After a short-lived stint as TikTok chief, Musical.ly co-founder Alex Zhu is returning to his ‘primary passion’

India is the biggest growth driver for TikTok followed by China, with 611 million and 196.6 million total downloads, respectively. Mayer, who will report directly to Zhang Yiming, will also serve as the chief operating officer of ByteDance. — SCMP

TikTok head Alex Zhu has moved to a new role as vice-president of product and strategy for its parent company ByteDance to make way for a Disney executive to head up the popular short video app, as it faces ongoing scrutiny over data privacy and censorship issues.

TikTok’s owner, Beijing-based ByteDance, announced on May 19 that it has hired The Walt Disney Co’s top streaming executive Kevin Mayer as the new CEO of TikTok, as it builds on its gains as the world’s fastest growing short video app.