McCourt wants to build a decentralized version of the internet where individual users, rather than tech companies, own the reams of data spawned by their online lives.

Frank McCourt, Project Liberty founder and former Los Angeles Dodgers owner, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss McCourt's bid for TikTok, if the Chinese would agree to Project Liberty's bid, and much more.

Billionaire Frank McCourt, the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, said he is leading a group of backers to make a bid for the video social media site TikTok just days before a deadline the Chine

(Reuters) - Entrepreneur and former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt's Project Liberty and its consortium of partners in The People's Bid said on Thursday they proposed to make a formal bid ...

NEW YORK -- A group formed by billionaire entrepreneur and former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has made a formal offer to buy TikTok from its China-based parent company, ByteDance.

Shark Tank”‘s Kevin O’Leary — a.k.a. “Mr. Wonderful” — said he’s nearing a deal to buy TikTok from its Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance to avoid the U.S. ban on the social media app.

Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary and billionaire Frank McCourt have joined forces to buy TikTok’s US operations before a nationwide ban takes effect.

The former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers is leading a group that wants to buy the platform in the United States. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Jan. 9 (UPI) --Billionaire Frank McCourt ...

New York (CNN) — A group formed by billionaire entrepreneur and former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has made a formal offer to buy TikTok from its China-based parent company, ByteDance.

TikTok stopped working for its 170 million American users late on Saturday before a law shutting it down on national security grounds took effect on Sunday, but a day before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump said "SAVE TIKTOK!

Even if temporary, the unprecedented shutdown of TikTok will have an impact on U.S.-China relations, domestic politics, the social-media marketplace and millions of Americans who depend on the app.

TikTok halted access to its app in the United States late Saturday, just before a national ban took effect, leaving millions of users unable