What the sell-by deadline extension means for TikTok

By Bobby Allyn

Published April 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM EDT

The sale of video app TikTok to a U.S. owner has been delayed again after President Trump announced a deal had not yet been reached ahead of an April 5 deadline.

Bobby Allyn

Bobby Allyn is a business reporter at NPR based in San Francisco. He covers technology and how Silicon Valley's largest companies are transforming how we live and reshaping society.

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