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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Fred Willard Remembered by Jimmy Kimmel, Judd Apatow and More: ‘There Was No Man Sweeter or Funnier’
Steve Carell and “Anchorman” co-star Christina Applegate among many who pay tribute to longtime comic actor
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Trump Says ‘Radical Left’ Has ‘Total Command’ of Facebook, Twitter, Google
POTUS says tech giants could soon face government action over their political biases
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Lynn Shelton, Director of ‘Humpday’ and ‘Mad Men’ Episodes, Dies at 54
A previously undisclosed blood disorder was the cause of death
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Frank Bielec, Designer on TLC’s ‘Trading Spaces,’ Dies at 72
Bielec appeared on the popular cable show for eight seasons
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Google Likely to Face Antitrust Lawsuits From Justice Department, State Attorneys General (Report)
Tech giant, which brought in nearly $135 billion in ad sales last year, is being investigated for its dominance of online advertising
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Facebook Acquires Giphy for $400 Million
Company offers a massive GIF library for its users to add to their texts and social profiles
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Could Become World’s First Trillionaire and Nobody Seems Happy About It
The world’s richest man is suddenly catching flack online for a report he could become a trillionaire by 2026
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Hulu ‘Throttled’ Service on Computers to Force Customers to Use Mobile App, Lawsuit Claims
Streaming service intentionally slows down service on computers so that it can try and grab more data from subscribers using its app, lawsuit claims
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ViacomCBS Announces $2 Billion Debt Offering (Updated)
Offering comes on the same day ViacomCBS said it would be purchasing $2 billion in debt
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Facebook to Pay $52 Million to Moderators Who Developed PTSD
Moderators who developed mental health issues on the job will be eligible for up to $50,000 in compensation
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Facebook Labeled 50 Million Coronavirus Posts as Misinformation in April
Social network took action against posts claiming COVID-19 “breeds rapidly” on toilet paper, among millions of other pieces of content
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Twitter Will Let (Most) Employees Work From Home Forever
Past two months have “proven” Twitter can make remote work for most of its employees, company tells TheWrap
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Why Roku Is ‘Relatively Fortunate’ During the Pandemic
While ad sales could take a hit in the short-term, CEO Steve Louden says the coronavirus outbreak “will accelerate the trends towards streaming in the long-run”
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Apple to Reopen Stores in 4 US States Next Week
Employees and customers will be required to wear masks and have their temperatures checked
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Jack Dorsey Donates $10 Million to Sean Penn’s Free Coronavirus Testing Initiative
Twitter’s head honcho says CORE is doing “an incredible job expanding testing capacity”
