Ying-Ying Lu and Rui Ma explain the fight between Bytedance and Tencent as sparked by the war in short-video apps. They trace it back to the humble beginnings of short-video apps and talk about the major players such as Xiaokaxiu, Musical.ly, and Kuaishou who had their 15 mins of fame along the way.Currently, the space is dominated by Tencent-backed Kuaishou and Bytedance’s Douyin, while the other two members of BAT, Alibaba and Baidu, both announced that they will be releasing their own short-video apps as well. Who will come out on top in the vie for Chinese netizens’ attentions? Listen to hear what Ying-Ying and Rui have to say!As always, you can find these stories and more at pandaily.com. Let us know what you think of the show, and don’t forget to follow Pandaily on Twitter at @thepandaily, as well as TechBuzz at @TechBuzzChina!