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.
Experience:
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The Handmaid’s Fail: Hulu Hit by Widespread Outages on Thursday
Service goes down one day after Hulu increased its monthly fees for its live TV package
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Apple, Microsoft Are the Biggest Wall Street Winners of 2019
Apple’s market cap increased nearly $500 billion in 2019 — or more than the combined valuation of Netflix and Disney
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YouTube’s Highest Paid Creator Is 8 Years Old
Ryan Kaji pulled in $26 million for his “Ryan’s World” channel, according to Forbes
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Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson to Produce Black Superhero Show for Quibi
Animated series focuses on superheroes “tasked with saving the world from monsters, super villains and haters”
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Apple, Microsoft and Tesla Accused of Aiding Child Labor in the Congo
Alphabet and Dell are also accused of “knowingly benefiting” from the “cruel and brutal use of young children” in the African country’s cobalt mines
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Roku’s Stock Drops as CFO Steve Louden Exits Company
Louden steps down as Roku’s stock has increased more than 300% this year
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12 Biggest Media and Tech Deals of the Decade, From Facebook-Instagram to Disney-Fox
Bob Iger and Randall Stephenson have been busy the last few years
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Netflix Shares Its Subscriber Numbers From Non-US Regions for First Time Ever
Asia-Pacific is the fastest-growing region for Netflix, tripling its subscribers to 14.5 million in the last three years
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SB Nation Drops ‘Most’ of Its California Freelancers Due to New State Labor Law
“That’s probably the most heart-breaking thing of all of it: It really feels like a loss of community,” one impacted freelancer told TheWrap
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Nickelodeon’s ‘Legends of the Hidden Temple’ Revived at Quibi
The ’90s kids adventure game show is now being revamped for adults, with bigger challenges and prizes
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DirecTV Monthly Fees Have Surged at the Same Time Customers Have Fled
AT&T’s satellite business has lost 15% of its customers in the last 18 months
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Thousands of Facebook Employees Had Their Bank Info Stolen (Report)
A burglar made off with the bank account numbers and other personal details, Bloomberg reports
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Facebook Delays Naming Content Oversight Board, Pledges $130 Million to Project
Social network’s “Supreme Court” will be “grounded in human rights principles” like freedom of expression and privacy
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How Political Pundit David Pakman Built a Thriving YouTube Channel — And Survived the ‘Adpocalypse’
“There is fatigue…from the constant background of [political] scandal, and that makes it hard — for news consumers and producers like me,” Pakman says
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Move Over, Amazon Prime Video: Disney+ Jumps Ahead on Mobile Devices But Still Far Behind Netflix
“Over the next year or so, as Netflix loses the right to stream (Marvel) movies, we believe we’ll see more of an impact,” app tracking firm Apptopia says
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