Grindr's Chinese owner to sell social media app for US$608m

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Grindr's Chinese owner to sell social media app for US$608m
Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech said on Friday that it has agreed to sell Grindr, a popular gay dating app it acquired in 2016, for about US$608.5 million (A$931 million). The deal comes after a US government panel asked Kunlun to divest itself of Grindr. The panel, the Committee on ...

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