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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Satellite Provider Carnage Continues With Record Net Losses in Q3
Traditional TV providers lost more than 1.7 million net video customers during the third quarter
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Facebook Purges Record Amount of Hate Speech and Harassment Posts
10 million posts were removed for violating the company’s hate speech and bullying policies during Q3 2019
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Russo Brothers to Executive Produce Marvel-DC Rivalry Docuseries at Quibi
Directors of “Avengers: Infinity War” will look at the rise of the two comic book behemoths
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Bleacher Report Hires Epix Executive Rachel Brill to Lead Its Original Content Push
Brill will become SVP and GM of recently-launched B/R Studio
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Disney+ Was Downloaded 3 Million-Plus Times on 1st Day
Fans watched 1.3 million hours of Disney+ content, according to Apptopia
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YouTube Adds Viacom VP Shana Tepper as Head of Entertainment Communications
Tepper joins YouTube only a few months after it shifted its release strategy for originals like “Cobra Kai”
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TikTok 2.0? Instagram Launches Its Own 15-Second Video Feature
“Reels” will let Instagram users combine music and video in the same way TikTok does
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Disney+ Launch Stumbles With Widespread Tech Issues
Fans are greeted with several glitches as they try Disney’s new streaming service for the first time
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Trump #MAGAChallenge at TikTok Rival Triller Sparks Resignations, Protests (Exclusive)
Downloads of Triller shot up over the weekend, but an insider says staffers have quit as Trump fans embrace the app
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Apple Co-Founder Says Apple Card Algorithm Discriminates Against Women – Including His Wife
Steve Wozniak says his Apple Card credit limit was 10 times higher than his wife’s, despite sharing a bank account
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Facebook Bans ‘Any Mention’ of Potential Trump Whistleblower’s Name
Naming alleged whistleblower violates company’s policy against “outing of witness, informant, or activist”
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Former Facebook Product Manager on ‘Ridiculous’ Fears Over Campaign Ads: ‘Political Ads Have Always Been Lies’
“Those who most dislike or distrust Facebook want to give it the most power and appoint Zuck to be the arbiter of truth somehow,” author and former Facebook product manager Antonio Garcia Martinez tells TheWrap
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Twitter Faces Blowback After Ex-Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia
Users “could claim a basic right to privacy violation, just as if someone had trespassed into your house and taken a photo of you in your bathroom,” attorney Matt Bilinsky says
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Dish Network Avoids Cord-Cutter Exodus, Posts Strong Q3 Subscriber Gains Thanks to Sling TV
Dish adds nearly 150,000 new video customers, weeks after competitor DirecTV lost nearly 1.4 million subscribers
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Nielsen to Spin Off Global Connect Retail-Measurement Unit as Standalone Company
David Kenny will remain CEO of media business; search is underway for a chief executive at Global Connect
