Sean is a business reporter who covers tech and media for TheWrap based in New York City. His beat includes companies like Meta and TikTok, as well as notable industry figures like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Sean covers the news landscape and closely watches digital media.
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Shaky Interview: New Zealand’s Prime Minister Deals With Earthquake on Live TV (Video)
A “decent shake” didn’t seem to worry Jacinda Ardern too much
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Taylor Swift Plugs ‘Killing Eve’ Cover of Her Song by Mysterious Band, a Conspiracy Theory Is Born
Many fans believe Swift’s brother was the vocalist and a way to stick it to her former manager
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Not Streaming? Netflix Will Cancel Your Subscription for You
Subscribers who joined at least a year ago and haven’t watched anything in that time will be asked if they want to keep paying for Netflix
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Half of Facebook Employees Could Work From Home by 2030, Mark Zuckerberg Says
Social network joins growing list of tech companies aggressively leaning into long-term remote work
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Apple, Google Release Contact Tracing Technology for Mobile Apps
The tech will allow public health apps to notify users if they’ve been potentially exposed to an individual with COVID-19
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Why Joe Rogan Is a $100 Million Bargain for Spotify
Signing Rogan to an exclusive deal has coincided with Spotify adding $3 billion to its market cap
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How Pandemic Could Delay 60% of Scripted Shows and Change TV Production
“If one principal cast member gets sick, it’s extremely difficult to course correct and shoot around their absence,” screenwriter Neil Landau says
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Joe Rogan Signs Exclusive $100 Million Podcast Deal With Spotify
By the end of 2020, The Joe Rogan Experience will only be on Spotify
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Ronan Farrow, John Krasinski and Greta Thunberg Take Home Webby Awards
Farrow earns a win for his “The Catch and Kill Podcast,” based on his reporting on disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein
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‘The Last Dance’ Helped the Chicago Bulls Intro Song Blow Up on Spotify
The Alan Parsons Project’s 1982 song “Sirius” has seen a 335% surge in streams since ESPN’s Michael Jordan documentary debuted
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Facebook Data Shows 31% of Small Businesses Shut Down During Pandemic
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, says COVID-19 has been “devastating” for small American businesses
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DiGiorno Dunks on Delivery Pizza With Tweet About Michael Jordan’s ‘Flu Game’ Excuse in ‘The Last Dance’
“Delivery pizza. Go figure”
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What Quibi Gets Wrong – and Right – About Small-Screen Streaming
Viewer opinions are split on the “quick bites” approach, where episodes never run longer than 10 minutes
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Phyllis George, Trailblazing NFL Reporter and Former Miss America Winner, Dies at 70
George passed away after suffering for decades from a rare blood disorder
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Obama Says Coronavirus Has ‘Torn Back the Curtain’ on Poor Leadership
Former president says “a lot” of politicians “aren’t even pretending to be in charge,” during the first of two graduation speeches on Saturday
