Summary
Keith Lee won the Creator of the Year award at the first TikTok Awards held in Los Angeles. The awards, voted by fans, honored creators in various categories and coincided with TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, agreeing to sell its U.S. operations. This sale involves significant stakes being sold to U.S. and global investors.
Key Facts
- Keith Lee won the Creator of the Year award at the TikTok Awards in Los Angeles.
- The awards featured 14 categories, including Storyteller of the Year and Live Creator of the Year.
- The event was streamed on TikTok and Tubi and hosted by La La Anthony.
- Paris Hilton, Jordan Chiles, and Bethenny Frankel were among the presenters.
- The awards took place the same day TikTok's owner, ByteDance, agreed to sell its U.S. operations.
- ByteDance's sale involves investors such as Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX taking major stakes.
- ByteDance will retain a 19.9% stake in the U.S. operations.
- The deal aims to address U.S. national security concerns and is expected to close by January 22.
