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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StubHub Refunded $500,000 Worth of Tickets for Shows Canceled by NYC Blackout
More than 1,500 fans were unable to see shows and concerts they’d bought tickets for
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Trump Will ‘Take a Look’ at Peter Thiel’s Claims Google Was ‘Infiltrated’ by China
Thiel says Google’s clandestine A.I. operation should be investigated by CIA and FBI
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FTC Approves Record $5 Billion Settlement With Facebook
The settlement easily surpasses the FTC’s largest penalty to this point — a $22.5 million fine against Google in 2012
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Twitter Hit By Global Outage: ‘Something Is Technically Wrong’
The app and desktop site have went offline at about 11:30 a.m. PST
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Nearly 70% of Americans Say They’d Pay for Disney+, Study Finds
Almost 20% of respondents said they’d be willing to pay between $10 to $20 per month for Disney’s upcoming streaming service
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How Quibi CEO Meg Whitman Plans to Bring ‘Watercooler’ Shows to Mobile Video
“What I’m doing here reminds me of eBay in its earliest days. The consumer tech has changed a ton, but the fundamentals are the same around user experience and user interface,” Whitman tells TheWrap
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‘Summer Camp for Billionaires’: Annual Sun Valley Conference Lets Top Tech and Media Execs Talk Clandestinely
Secrecy is paramount at the retreat that counts Apple’s Tim Cook and Comcast chief Brian Roberts among its attendees
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Amazon Has a New ‘Lord of The Rings’ Video Game in the Works
The game comes at the same time Amazon is developing its upcoming “LOTR” TV series
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4 Must-Haves Gaming Livestreamer Caffeine Needs to Compete With Twitch
“If it thinks it can compete as another gaming ‘network’ it will fail. This is not ABC vs. NBC vs. FOX,” CEO of Subnation Seven Volpone tells TheWrap
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President Trump Can’t Block His Twitter Critics, Court Rules
Since the president uses his personal account for “all manner of official purposes,” it’s unconstitutional for him to bar people from seeing his tweets
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Ross Perot, Billionaire Businessman and 2-Time Presidential Candidate, Dies at 89
Third-place finisher in 1992 presidential election lost a five-month battle with leukemia
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Instagram Adds New Feature to ‘Restrict’ Digital Bullies
Mean comments will be hidden behind a “sensitivity screen” and allow a user to approve if they end up on their posts
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BBC Studios Is the Latest Investor in Quibi, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s Streaming Service
Investment comes a week after the mobile-only streaming service added its first BBC show to its upcoming lineup
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How Facebook and Twitter’s Content Moderation Could Open a Legal ‘Pandora’s Box’
“It opens them up to liability for information that’s published on their platform,” Matt Bilinsky, a tech and media-focused attorney in Los Angeles, says
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Instagram Is Down for the Second Time in a Month
Popular Facebook-owned app has problems with Stories and new uploads, again