Netflix should buy TikTok if Microsoft can't close a deal

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Netflix should buy TikTok if Microsoft can't close a deal
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Why Netflix should try to buy TikTok, especially it can buy its global operations, if Microsoft can't close a deal with the U.S. government.

— far fewer than most legacy media companies that would move the needle for Netflix. Netflix's hands-off approach to decision-making, empowering employees to make big decisions on their own, could be an ideal set up for TikTok. Having Hastings and Sarandos as sounding boards on how to build and grow a media company would be ideal., and the company is focused on becoming consistently free cash flow positive.

But a move to buy TikTok U.S. today could lead to an acquisition of the rest of the TikTok down the road. Netflix should pounce on the opportunity today and figure out the rest later. Splitting TikTok seems complicated. If Netflix gets its foot in the door, perhaps it can figure out a way to buy the rest of TikTok — specifically in India, where Netflix is banking on enormous growth

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