Berlin/Paris/Brussels | One of Europe’s top media moguls has sought to hive off and acquire a stake in TikTok’s European operations, pitching the politically charged plan to a well-connected member of the Trump administration.
Mathias Döpfner, chief executive and co-owner of Germany’s Axel Springer, proposed that his company could be part of a deal to buy the Chinese-owned app’s European business during a lunch with the US ambassador to France Charles Kushner , according to people familiar with the discussions.
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