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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Amazon Misses Q2 Profit Estimates, Halts Its Climb Back to $1 Trillion Valuation
E-commerce giant fails to hit Wall Street’s projections, despite posting earnings of $2.6 billion
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Tulsi Gabbard Sues Google for ‘Election Manipulation,’ Says Free Speech Rights Were Violated
Democratic representative says tech giant engaged in censorship when it suspended a recent ad campaign
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Facebook Weathers Another Regulatory Storm: Does It Matter?
“If Instagram’s success was because Facebook bought it and nurtured it into a successful site, you wouldn’t want to penalize Facebook for doing that,” Gregory Rosston, director of the Public Policy Program at Stanford University, says
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Facebook Stock Pushes Towards All-Time High Despite New FTC Antitrust Investigation
Social network now has 1.59 billion daily users
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Snap, After Huge Q2 User Growth, Has Now Tripled in Value Since Start of 2019
About 6 months ago, Snapchat looked like Instagram’s roadkill
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Quibi: How Past Short-Form Video Fumbles May Signal Tough Road Ahead
“It’s going to be tough getting people’s attention on smartphones,” Colin Dixon, the chief analyst at nScreenMedia, says
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Facebook Hit With Record $5 Billion FTC Fine Over Data Breaches
The social network will appoint an independent privacy oversight committee as part of the settlement
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Justice Department Launches Antitrust Review of Tech Giants
DoJ’s look into unlawful competitive practices could put Facebook and other Silicon Valley companies in regulatory danger
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Snap Back: Snapchat Posts Best User Growth in 2 Years, Stock Surges 9%
Snapchat added 13 million new users during the second quarter, pushing it past 200 million users overall
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Snapchat: 3 Things to Watch Ahead of Snap Inc Q2 Earnings
Can Snapchat keep its bounceback year going?
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Equifax Will Pay Up to $700 Million in Largest Data-Breach Settlement Ever
The 2017 hack exposed the social security numbers of up to 145 million Americans
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Hulu CFO Elaine Paul Moves Over to Amazon Studios
Paul moves over to Amazon after spending nearly 6 years with Hulu
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Netflix Has Lost $17 Billion in Value in the Last 24 Hours
Streaming giant’s drop is more than Roku and Viacom’s entire market cap
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Instagram Tests Hiding Likes to ‘Remove Pressure,’ Company Says
Six new markets will be unable to see how many likes their friends receive
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FBI and FTC Must Investigate FaceApp’s Ties to Russia, Chuck Schumer Says
Senate minority leader says he has “serious concerns” over the app’s use of pictures and data
