November 11, 2020 • 30 mins
I welcome Matthew Brennan, author of the new book "Attention Factory: The Story of TikTok and China's ByteDance" to the Sandwich Society podcast and we talk about the beginnings of the biggest digital entertainment social media app in the world as well as what the future holds.
This episode is definitely meant "for your page," so grab a bottle of Ocean Spray cranberry juice and bob your head to this podcast with my guest: Matthew Brennan.
SHOW NOTES
Attention Factory: The Story of TikTok and China's ByteDance on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2JXuhQL
Matthew Brennan on Twitter https://twitter.com/mbrennanchina
Matthew Brennan on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-brennan/
Sandwich Society; http://www.sandwich-society.com
RISE Offstage: https://open.spotify.com/show/0zniLKC4MapdE7VmhZUDC2?si=BWA_OLeRSWCUXZ3UFWoEwA
Web Summit: http://www.websummit.com
RISE: http://www.riseconf.com
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TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/
Douyin https://www.douyin.com/
Toutiao https://www.toutiao.com/
Bytedance https://www.bytedance.com/en/
Musically https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/musically-shutdown-tiktok-bytedance-1202893205/
Mindie https://medium.com/@rrhoover/want-to-feel-badass-a-design-teardown-of-music-app-mindie-58228684b4a2
Kuaishou https://www.kuaishou.com/
Likee https://apps.apple.com/us/app/likee-let-you-shine/id1251790681
Taobao https://world.taobao.com/
Virtual gifting https://technode.com/2016/05/05/virtual-gifts-are-still-the-top-earner-in-chinas-live-video-streaming-market/
Live streaming e-commercehttps://www.mytotalretail.com/article/the-rise-of-livestreaming-for-e-commerce/
What are furries? https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/animals-and-us/201707/what-s-the-deal-furries
“Fur and Loathing” the CSI episode on furries https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0534691/
What is a KOL https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/key-opinion-leaders
Doggface vs Fleetwood Mac https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/doggface-gives-the-world-a-smile-with-juice-a-skateboard-and-all-the-vibes
M to the B TikTok https://www.popbuzz.com/internet/viral/m-to-the-b-song-tiktok/
US Army bans TikTok https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/30/politics/army-tiktok-banned/index.html
Reels https://time.com/5875788/instagram-reels-tiktok/
YouTube Shorts https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/building-youtube-shorts/
Triller https://www.triller.co/
China’s livestreaming Factory https://www.vice.com/en/article/pgzamm/chinas-live-streaming-factory
This episode is definitely meant "for your page," so grab a bottle of Ocean Spray cranberry juice and bob your head to this podcast with my guest: Matthew Brennan.
SHOW NOTES
Attention Factory: The Story of TikTok and China's ByteDance on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2JXuhQL
Matthew Brennan on Twitter https://twitter.com/mbrennanchina
Matthew Brennan on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-brennan/
Sandwich Society; http://www.sandwich-society.com
RISE Offstage: https://open.spotify.com/show/0zniLKC4MapdE7VmhZUDC2?si=BWA_OLeRSWCUXZ3UFWoEwA
Web Summit: http://www.websummit.com
RISE: http://www.riseconf.com
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TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/
Douyin https://www.douyin.com/
Toutiao https://www.toutiao.com/
Bytedance https://www.bytedance.com/en/
Musically https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/musically-shutdown-tiktok-bytedance-1202893205/
Mindie https://medium.com/@rrhoover/want-to-feel-badass-a-design-teardown-of-music-app-mindie-58228684b4a2
Kuaishou https://www.kuaishou.com/
Likee https://apps.apple.com/us/app/likee-let-you-shine/id1251790681
Taobao https://world.taobao.com/
Virtual gifting https://technode.com/2016/05/05/virtual-gifts-are-still-the-top-earner-in-chinas-live-video-streaming-market/
Live streaming e-commercehttps://www.mytotalretail.com/article/the-rise-of-livestreaming-for-e-commerce/
What are furries? https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/animals-and-us/201707/what-s-the-deal-furries
“Fur and Loathing” the CSI episode on furries https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0534691/
What is a KOL https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/key-opinion-leaders
Doggface vs Fleetwood Mac https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/doggface-gives-the-world-a-smile-with-juice-a-skateboard-and-all-the-vibes
M to the B TikTok https://www.popbuzz.com/internet/viral/m-to-the-b-song-tiktok/
US Army bans TikTok https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/30/politics/army-tiktok-banned/index.html
Reels https://time.com/5875788/instagram-reels-tiktok/
YouTube Shorts https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/building-youtube-shorts/
Triller https://www.triller.co/
China’s livestreaming Factory https://www.vice.com/en/article/pgzamm/chinas-live-streaming-factory
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