Trump Suggests Murdochs Will Have Role in New TikTok Deal (1)

President Donald Trump suggested that Fox Corp. Chairman Lachlan Murdoch and his father Rupert Murdoch are involved in the US takeover of the video app TikTok from its Chinese owners.

In an interview taped Friday on Fox News’s The Sunday Briefing, Trump was asked to name the individuals investing in TikTok. The White House announced on Saturday that the US operations of TikTok will be majority-owned and controlled by American investors including Oracle Corp., Andreessen Horowitz and private equity firm Silver Lake Management LLC.

The deal was finalized in a phone call on Friday between Trump ...